You should be able to get the rubber "thingies" at an exhaust/muffler shop.
They usually use them on other trucks and cars as well.
Steven 2me
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From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
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Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 5:39 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: Re: DML: the gibson saga- question at end
Well, after getting home and looking at my instruction sheet I
discovered I was right- there is just one more clamp than needed. I
can live with that.
This is what happened- with much cussing, I cut the pipe. Then I
went to get the thing off the hangers, and (forgive the technical
lingo) discovered that the metal hangers go into these rubber
thingies that are attached to other metal things which are attached
to the truck. I wasn't sure if I was gonna still need the rubber
things or not, but decided I should try to do so, in case. The best
way to get the metal hangers out would have been to cut off the head
piece, but I knew that wasn't gonna happen with that hacksaw. So I
cussed and struggled trying to get the damn things out,using a
variety of tools, generally not in the way they were intended to be
used. Finally, frustrated, I cut the rubber things where the exhaust
hangers were (leaving the rubber part attached to the truck),
figuring if I still needed the rubber pieces, I could patch them with
duct tape. Removed the exhaust, put the new one in. Very easy,
except I discovered I DID need the rubber things. OK, no worries,
until I get it all together and ask my dad where he keeps his duct
tape. No duct tape. So fine- I'll go home, and put my own duct tape
on tomorrow (getting dark at this point)
Me and my sister get in, off we go. 1/2 mile down, I hear the
tailpipe start to drag. I won't repeat what I said. Pull over, soon
as possible (another 1/4-1/2 mile) and see that indeed, my mutilated
rubber thingy can't hold the weight of all that tailpipe. I have no
tools with me, so I'm trying to do- something, anything - with the
tailpipe, and wishing more cars would drive by so I could see what I
was doing. (quite dark now) My sister asked if I had a flashlight-
oh yeah! So she holds that, and I pull off the end piece of the
tailpipe (obviously not tightened down well enough) throw it in back,
and go. Nervously.
Today, I took my duct tape, bought a new socket so I could use the
ratchet wrench instead of the crescent, went back out to my dads
house, and lavished duct tape on all the rubber things. Tightened
the clamps down better, and used a wire coathanger to fab an extra
support for the end of the tailpipe- worked pretty good. I took the
shiny tip off- it looked funny anyway, because there's no chrome on
my truck.
However, I now need to buy some new rubber thingies, because I don't
trust duct tape and coathangers as a permanent solution. Anyone know
where I should get them? And what they're actually called? Or is
there a better way?
Flip
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