"Jason Bleazard" <dml@bleazard.net> wrote:
: On Thu, April 6, 2006 4:52 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net said:
:>
:> Hmmm, Ok, I didn't even know Autozone sold pre-formed tailpipe. I'm so
:> used to not being able to get any application specific parts from parts
:> stores that it never even crossed my mind that such an animal might exist.
:> :-)
: LOL... shades of http://archives.dakota-truck.net/9809/3129.html ? :-) Or
: just a comment on parts stores in general?
Yeah, just parts stores in general; colored by a Mopar perspective. :-)
Trying to figure out how to "trick" the guy behind the counter into giving
me the right part gets a bit old sometimes. ;-)
:> Ok, I stopped at the local NAPA and got some prices.
: Thanks! Hope you didn't go too far out of your way just for that.
Nah, 350 miles each way; no biggie. ;-)
:> They have a pre-bent tailpipe for your application for $25, and a
:> generic muffler with something like a 2-3 year warranty for $37.
: Sounds pretty good to me.
Yep, didn't sound too bad to me either. You could no doubt do
better on the muffler with some shopping around I should think,
but it didn't seem terrible overall.
:> When I checked, the generic
:> muffler and the tailpipe were both in stock, but even on stuff that's
:> not in stock, it can be ordered and it'll show up the next day.
: I might ask my local NAPA what their prices are like and try to have them in
: hand before heading down. I'd be most upset if I drove all the way down there
: and they told me they'd have to get the parts in for the next day. I guess I
: could always call the day before to make sure the parts are in stock and have
: them set aside for me. Do you know the phone number of the store you went to?
Not offhand, I'm sure I could look it up for you though. Actually, I
don't know if they'd order the parts over the phone or not, I asked them
about that when I was there and they said the parts would need to be paid
for at the time of ordering them, so I guess it depends on wether they
would take a credit card payment over the phone or not. At any rate, if
you end up deciding to get the parts locally, it'd probably be easiest
just to have me buy them several days before you come down, then you can
pay me back later. Would save you the time of having to pick 'em up at
the store also.
: What else are we going to need? Two clamps, I know. The hangers are already
: on the pre-bent tail pipe, aren't they? I think the rubber isolators that are
: on there are still okay.
Yep, assuming the tailpipe is all one piece, I think just two
clamps would be it. NAPA said the hangers are welded on the tailpipe,
and slip into the stock rubber isolators.
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