Looking through the JBA messages, that's who I found he was, Jason. I
guess my question is - how can he not know what an exhaust doughnut is
when the thing is included in some of his kits? Surely there has been
some kind of miscommunication between you and Jeff - he HAS to know
what they are. Anyway, I hope you get your leak fixed soon - they can
be frustrating. I retightened my MP headers up last night. They
aren't nearly as pretty as the JBA pictures I've seen, but there is a
big difference in performance over the manifolds. Have a good one!
Tate
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Muffenbier [SMTP:Jpm699@email.msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 1998 9:13 AM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: jba headers...no leaks
Actually Jeff Bell is the guy that sold 30 pairs of headers to the
DML. I
should think he would know a little something about these things,
that's why
I asked him. He seemed alittle upset though that his headers should
be
leaking. oh well.
>Exhaust doughnuts have been around since - - well, since I've been
>fooling around with cars - - real old cars. They are not a JBA
thing.
> Go to any muffler shop and they'll have a big piece of pegboard on
>the wall or a board with nails in it or a big bin somewhere full of
>the things. Like I said - this is not a JBA proprietary connection
>device. All it is is a round gasket - that's it. It's a ring made
of
>metal and compressed asbestos (or something similar) that goes
>between some rounded/flared exhaust joints - at least anyone I know
>would know who's into cars would know exactly what I was talking
about
>if I said "doughnut joint" when referring to exhaust. Some cars use
>them, some don't. I know that the 97's don't. Whoever Jeff Bell is
>has never messed with exhaust much.
>
>Tate
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason Muffenbier [SMTP:Jpm699@email.msn.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 4:42 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Re: jba headers...no leaks
>
>I'm curious about these donuts I've heard so much about. I called
>Jeff Bell
>to ask about them(My y pipes are leaking just a bit) and he said
there
>is no
>such thing. Please explain?
>
>Jason
>
>
>
>
>>the bobster wrote:
>>
>>> We have installed the "doughnuts " on our 92 and the leak problem
>>> where the JBAs couple to the Y pipe is solved.
>>>
>>> Any sealer we had put between the header and Y-pipe had blown
out.
>>> the doughnuts filled this gap perfectly.
>>
>> Where did you get these doughnut gaskets? And more importantly,
>how
>>do I identify them to the local parts houses?
>>
>> I noticed that my JBA instructions talked about these things, but
>did not
>>give me any way to identify them other than "the doughnut things
that
>sit
>>in the exhaust flange."
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron "Don't Want No Leaks" Rader
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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