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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