I'm saving up for an entire exhaust system change headers back because mine is rusted to heck. But in the interim I'm looking for some decent ways to quiet the rumble down a little bit. Got a bit of a hole at the first bend after the manifolds on the driverside, hole in the driverside muffler big (complete with a piece of the insides falling out it), and my exhaust tip on the driver side is almost broken off. I plan on just welding the exhaust tip back together, but I'm not sure what to do with the other stuff while I'm saving up for a full new exhaust.
I know there was a time in my younger days I took a couple of cans (they were tin back then) and cut the ends out of them and split them down one side, put them around the pipe and over the hole and then put a clamp or two around the whole works, shut the hole and the noise down but it was temporary.
Yea I'm not looking for long term solutions. I already have my exhaust system picked out, just need to save up a bit, and my Comet is my DD right now. Stupid Bronco decided to break down for the 15th time this year and I'm selling it.
You can buy muffler tape to go around the muffler, dont know that it will help much with the guts falling out. Perhaps hit up the junk yard and get a muffler that will fit till you are ready for new stuff. You can get some flex tubing and a couple clamps for the front part, cut everything off from muffler back then you dont need to worry about the tip.
How would I get the flex tubing around the pipe? Cut it down a side first or something? I hadn't thought of pulling a junkyard muffler. I may go hunting for one very soon.
I would just cut the pipe where the hole is and slip it both ways, of course this depends on where the hole is. If it is on a corner you may have to cut it on a straight section. Muffler tape could be put on it as well
I've used aluminum cans too, no leaks, no fires. The muffler however................ no point in trying to patch that.
Measure what you need, diameter, lengths, etc. and then hit up your local self-service junkyard. Since you mentioned being able to weld, it should be relatively simple. You can probably walk out of there with the makings of a full exhaust system for like $25. I wouldn't do this as a permanent solution for a car I'm fixing up or trying to make perform, but I've done it a few times for work trucks and I did it for a temporary exhaust on a project once.
I did something like it for the 95 F150 I just resurrected a few weeks ago. Removed the rear cat, welded a 3-1/2" header collector to the front cat, then a matching collector welded to a 4' length of 3" pipe, dumping into a Walker 3" in/dual 2-1/2 out truck muffler, it's hung by a big hose clamp The whole setup cost me $40 from Summit.
