Hi Jim,
Maybe its time to redesign that little puppy or just provide more
rubber around the bolt hole opening. I've seen this same hanger
arrangement on any number of vehicles. Maybe its time to put
something from a Chevy or Ford on my LBC!!!!
Thanks for the feed back.
> I think that back rubber strap on the muffler is, was and has always
> been cursed. I haven't broken one since I have been restoring the
> current project, now 8 months, but back in the old days when I was
> driving a 71 in 71 I used to buy that one strap by the half dozen.
>
> A >
> >Also, the new parts you buy aren't necessarily as good as the old
> >ones. Case in point, the rear rubber/fiber strap that the exhaust
> >pipe hangs off of. After stopping at a friends shop and then getting
> >back into the car and backing out I noticed a funny rattle that
> >wasn't there before. After closer inspection of the rear of the car
> >it turns out that the strap had broken. Now I just bought this strap
> >in the last 6 months from VB. So I ended up going back to his shop
> >and borrowing a piece of BALING wire, of all things. It worked!!
>
>
> I have found this to especially true of ALL rubber parts. It looks
> like a lot of the rubber that the big three sell has been waiting
> for a client since the car was new in 1970-something. All that time
> has taken a toll on the polymer chain lenth and results in early
> failure.
>
> I have had a poor esperance with exterior window seals as well as
> steering rack gaters. After a couple of years (should be longer I
> think) the parts are cracked and dry, as if installed for years
> longer. (Car garaged, and out of the sun most of the time.)
>
> I don't have an answer. Does anyone think that VB or Moss would
> take rubber back after such an esperance for replacment? It is not
> so much the price, but the joy of installation that is at issue for
> me.
>
> Thomas Howard
> '72 GT6, (and a good bit of USA Iron)
> Lakeside Union School District
>
Brad (In Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L (Back on the Road!!!!!)
1966 TR4A CT72398L (Car is finally home and ready for
Restoration)
1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108 (Frame back in garage and ready to
paint)
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