Here's a novel idea that I came up with (and it actually works quite
well). I used an old (but still intact) Spit transmission mount as a
shock mount for my Monza exhaust. You may have to do some fabrication,
but I found that it is rather effective.
Joe
jaltman@altlaw.com wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> Jim Altman jaltman@altlaw.com Illigitimi non Carborundum
> http://www.altlaw.com/metro/jaltman.html 69-TR6#CC28754L W4UCK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Tom Howard
> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 1998 5:02 PM
> To: Brad Kahler
> Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Geting the Bugs out, rubber value
>
> 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
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"If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
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