Original(!) silencer from my '74 Triumph.
I am generally not a kludger, fix it once and fi it right, but... Took the fun car to work and driving home I noticed the sound of an exhaust leak. Looked under and found a ~1/2" hole which I was able to open up a bit more. New exhaust time, but there was a British car show the upcoming Saturday and I would not have time to install the exhaust even if I was able to get one in a few days. So, after dinner I got a sheet of Alclad I had hanging around, some aluminum mesh, a bunch of small SS screws and some PC epoxy. I pushed some rock wool into the hole then used the mesh as a matrix to support a thick layer of epoxy sandwiched between the aluminum and muffler making sure I got good squeeze out around the patch. Whole process took maybe 2 hours. I ordered a stock exhaust in SS, and figured that this patch would get me through the show and possibly the entire driving season....that was in early 2002.
It is finally at the end though...
Lets hear about some good "temporary" repairs.
I am generally not a kludger, fix it once and fi it right, but... Took the fun car to work and driving home I noticed the sound of an exhaust leak. Looked under and found a ~1/2" hole which I was able to open up a bit more. New exhaust time, but there was a British car show the upcoming Saturday and I would not have time to install the exhaust even if I was able to get one in a few days. So, after dinner I got a sheet of Alclad I had hanging around, some aluminum mesh, a bunch of small SS screws and some PC epoxy. I pushed some rock wool into the hole then used the mesh as a matrix to support a thick layer of epoxy sandwiched between the aluminum and muffler making sure I got good squeeze out around the patch. Whole process took maybe 2 hours. I ordered a stock exhaust in SS, and figured that this patch would get me through the show and possibly the entire driving season....that was in early 2002.
It is finally at the end though...
Lets hear about some good "temporary" repairs.