Re: Hole In Exhaust

Posted by try this, Ray M41 on April 21, 2000 at 11:44:35 from (208.145.75.75):

In Reply to: Hole In Exhaust posted by pete-tex on April 20, 2000 at 02:04:41:

You will be better off getting a good used one. If you want to poor-boy it untill you find a good one try this. Cut a patch from a 1 1/2" copper pipe and form it to cover the hole. Clean around the hole, inside and outside, with a wire brush and sandpaper. The toothbrush sized wire brush works good inside the pipe. Glue the patch over the hole with that high-temp manifold putty. You can get it at any auto supply store. Smooth the inside with your finger moisten in water. Secure the patch with #12 copper wire. The next day, when the putty has hardened, silver solder the wire to keep it from unraveling. I fixed mine this way nine years ago. I average about two hours a week on the tractor and it was still holding when I replaced it this winter.
Found an excellent used one from Community Tractor & Equipment, Inc. I paid just under $150.00 for the manifold, gaskets, and shipping F.O.B. my front porch. They are in Natalia, Texas, just south of San Antonio, Texas.
They are as honest as Abe Lincoln. I sent in my check on a Saturday and the next Tuesday when I came home from work it was on my front porch. The gaskets were missing. It was too late to call them that evening. I would call them the next day. I got busy and forgot that next day. No matter, when I came home that evening the gaskets were on the dining room table with the day's mail.

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