janolsson
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- Leicester, UK
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- No Ex at the mo
Well my ex has been a little neglected recently as it has been running and working well and i have been fettling the mr2.
A couple of months ago the rear most hanger for the exhaust snapped off due to corrosion so i just temporarily held it up with a coat hanger
It already had one of the front hangers missing and a couple of pin holes so i decided to buy a new one. I got me an ebay cheapy which, when it came didn't look too bad appart from some tooling marks on a couple of the bends.
Now knowing how exhausts can often rust at the welds at the boxes i decided to spray the whole thing with some vht to hopefully increase its life.
This morning i decided it was about time i fitted it. I went to get the old one off and surprise, surprise the U clamp broke. No problem, 84p bought me a shiny new one. Then went to remove the old exhaust and found i needed a little more room. So jacked up the rear (front chocked) and that almost gave me the angle but the rear droplink was in the way. Looking at the droplink lower nut i thought i would be in trouble but with a wire brushing and some good penetrant and off it came.
The new one went in easily and all the curves and hangers were in the right place. Came to bolt up the flanges on the flared join and one of the old bolts stripped and the nut with the tab was a little mangled. So had a dig around and found a suitable m10x1.5 bolt but didn't have a nut to fit so i retapped the original nut. I know i could have popped out and got 2 new stainless bolts and nuts but where's the fun in that.
All back together and no rattles or blows. JD
I also knocked one of the terminals off the rear window for the demister so i bought (again some months ago) some silvered conductive adhesive. Quick sand and wipe with contact cleaner, then applied plenty of the stuff and used masking tape to hold it in place.
I can't comment on how well it has stuck or whether it will work as i have left it to cure, so i will know tommorrow
Just gotta do;
Front droplink (doesn't need doing but got it when i did the other one so may as well)
Front o/s hub (slight noise so not urgent but i can hear it!)
Now i just gotta finish my mr2
Regards all
A couple of months ago the rear most hanger for the exhaust snapped off due to corrosion so i just temporarily held it up with a coat hanger

It already had one of the front hangers missing and a couple of pin holes so i decided to buy a new one. I got me an ebay cheapy which, when it came didn't look too bad appart from some tooling marks on a couple of the bends.
Now knowing how exhausts can often rust at the welds at the boxes i decided to spray the whole thing with some vht to hopefully increase its life.
This morning i decided it was about time i fitted it. I went to get the old one off and surprise, surprise the U clamp broke. No problem, 84p bought me a shiny new one. Then went to remove the old exhaust and found i needed a little more room. So jacked up the rear (front chocked) and that almost gave me the angle but the rear droplink was in the way. Looking at the droplink lower nut i thought i would be in trouble but with a wire brushing and some good penetrant and off it came.
The new one went in easily and all the curves and hangers were in the right place. Came to bolt up the flanges on the flared join and one of the old bolts stripped and the nut with the tab was a little mangled. So had a dig around and found a suitable m10x1.5 bolt but didn't have a nut to fit so i retapped the original nut. I know i could have popped out and got 2 new stainless bolts and nuts but where's the fun in that.
All back together and no rattles or blows. JD
I also knocked one of the terminals off the rear window for the demister so i bought (again some months ago) some silvered conductive adhesive. Quick sand and wipe with contact cleaner, then applied plenty of the stuff and used masking tape to hold it in place.
I can't comment on how well it has stuck or whether it will work as i have left it to cure, so i will know tommorrow
Just gotta do;
Front droplink (doesn't need doing but got it when i did the other one so may as well)
Front o/s hub (slight noise so not urgent but i can hear it!)
Now i just gotta finish my mr2
Regards all