Exhaust

[JKY]

Can anyone tell me how the exhaust on a 500 should mount on the front of the engine block? I have the bracket on the exhaust but it is not connected to anything - I am getting a terrible resonance through the exhaust which I guess may be down to this (any other ideas?)

[Ballistic Banana]

Should bolt to the side of the block. there should be a bracket on the top of the Ypiece section as near where it joins the straight pipe...this should have a hole in it that a bolt goes through..it should become clear where it goes if you have it...i see if i can dig up a piccie for you.

BB

[JKY]

Yes, I have that bracket and can see the block holes but there is a 1 inch gap between them and I cannot see any way of closing it short of bending the bracket as there is obviously no tolerance due to the y pipe.
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By the way BB, cheers fo the help that you gave my pal in Vienna (Anthony aka Kbear) with the troubles he was having with his Griffith. I can blame the purchase of my new Griff on him..........

[HRG]

Should be able to loosen the clamp and rotate it a bit. If it really won't meet I'd make up a spacer from a section of tube.

[Pupp]

Is it an exhaust with the flexible section up front? I replaced my rigid type recently with a flexi-piped one and had difficulties in mating up that mounting. It did go in the end but needed some body English. The rigid one used to fall on.

[clive f]

HRG said:

Should be able to loosen the clamp and rotate it a bit. If it really won't meet I'd make up a spacer from a section of tube.

or use a few washers,

[HRG]

clive f said:

HRG said:

Should be able to loosen the clamp and rotate it a bit. If it really won't meet I'd make up a spacer from a section of tube.

or use a few washers,

Or thirty yards of tubing in your case

[clive f]

HRG said:

clive f said:

HRG said:

Should be able to loosen the clamp and rotate it a bit. If it really won't meet I'd make up a spacer from a section of tube.

or use a few washers,

Or thirty yards of tubing in your case

OI!!cheeky blighter

[JKY]

Yes, mine has the flexible tubing. Managed to loosen the whole exhaust (front clamp and centre plate) and I was able, with a lot of effort, to rotate the front a small amount so that I now only have about 1/2 an inch gap. I can now get a bolt in there (once I eventually found an imperial one in my spares!!!) and I should be able to close it up, with maybe a washer spacer too. No wonder I was getting a resonance in the system! Thanks for the help.

[That Daddy]

They are prone to coming loose and falling out,more so on the non-flexi cars