Adhesive to stick back on the exhaust

[BlueEyedBoy]

Hi all,

After 6 months in the barn I got out the MG today. The brackets that connect the exhaust to the car both should be connected to rubber "pads" which are bolted to the body. However both of them seem to have lost the will to stick over winter and the exhaust in dropping. I tried superglue but obviously not up to the job. What sort of adhesive should I use to stick these back on?

Thanks.

[wildoliver]

Really?

[BlueEyedBoy]

I don't particularly believe it myself as a design either, but that's what is on there, and I can't think of any other way they stayed connected as there are no fixings / holes etc where anything else could have been.

It obviously needs to be something pretty heavy duty, was thinking of some form of epoxy resin.

Its a 67 mgb btw

Edited by BlueEyedBoy on Friday 23 May 21:25

[SV8Predator]

You'll have to buy new rubber exhaust mounts.

You could try a product like Sikaflex or Tigerseal, but it will only be temporary while you save up for the new rubber exhaust mounts.

[spyder dryver]

I've just arrived here from the meme thread so...

[BlueEyedBoy]

Just to me clear, the mounts that connect to the exhaust are metal. The way these then connect to the car in via a rubber pad about 3 inches square. The rubber pad was attached to a similar size piece of metal which is bolted with a bracket to the exhaust.

Just quickly googled and this is the crappy thing:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MGB-Exhaust-Rubber-Mount...

as you can see, the metal is just stuck somehow to the rubber. Obviously cheap, so I can just get some new ones, but it means I can't use the car this weekend, where as I could fix it myself.

[GadgeS3C]

For an "emergency" repair over the weekend - any or combination of: duct tape, garden wire, drill a couple of holes through the metal and rubber and stick some bolts through it, etc.

In the MGs day most of the above would have been considered a long term repair...

[BlueEyedBoy]

drilled and bolted together, probably better than a new one now