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EXHAUST SYSTEM ASSEMBLY: Jan Wikström sends this procedure for assembling each side: 1. “Hang the bent pipe in place. Make sure the insulating compressed-fibre bead is in place inside the rubber. 2. “Insert the second muffler and engage its hanger. Smear the Loctite stuff on the sliding joint and join it up. 3. “Push in a finger-thick stick (conveniently brought by crazy dog) on each side of the tail muffler to jam it in 4. “Push the bent pipe clear of the brake calipers and jam in another stick between the pipe and the bleeding 5. “Shove the front muffler over and up until it sits right with another finger-thick stick between it and the heat 6. “Look at the tail muffler to check that it isn’t sitting too high or low through the see-saw action of the pipe. 7. “While holding everything in place, tighten up the flange bolts about half tight. 8. “Fit clamp and slot cover piece, liberally smeared with you-know-what. And do up the sliding joint about half 9. “Remove all sticks, hold your breath and check clearances. If the exhaust can shake normally on the hangers “The Loctite stuff is great; when the heat comes on, it foams to maybe three times its volume and makes a tight seal. A
IMPROVEMENTS IN LATER DESIGNS: Stefan Schulz reports: “I've just replaced pipes on the left side of my car's “Jaguar seem to have realized that some of the exhaust parts weren't brilliant and actually made some improvements, to The intermediate pipe now has an extra kink so that it no longer prevents access to the gearbox sump bolts. The locating pin arrangement for the over-axle pipe has changed so that it now looks a lot more reliable. Stress is distributed over a much larger cross-section of the hanger-to-pipe joint now. The old band clamps used in various places were labelled "Aeroquip". Presumably that points at use in flying equipment. Which is a scary thought, as both which I removed used Nyloc nuts - not a smart thing to do on a hot
HEAT SHIELDS: The Jag seems to have them everywhere: those hokey little pieces of sheet metal that seem to do |