Fitting a sports exhuast!!
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This is the final time i'm gonna bring these up on pistonheads.
Any way due to me volunteering to fit the exhausts after lot's of persuasion to my dad to get them, I am going to try and fit the exhausts instead of my dad.
My dad has gone out and trusted me to fit them...oh dear!!
I have looked under the car (on jacks) and have found how the back box is held on. I can see that the box doesn't just unbolt.
If any one has experiences getting just the back box off could you please explain to me.
I can see where the pipes meet and it is welded together. Do you have to heat up the welds or does the box just bang off?
Other wise i'l wait for my dad to get back.
Any info would be appreciated.
David
>>> Edited by TVRlover on Sunday 29th December 15:45
Any way due to me volunteering to fit the exhausts after lot's of persuasion to my dad to get them, I am going to try and fit the exhausts instead of my dad.
My dad has gone out and trusted me to fit them...oh dear!!
I have looked under the car (on jacks) and have found how the back box is held on. I can see that the box doesn't just unbolt.
If any one has experiences getting just the back box off could you please explain to me.
I can see where the pipes meet and it is welded together. Do you have to heat up the welds or does the box just bang off?
Other wise i'l wait for my dad to get back.
Any info would be appreciated.
David
>>> Edited by TVRlover on Sunday 29th December 15:45
The back box is clamped to the 2 pipes, it is also attached to the chassis by means of 2 rubber hangers.
I removed my back box by supporting its weight with a trolley jack....it is surprisingly heavy.
Raising the jack slightly will help you to ease off the rubber supports. This is very fiddly, use a long flat blade screwdriver as a lever.
Remove the clamps and use "medium force" to seperate the box from the exhaust pipes.
I used a heavy hammer and a block of wood to protect the box from damage.
You may find that you need the assistance of a second person in order to actually remove the box from under the car.
As I have said, the job can be a bit of a pain....but the end result is well worth it
Fitting the new pipes is much easier, but take time to line up everything correctly so that the visual effect of the original set up is maintained.
I hope this helps.........
(All above IMHO, take great care with safety when working under a car etc,etc,etc.)
I removed my back box by supporting its weight with a trolley jack....it is surprisingly heavy.
Raising the jack slightly will help you to ease off the rubber supports. This is very fiddly, use a long flat blade screwdriver as a lever.
Remove the clamps and use "medium force" to seperate the box from the exhaust pipes.
I used a heavy hammer and a block of wood to protect the box from damage.
You may find that you need the assistance of a second person in order to actually remove the box from under the car.
As I have said, the job can be a bit of a pain....but the end result is well worth it
Fitting the new pipes is much easier, but take time to line up everything correctly so that the visual effect of the original set up is maintained.
I hope this helps.........
(All above IMHO, take great care with safety when working under a car etc,etc,etc.)
O.k thanks for the info.
The problem is though, my dads pipes on the old exhaust looks like it has been welded to the pipes off of the cats. There aren't any clamps joining the pipes together.
It hasn't been welded because it looks like the exhaust has come apart before, but it just looks like part of the exhuast pipe bonding
I will see what I can do tomorrow morning!
Thanks again
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Sunday 29th December 19:33
The problem is though, my dads pipes on the old exhaust looks like it has been welded to the pipes off of the cats. There aren't any clamps joining the pipes together.
It hasn't been welded because it looks like the exhaust has come apart before, but it just looks like part of the exhuast pipe bonding
I will see what I can do tomorrow morning!
Thanks again
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Sunday 29th December 19:33
fitted the exhausts today and found that we had to replace the pipes in between the cats and the silencers.
Any way I fitted the exhausts and have found that they sit alot lower than the original box and that one of the pipes (in between cats and silencers) rests against the chassis without banging up or down and I have also tried to adjust the other one to do that but it is still to low and bangs.
Did any one else have any of those problems or does your's still bang around atall?
I would be extremely greatful if you could help me!
Also if any body has any pictures of how the exhaust should look once fitted could you please post them into this thread.
David
Any way I fitted the exhausts and have found that they sit alot lower than the original box and that one of the pipes (in between cats and silencers) rests against the chassis without banging up or down and I have also tried to adjust the other one to do that but it is still to low and bangs.
Did any one else have any of those problems or does your's still bang around atall?
I would be extremely greatful if you could help me!
Also if any body has any pictures of how the exhaust should look once fitted could you please post them into this thread.
David
David, good to see that you have been able to fit the new pipes
As I have previously posted, you will have to adjust them to match the original set up.
My pipes sit slightly higher than the original, but the angle of the pipes at the rear remains the same.
Your new pipes should be fitted with some sort of adjusting bracket to which the rubber supports are mounted.
This should alter the distance from the chassis. I also found that turning the exhaust boxes slightly also changed the position of the pipes with respect to the chassis.
I think you will need to resort to some trial and error fittings before you will obtain a satifactory fit.
I had to take the pipes off my Cerb about 20 times before I was happy with the fit!
Who supplied the pipes by the way? Maybe the supplier might suggest some further ideas.
Hope this helps!
Leszek.
As I have previously posted, you will have to adjust them to match the original set up.
My pipes sit slightly higher than the original, but the angle of the pipes at the rear remains the same.
Your new pipes should be fitted with some sort of adjusting bracket to which the rubber supports are mounted.
This should alter the distance from the chassis. I also found that turning the exhaust boxes slightly also changed the position of the pipes with respect to the chassis.
I think you will need to resort to some trial and error fittings before you will obtain a satifactory fit.
I had to take the pipes off my Cerb about 20 times before I was happy with the fit!
Who supplied the pipes by the way? Maybe the supplier might suggest some further ideas.
Hope this helps!
Leszek.
Hi,
My dad and I got them off of a man down in surrey. He saw my post on here and said that he had a set that he didn't want any more.
So out I was today in the pouring rain stupidly fitting them
At the moment, one pipe is up and the other pipe is down. I have adjusted the hangers but I think tomorrow I will get stuck in early so that I can go out with my dad in the afternoon to try them out... well that's what i'm hopeing.
I think I will take your advise and just keep trying.
Also how is it you adjust the pipes to go out to the side more i.e get them away from the middle? As usual for me one pipe goes more out to the side than the other one. Typical...
Do you have to slide the hanger round?
Thanks for you help and i'l try and get them sorted out so that we can give the pipes a thrashing in the afternoon.
We abouts is it in kent you teach? That's where I am from.
Dave
My dad and I got them off of a man down in surrey. He saw my post on here and said that he had a set that he didn't want any more.
So out I was today in the pouring rain stupidly fitting them
At the moment, one pipe is up and the other pipe is down. I have adjusted the hangers but I think tomorrow I will get stuck in early so that I can go out with my dad in the afternoon to try them out... well that's what i'm hopeing.
I think I will take your advise and just keep trying.
Also how is it you adjust the pipes to go out to the side more i.e get them away from the middle? As usual for me one pipe goes more out to the side than the other one. Typical...
Do you have to slide the hanger round?
Thanks for you help and i'l try and get them sorted out so that we can give the pipes a thrashing in the afternoon.
We abouts is it in kent you teach? That's where I am from.
Dave
Thanks for the offer i'l remember that.
The problem is that I have found it hard to line them up so that they are center and that they don't bash against the chassis. I still haven't finished them.
Three things good about them though is that they sound fantastic, look good and they don't blow...thank god!
If they don't line up soon I mighht have to grind down the chassis or resort to
ing them in to place! Only joking..
Oh well i'd better carry on and just prey.
Thanks for the offer again
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Tuesday 31st December 15:25
The problem is that I have found it hard to line them up so that they are center and that they don't bash against the chassis. I still haven't finished them.
Three things good about them though is that they sound fantastic, look good and they don't blow...thank god!
If they don't line up soon I mighht have to grind down the chassis or resort to
ing them in to place! Only joking.. Oh well i'd better carry on and just prey.
Thanks for the offer again
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Tuesday 31st December 15:25
Hi Dave,
Just got back and saw your post from yesterday.
I admire your courage and perseverance in tackling the job today.
You seem to be going through the same problems that I experienced....
Try fitting the pipes first without fitting the hangers...if you know what I mean...support the silencers with small trolley jacks or scissor jacks just to get the pipes to fit properly and look "right".
As I have previously said it took me ages to do this, and it was not without "drama" either
Mail me from my profile if you want to know more as I would not want to upset Ted.....
I live in Bromley, so not to far from Dream Machines, I will have to get over there to see your loverley cars
Workwise, I teach in a secondary school in Peckham
....yes, I know...its a tough call but somebody has to do it!.
Keep on persevering with the Cerb....
Leszek
Just got back and saw your post from yesterday.
I admire your courage and perseverance in tackling the job today
. You seem to be going through the same problems that I experienced....
Try fitting the pipes first without fitting the hangers...if you know what I mean...support the silencers with small trolley jacks or scissor jacks just to get the pipes to fit properly and look "right".
As I have previously said it took me ages to do this, and it was not without "drama" either
Mail me from my profile if you want to know more as I would not want to upset Ted.....
I live in Bromley, so not to far from Dream Machines, I will have to get over there to see your loverley cars
Workwise, I teach in a secondary school in Peckham
....yes, I know...its a tough call but somebody has to do it!. Keep on persevering with the Cerb....
Leszek
you sometimes have to slacken off the cats to get the systems to fit better, it is often a better overall result if after the cats etc are slackened off you re-fit the metal protection tray so it will line up centrally, i found it easier to line it up from the rear back to the cats then you get the tail pipes sitting correctly.
o.k thanks for all of the help given.
I want to work on saturday any way so i said to my dad, i'l ask them if we can borrow one of the ramps so that I can line up the exhaust without getting a stiff neck...(working with jacks and axel stands!)
It should be o.k to borrow them...hopefully.
Thanks for all your help given and it will come in useful if when I fit the exhausts to any customers cars.
Thanks
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Wednesday 1st January 16:32
I want to work on saturday any way so i said to my dad, i'l ask them if we can borrow one of the ramps so that I can line up the exhaust without getting a stiff neck...(working with jacks and axel stands!)
It should be o.k to borrow them...hopefully.
Thanks for all your help given and it will come in useful if when I fit the exhausts to any customers cars.
Thanks
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Wednesday 1st January 16:32
simond001:
Yes that's me (dream machines). I haven't worked there for a couple of weeks but i'l hopefully be down there on Saturday with a bit of luck to work and also line up the exhausts properly! So that I don't have to get another stiff neck from working with axel stands and jacks.
I haven't seen you down there for a while. Is that a good sign? (nothing gone wrong with the cerb?)
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Thursday 2nd January 15:48
Yes that's me (dream machines). I haven't worked there for a couple of weeks but i'l hopefully be down there on Saturday with a bit of luck to work and also line up the exhausts properly! So that I don't have to get another stiff neck from working with axel stands and jacks.
I haven't seen you down there for a while. Is that a good sign? (nothing gone wrong with the cerb?)
David
>> Edited by TVRlover on Thursday 2nd January 15:48
joospeed said: I get the feeling he's a yound lad doing a bit of work for dream machines at weekends out of schoool / college? .. if so good on yer .. wish I could find a keen youngster like that for my business ...
If I had a car and knew anything about the technical side to cerberas I would be first in line joolz!
joospeed said: I get the feeling he's a yound lad doing a bit of work for dream machines at weekends out of schoool / college? .. if so good on yer .. wish I could find a keen youngster like that for my business ...
That's exactly right joolz!!
I'm at school, but in september - (i think), I shall be starting my apprenticeship down there for mechanics.
I'm sure your find a youngster sooner or later!
David
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