Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles, rusty tailpipe and blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my spare car are good.
SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..

On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles, rusty tailpipe and blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my spare car are good.
> SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
> Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
> The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
> My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..

Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist in
his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a while ago.
A hoist makes life so much easier.

--
Daryl

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 22:35:19 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> > Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles, rusty tailpipe and blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my spare car are good.
> > SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
> > Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
> > The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
> > My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist in
> his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a while ago.
> A hoist makes life so much easier.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Theres a hoist here but the spare jeep is a non goer, and getting hoist time is a bit tricky anyway (Busy)
Glad I let the moths out of the wallet. :)

To clarify some of the above, been having a bit of grief getting the box to shift smoothly, adjusted everything, and changed half the fluid. (twice)
unblocking the zorst has it nearly there, and changing out the stuffed TPS will have it as new. :)))
>
> --
> Daryl

On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and blown
>> flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners) for a
>> while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my spare car
>> are good.
>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had fallen
>> apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest was
>> loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and
>> better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps coming
>> yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had felt OK
>> to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one is
>> inclined to not notice..
>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>
>
> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist in
> his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a while
> ago.
> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>

Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all the
bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.

On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and
>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners)
>>> for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my
>>> spare car are good.
>>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and
>>> better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps
>>> coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had
>>> felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one
>>> is inclined to not notice..
>>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>>
>>
>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist
>> in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a
>> while ago.
>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>>
>
> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all the
> bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
Oh God, not again :(

On 27/1/2022 12:41 pm, keithr0 wrote:
> On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
>> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and
>>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners)
>>>> for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my
>>>> spare car are good.
>>>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
>>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
>>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother,
>>>> and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps
>>>> coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It
>>>> had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly
>>>> one is inclined to not notice..
>>>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>>>
>>>
>>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist
>>> in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a
>>> while ago.
>>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>>>
>>
>> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all the
>> bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
> Oh God, not again :(

You called?

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 27/01/2022 12:06 pm, Xeno wrote:
> On 27/1/2022 12:41 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>> On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and
>>>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners)
>>>>> for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my
>>>>> spare car are good.
>>>>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>>>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>>>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>>>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
>>>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
>>>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>>>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother,
>>>>> and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps
>>>>> coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It
>>>>> had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive
>>>>> sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
>>>>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a
>>>> hoist in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on
>>>> cars a while ago.
>>>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all
>>> the bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
>> Oh God, not again :(
>
> You called?
>
>
Really? I thought that alvey was the little tin god around here, I stand
corrected.

On Thursday, 27 January 2022 at 14:14:07 UTC+11, keithr0 wrote:
> On 27/01/2022 12:06 pm, Xeno wrote:
> > On 27/1/2022 12:41 pm, keithr0 wrote:
> >> On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
> >>> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
> >>>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> >>>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles, rusty tailpipe and
> >>>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners)
> >>>>> for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my
> >>>>> spare car are good.
> >>>>> SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
> >>>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
> >>>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
> >>>>> Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
> >>>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
> >>>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
> >>>>> The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother,
> >>>>> and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps
> >>>>> coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It
> >>>>> had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive
> >>>>> sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
> >>>>> My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a
> >>>> hoist in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on
> >>>> cars a while ago.
> >>>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all
> >>> the bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
> >> Oh God, not again :(
> >
> > You called?
> >
> >
> Really? I thought that alvey was the little tin god around here, I stand
> corrected.
~~~~~~~~~
They`re cut from the same cloth....Take yer pick. <SHRUG>

On 27/1/2022 2:14 pm, keithr0 wrote:
> On 27/01/2022 12:06 pm, Xeno wrote:
>> On 27/1/2022 12:41 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>>> On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
>>>> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and
>>>>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six
>>>>>> fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and
>>>>>> pipe on my spare car are good.
>>>>>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>>>>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>>>>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>>>>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
>>>>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
>>>>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>>>>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother,
>>>>>> and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a
>>>>>> tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows,
>>>>>> It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive
>>>>>> sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
>>>>>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a
>>>>> hoist in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on
>>>>> cars a while ago.
>>>>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all
>>>> the bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
>>> Oh God, not again :(
>>
>> You called?
>>
>>
> Really? I thought that alvey was the little tin god around here, I stand
> corrected.

Me? A tin God? Oh, no, you need to head on down to Merrimu Mesa for one
of them. You'll find one cowering in his shed.

--
Xeno

Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.
(with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)

On 27/01/2022 1:06 pm, Xeno wrote:
> On 27/1/2022 12:41 pm, keithr0 wrote:
>> On 27/01/2022 12:06 am, Clocky wrote:
>>> On 26/01/2022 7:35 pm, Daryl wrote:
>>>> On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
>>>>> Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles,  rusty tailpipe and
>>>>> blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six
>>>>> fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and
>>>>> pipe on my spare car are good.
>>>>>       SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty
>>>>> shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the
>>>>> local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
>>>>>         Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had
>>>>> fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest
>>>>> was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
>>>>>         The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother,
>>>>> and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a
>>>>> tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows,
>>>>> It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive
>>>>> sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
>>>>>       My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a
>>>> hoist in his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on
>>>> cars a while ago.
>>>> A hoist makes life so much easier.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Plus a qualified mechanic would know to use metric spanners on all
>>> the bolts that aren't "All Imperial". That helps.
>> Oh God, not again :(
>
> You called?
>
>

LOL

--
https://tinyurl.com/Yosemite-Sam
"my own words are irrelevant"
-noddy 5/08/2017 4:12 PM

On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 23:10:58 UTC+11, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, 26 January 2022 at 22:35:19 UTC+11, Daryl wrote:
> > On 26/1/22 7:36 pm, jonz@ nothere.com wrote:
> > > Had a leaky muffler, with collapsed baffles, rusty tailpipe and blown flange gasket (A bloody rectangular thing with six fasteners) for a while, (well a couple of months.) <G> Muffler and pipe on my spare car are good.
> > > SO Climbed under the spare car and started undoing rusty shit........Lasted 10 min, thought fuck this, and booked into the local zorst bloke. First time for everything eh. ;)
> > > Turned out that apart from the known stuff, the cat had fallen apart and deposited half of itself in the muffler, the rest was loosened up and blown out. (quick fix.)
> > > The end result was a car running *Much* better, smoother, and better economy, with pretty much an open system (Tho. got a tps coming yet. that should settle the box completely) Just shows, It had felt OK to me, I thought, But when the problems arrive sloooowly one is inclined to not notice..
> > > My body is thanking me for *not* doing it myself..
> > Know what you mean, if my mate with the race cars didn't have a hoist in
> > his shed we would have retired from doing anything much on cars a while ago.
> > A hoist makes life so much easier.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Theres a hoist here but the spare jeep is a non goer, and getting hoist time is a bit tricky anyway (Busy)
> Glad I let the moths out of the wallet. :)
>
> To clarify some of the above, been having a bit of grief getting the box to shift smoothly, adjusted everything, and changed half the fluid. (twice)
> unblocking the zorst has it nearly there, and changing out the stuffed TPS will have it as new. :)))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TPS changed, tweaked TVC a bit more and *gotcha*.... Going like a new one. not bad for a 27yr old Jeep!... Only the suspension change to go. (Been putting that off for three yrs now, it can wait a little longer.)
> >
> > --
> > Daryl