[T3] First week of school new video

[Jim Adney]

On 27 Aug 2012 at 13:44, Dennis Stiefel wrote:

> >You can wrap that narrowed section with a thin alum strip until  it's large
> enough that the muffler donut is tight around it. Cut it into strips just a
> little wider >than the donut. Wrap it tight, so it won't crush much. I use
> thin alum flashing sheet and I also have some much thicker than normal alum
> foil. Standard alum >foil doesn't hold up well. If you do this at the same
> time as you install the muffler, you can also put some muffler paste in
> there, but muffler paste by itself >won't hold up.
> 
> >This is one of those places that I use a Hi-Temp silicone, like "Ultra
> Copper" from Permatex. It might not be the "correct way" to fix this, but it
> does work. : )  

> We have fixed now. We just took our wire welder and filled in the low spots
> then grinded it down smooth and even to where the doughnut gasket fits snug.

Nice! I guess THAT's the correct way.  ;-)

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