Got under the car this afternoon and started building up the exhaust. Had forgotten how slow it is to build an exhaust with mandrel bends and no hoist, and using the TIG for everything. About half way there now:
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Just need to refit the passenger axle to make sure it clears and then its a fairly simple exercise to get to the boot.
Also discovered how badly the chromed/polished chinese stainless welds too:
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Its all good TIG practice though, and the rest of the cheap chinese bends seem to weld just fine.
Also got to give my new tungsten sharpener a go, and it works a treat. Good sharp grinds every time, and relatively fast.
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Waiting on a CV banding tool and more bands to reseal the outer CVs on the axles and then they can go in before i jig the rest of the exhaust around them.
Going to find out tomorrow if i can get these 1/8 NPT to M10x1 Inverted Flare adapters too, if not thats another bit to come from the US.
Fabbed up a bit more of the exhaust today, and got stuck finding stuff to hold the muffler in place. Eventually made do with this:
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Pity that the 10mm stainless rod i was sold is actually 12mm though 🙁