{"id":265,"date":"2025-08-21T20:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.brainwalkers.ca\/?p=265"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:21:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T00:21:47","slug":"exhaust-removal-engine-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.brainwalkers.ca\/index.php\/2025\/08\/21\/exhaust-removal-engine-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhaust removal – Engine next…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lets’ start with the death shot image to the left<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok\u2026 so the exhaust is removed. At first glance it appears<\/em> to be a success \u2014 but not the kind of victory I had in mind. I was picturing a clean, one-piece removal, like pulling a sword from a stone. Instead, it was more like digging up an ancient fossil with a jackhammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, the pipe was so rusted it wasn\u2019t going to win any beauty contests, but technically it was doing its job. It did<\/em> function as a \u201csilencer,\u201d though in that very British way: it didn\u2019t silence much, it just made the noise sound slightly more polite.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Now, here\u2019s the fun bit: the pipe is held on in two places (A) and (B). The whole system is actually two pieces joined with one pipe sliding into the silencer, clamped at (C). Easy enough in theory. Except the section in the yellow box passes through the kickstarter, the foot peg, and the gear shift. Once everything was loose, you\u2019d think the pipe would just slide out with a cheerful \u201cpop.\u201d Nope. Instead, it was like trying to solve a mechanical Rubik\u2019s cube designed by someone who hates you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Removing the foot peg should<\/em> have made it possible. But of course, the bolt and nut had other plans. The foot peg bend blocked a socket, and a spanner? Useless. Too close to the ground, bad angle, no leverage. The open end managed to get on one set of flats, but with enough pressure it started rounding the corners. Arrgghh. At that point I summoned the pneumatic impact \u2014 my Excalibur \u2014 but all it did was create rounder<\/em> nuts, inside and out. Almost heroic, but not quite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enter the Sawz-All. When 50+ years of engineering stubbornness meets modern reciprocating fury, there\u2019s really no contest. Let\u2019s call it: Engineers 0 \u2013 Sawz-All 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and the kickstart? That had its own little trick \u2014 a wedge piece pulled into the lever to hold it against the shaft. Over time, the pin had collected more dents than a bumper car, and it fought me every inch of the way. It\u2019s now on the shopping list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the exhaust pipe \u2014 slip fit into the cylinder, held with a bracket. I had a quick sanity check call with Mario (every restorer needs a \u201cMario\u201d), who confirmed the finned ring casting was just a heat relief and could be removed later. Good to know I wasn\u2019t about to dismantle something sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next up: engine removal. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the exhaust was this much fun, you can only imagine what\u2019s coming next\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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