Repairing exhaust/muffler

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peternoon - 30 Mar 2009 22:09 GMT

I am going to replace my Toyota and do not want to spend money on
expensive spares and their replacement. I need to keep the car running
for a few weeks or even months until I change it.
The joint where the exhaust pipe meets the box (muffler?) has broken
and it came off. It looks like a neck sticking out of the box has been
left inside a clamp that joins them. Is it possible to re-join them,
especially to get rid of the noise that it produces?.

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Ray O - 30 Mar 2009 22:19 GMT

>I am going to replace my Toyota and do not want to spend money on
> expensive spares and their replacement. I need to keep the car running
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> left inside a clamp that joins them. Is it possible to re-join them,
> especially to get rid of the noise that it produces?.

Toyota OEM exhausts use flanges to join exhaust pieces instead of clamps.
If your exhaust has clamps, the part is aftermarket so it is hard to answer
your question.

Auto parts stores sell exhaust bandages-tape and exhaust repair compound
that looks like putty. Those kinds of repairs generally do not last very
long, but they should last a few weeks or months.

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Hachiroku ハチロク - 31 Mar 2009 01:45 GMT

> I am going to replace my Toyota and do not want to spend money on
> expensive spares and their replacement. I need to keep the car running
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> left inside a clamp that joins them. Is it possible to re-join them,
> especially to get rid of the noise that it produces?.

I used JB Weld to hold mine together.

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