> > On Sat, 18 May 2013 21:37:06 -0400 Max <meadedil...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > Craig <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > > > > > > > >So you are sure it will go against broad past experience that says the > > >last 10% is the hardest to get? > > > > Good point, but if clamps don't do the trick, the job goes to local > > muffler shop for welding. > > Max's experience pretty much mirrors mine when I de-catted my '87 300D a couple of years ago. I bought an assortment of cheap pipe sections and clamps from FLAPS, but just as Craig points out, the last 10% took 90% of the work--namely, sealing the gaps between the original metric-sized pipes and the SAE-sized filler. My solution was basically to fill the gaps with a bead of weld, then wrap a sleeve of scrap sheetmetal around each joint thus sealed and weld it all around the edges to provide reinforcement. The end result was very ugly, but it has held up just fine for going on two years now.
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