The solid flanges that slide on the pipe holding the flared pipe ends together rusted away. The pipes themselves were in tact because they are stainless. This joint which was designed to be undone is now welded together with a short length of pipe slid onto and into the respective original exhaust pipe ends and then welded all around.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 4, 2020, at 7:55 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > That is my question too. If the original system had a joint that could be > undone with hand tools, why is that no longer the case? Was there a leak / > rust at the joint? > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 12:04 AM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> and cut out the restriction. THt is a bigger deal than the ugly >> welds. But the real deal is why was the flange cut out and not repaired? >> >>> Dwight Giles via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> January 3, 2020 at 2:52 PM >>> Post his name on Twitter with pic-or threaten to if they don't clean >>> up the >>> weld. >>> Dwight E. Giles Jr. >>> Wickford RI >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
