dieselcrawler
Elite Member
After 3 years of use, the exhaust on my 3005 has turned the back of the loader bucket black. A minor issue, but I see no reason to send it out the lower corner, Im sure it contributes to the chaff and gunk that gets blown around into the radiator screen. And its tiny. Any motor can breath better... So Im gonna try something...
Remove the stock muffler and exhaust pipe, save it, intact. I may decide it is better than my redneck hotrod tractor junk I come up with.
So here is what it is in stock form:
So far I have made a plate to fit the manifold below the muffler, into which I will weld the new, larger pipe.
The general plan is to follow the route of the stock exhaust, out under the side panel in the stock location, and then up along the grill guard and limb riser to over the canopy of my ROPS/FOPS cage. Straight pipe? Perhaps. Might be obnoxiously loud... If so, I will devise a muffler, or just fit in the smallest glasspack I can find. The pipe will be about half an inch larger diameter than stock. Which will be huge for the 1.3L motor!
Remove the stock muffler and exhaust pipe, save it, intact. I may decide it is better than my redneck hotrod tractor junk I come up with.
So here is what it is in stock form:
So far I have made a plate to fit the manifold below the muffler, into which I will weld the new, larger pipe.
The general plan is to follow the route of the stock exhaust, out under the side panel in the stock location, and then up along the grill guard and limb riser to over the canopy of my ROPS/FOPS cage. Straight pipe? Perhaps. Might be obnoxiously loud... If so, I will devise a muffler, or just fit in the smallest glasspack I can find. The pipe will be about half an inch larger diameter than stock. Which will be huge for the 1.3L motor!
Last edited: