Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
Setup: Hit more than my fair share of branches with vertical exhaust pipe. Bent the pipe for Brutus...finally, went to muffler shop, bought new section of 2 1/2 inch OD pipe and replaced it. Old flapper on top wouldn't fit as easily, seems this 2 1/2 inch pipe is a touch wider than the old. No problem, went to Napa, for $8.00 +/- bought shiny new one /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif
"Problem"..this shiney new one evidently has some lateral movement such that when the engine is idling to maybe 1/4 throttle, it makes such a clatter (that is magnified by the pipe itself) that you can NOT hear the engine running.. ok, literally, yes, you can hear the engine, but this clankering is amazingly loud. If you hold the flapper still, the engine purrs and all is wonderful, so I've tightened it up some but to no avail. I had the brainstorm hit me of maybe "isolating" it somehow by wrapping something around the top of the pipe to keep the noise from transferring...unsure about that idea..
Any ideas? I sure hate to make a federal case out of flappers..I spoke with the dealer and he said he wasn't sure that theirs was any better than what I had.
Richard
"Problem"..this shiney new one evidently has some lateral movement such that when the engine is idling to maybe 1/4 throttle, it makes such a clatter (that is magnified by the pipe itself) that you can NOT hear the engine running.. ok, literally, yes, you can hear the engine, but this clankering is amazingly loud. If you hold the flapper still, the engine purrs and all is wonderful, so I've tightened it up some but to no avail. I had the brainstorm hit me of maybe "isolating" it somehow by wrapping something around the top of the pipe to keep the noise from transferring...unsure about that idea..
Any ideas? I sure hate to make a federal case out of flappers..I spoke with the dealer and he said he wasn't sure that theirs was any better than what I had.
Richard