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Subject:Re: Holey muffler, Batman!
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Fri, 5 Jan 2007 01:42:14 -0500

ooo yah, not good.
I do remember going to my local pep-boys and seeing some sort of
muffler putty, that you applied to the hole and then idled the vehicle
for 15 minutes.
maybe that would work?
sudhir

On 1/5/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:
> J-B Weld might be disappointing in this case in that it has a max
> temperature of 500� F.
>
> Mike
>
>
> Sudhir Desai wrote:
> > high-temp epoxy is my weapon of choice in these matters :)
> > next is jb-weld.
> > sudhir
> >
> > On 1/5/07, Gerald Masar <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >> This message certified free of any stainless steel content.
> >>
> >> '88 Westy, 54K miles, original muffler has a small hole (at least as
> >> far as I could
> >> see) about �" wide on the cat end, near the base of one of the
> >> supports for the flange
> >> where the cat attaches. Any ideas for patching it? High temp epoxy?
> >> Welding? The
> >> muffler otherwise appears to be in pretty good shape with just some
> >> surface rust.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jerry in Arizona
> >>
> >
>