Mine came to me with a big hoseclamp on there, i've never had the
opportunity to use "the strap". The problem is though, there is soo little
material left on my "retainer" that the hose clamp is quite literally, going
to come through at any time. These things REALLY rust.
I see Frank Condelli has them listed on his website.....but no price.
Stainless Steel anyone? There's a market for it........

-Craig
'85Gl

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote:

> craig cowan wrote:
>
> > Assuming your talking about the bracket that fits atop
> > the muffler, is attached to the three "support rods"
> >
>
> That is called a "Retainer" and its part # "Was" 025 251 519.  It's listed
> as NLA (no longer available).
>
> As long as the part that bolts to the support rods is still there, you can
> go to a hardware store and purchase a large stainless steel hose clamp, like
> one for a dryer exhaust hose, and use that in place of the regular strap.
>
> I did that, as a temporary measure, on my '84 7 passenger 5 years ago.
> It's still there and doing fine.
>
> Mike
>