TeamCF Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Decided to head up to Goat Mt. last night for some pics of the view before dark so my grandma could take them back to MI today. (she was visiting) Well on the way back down I decided to hit up a familiar hill climb. Which had deeper ruts than the last time I was there. Upon cresting the top (it drops into a hole at the top) I got a very loud suprise. The offending hill. Note the scrape mark from my exhaust all the way up. The break. The fix. Glad I had that old way too short tow strap. Just shut it in the pass door and pulled it tight under the car to hold the pipe up for more clearance. (not too worried about it melting as that pipe was not used for exhaust after that) I had tools but it was muddy and I didn't feel like crawling around under the car. I'm gonna pop it back in and take it next door for a few spots of weld. That should hold it till I replace everything in that section of exhaust. (The caved in cat and piping just after it are kinda shot but will do for now) It was a cold, loud ride home. But now I know what an old EA81 with open exhaust sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 WHOOPS!!!!!! nice temp fix though, i like it. so did you get the pictures you went up there to get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted October 24, 2007 Author Share Posted October 24, 2007 WHOOPS!!!!!! nice temp fix though, i like it. so did you get the pictures you went up there to get? Yeah I just took some pics of the mountains. It was a pretty clear day out so you could see forever. Lucky for me it broke on the way back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael appel Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 Ouch dude glad you made it out ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Ouch dude glad you made it out ok Proly could have made it out without the strap by picking my way around rocks. But I only had about an inch of clearance, so it would have been way slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 is that the climb out of the gravel pit near the gate, it intersects the main road to the top of goat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 is that the climb out of the gravel pit near the gate, it intersects the main road to the top of goat? Yeah. It's just to the left a little ways before you get to the gate. If you go into the easy enterance to the bottom of the pit you basicly see it right in front of you once in there. A fun little climb, the ruts just seem to have gotten deeper since the last time I was there. Last time I made it up with pretty much no problem. This time I almost thought I was not going to be able to halfway up (lots of tire spinning). But I was able to keep moving, not without paying the price though. Gonna finally get around to fixing it sometime today. Not sure if I'll be able to get ahold of the neighbor to put some tack welds on it though to help keep it from happening again yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted October 25, 2007 Share Posted October 25, 2007 ya, i thought it looked familar. last new years after doing some wheelin and going to the top to watch fireworks we went down to that exact spot and built a bonfire and did a little partying. lots of wheelin, lots of snow and lots of fun. good side of it to was that it was a clear night though cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 ya, i thought it looked familar. last new years after doing some wheelin and going to the top to watch fireworks we went down to that exact spot and built a bonfire and did a little partying. lots of wheelin, lots of snow and lots of fun. good side of it to was that it was a clear night though cold. That sounds like fun. Bet you can see the fireworks on Mt. Hood good from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazmataz Posted October 26, 2007 Share Posted October 26, 2007 That sounds like fun. Bet you can see the fireworks on Mt. Hood good from there. not to bad, can't see any from portland or surrounding areas at all. mt hood ones we're only about 3 maybe 4 inches tall but you could really see them from there. it was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamCF Posted October 26, 2007 Author Share Posted October 26, 2007 Ha Ha. Turns out the cat is totally gutted. I'll have to get a new one in Feb when I go for DEQ. The S shaped pipe is kinda messed up, the bracket that the hanger bolts to is cracked at the pipe, the pipe has a hole in it at one of the bends. And the bracket/hanger that bolts to the transmission was snaped in half. Looks like it has been for awhile. The whole system is just bashed all up and down from my love of driving over big rocks. I basicly have D shaped pipes now. :-p I made a crossbrace that is attached to the old swaybar mounts and goes across under the pipe, and mounted the pipe to it.... The more I think of it thought that won't work very well as now the exhaust is solid mounted to the body....not gonna be good when the engine rocks around. And its noisy just transfering vibration right to the body. But it did put the exhaust up above the unibody rails that run the length of the body. And the cat is just crammed up against the trans crossmember. Good for off-road clearance. But I can see it becoming more of a problem with things cracking if I leave it like that. Also the Y-pipe is not wanting to line up properly at the engine causing nice leaks at the heads. Guess I gotta try to put it back to a more "stock" setup. (I do like the clearance though) Wish I had the cash to just take it to the shop that did my Y-pipe and have him do the rest of the system with ground clearance in mind and a "test pipe" for off-road so I can save a new cat from getting bashed again. I'll do that in Febuary. I should hit up the U-pull it tomarrow to see if I can find an S pipe and hanger in good shape. ...... I wonder if I could just chop out the usless cat for now and replace it with one of those cheesy flex pipes... It would do till I get it all fixed right and I could leave the exhaust solid mounted and still have flexability for the engine.... hhhmmmmm... Crap way out but it could work for now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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