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Old 31-03-15, 08:45
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The carrier has also been turned up side down which makes the exhaust, diff and wheel stations much easier to fit. I made 2 new muffler heat shields and welded them into place so it's all ready for the exhaust to be fitted.
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Old 01-04-15, 09:33
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I did some hunting today to find some mufflers with the round ends and drew a blank everywhere I went so I thought I would have a try at making some.
I found some 40mm thick plate and welded a locating piece of steel in the centre and used for the chuck to hold on to. I machined it to the shape I wanted and that is my top part of the press tool. the bottom part was obviously a female part. I just roughly put them in the press with some 1.2 steel that I cut in a bit of a circle and to my surprise it actually did a neat compound pressing and to the size I need so now I can go ahead and make the mufflers.
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Old 01-04-15, 09:47
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nice job !
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great !!!
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Old 01-04-15, 12:56
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Soon it will be Colin's Exhaust Shop...

Nice job and keep the pics coming
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Old 01-04-15, 16:29
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I can see the orders coming in now
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Old 08-04-15, 10:30
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Have not been able to get much done in the last few days but found a bit of time today. I rolled a couple of tubes and prepped the ends and baffles ready for assembly.
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