Last day of Vacation and I wanted to spend some quality time with the dub. However I didnt wanna spend any money. So I started thinking about the exhaust. It has a rattle that reverberates through the whole car. Got some coffee, used the leaf blower to clean off the driveway/working surface.
Jacked it up, use wheel chock, jack stand.
Got up underneath it and tightened everything I could tighten, after a heavy dose of GT85 to loosen up the rusty stuff. Still rattle. I could see where the muffler was rattling against a heat shield. Adjusted the bolt in the little hangar thingy, but when you do that the muffler now rattles off of the side of the channel for the muffler.
Enter the Dremel. I decided that if I was going to fix this, the right way, I needed to get it to a shop, but that would violate my rule of the day of not spending money.
Orrrrrrrr
Realizing what I was gonna do, and that I had the perfect turndown pipe I had snagged off of a Saab intercooler on a junk yard run, I grabbed my Flip cam and shot a little before and after. Enjoy!
Before muffler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUktxitz7CQAfter removal of muffler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WFF_Qn7axoHas an awesome deep burble of an exhaust note when on the skinny pedal, and like normal when cruising.
Also, no more cabin rattle! Money spent: 1.29 for coffe!