Re[2]: New (lack-of-)exhaust note on my '84 5000

[rochow@pixelmagic.com]

I worded that badly: The rear muffler is gone, and with it the two hangers
attached to it. I take it that <whatever is immediately before this rear
silencer> does (or is supposed to) have a hanger on its rear,
such that there's no problem? Or is the rear of that piece indeed held
up by the better-supported rear silencer? (which is less likely,
I suppose, as there seems to be at least some pipe between the two,
which would make this a bad arrangement)

thanks,
-gbr

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Subject:    Re: New (lack-of-)exhaust note on my '84 5000 
Author: Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>
Date:       12/02/1999 2:11 PM

I think there's a muffler (silencer) between the cat and the rear muffler.
At least here is on '86 and '87 5Kqt cars.  If it's still intact, there's a
hangar behind the cat that has two metal arms that attach to a
rubber-bushed bracket bolted to the transmission.  There should be the
rubber O-ring hangars on the muffler that remains.  If you're lacking the
hangars at the rear of the cat and/or at the first muffler, you're
stressing the joints around the cat, which are likely to begin leaking soon
in that case.

Kneale Brownson