From: Bobby Joe Pendleton (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Tue Sep 07 2004 - 19:30:14 PDT
Neil, I had the same problem with my M211. I solved the Problem with a belt
sander. I sanded each side down until they were the right thickness. They
have never leaked in 7 years now and I have had apart a couple of times.
BjP
"Maneo Qualis Manebam"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil" <m1028a3@toadmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, 04 September, 2004 21:32
Subject: [MV] M211 exhaust donuts?
> Even though the list appears to be down right now, I'll try this anyway
and
> check back tomorrow....
>
> Does anyone know if the original exhaust donuts for the M211/M135 were
> narrower than the new units supplied by Memphis? The donuts from Memphis
are
> identical to some I had laying around, which (I believe) were for between
> the head pipe and manifolds on a stock big-block Chevy with cast-iron
> manifolds. They could be small block, but I don't think so. Anyway, if the
> originals were the same thickness, how on earth do you get the clamp
around
> the two flanges to smash the donut? The flanges almost need to meet to get
> the clamp (the V-shaped clamps) on them, but they are 1/4" apart with this
> donut. It's way to wide to allow any person (without a very specialized
tool
> for doing just that) to do it.
>
> Thanks for any insight,
> --Neil
>
>
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