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 Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:39 am |
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Joined: Oct 10, 2012
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Location: Spalding
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Hi,
The bracket near the tail pipe has just snapped. The exhaust is still attached but swinging slightly.
I have been quoted £50.00 for a new bog standard back box. I don't really want to do this as in a few months I was planning on getting a long life or power flow system (just can't quite afford it yet).
So my question is what cowboy fix can I put in place to keep me going for a couple of months until I change the whole system?
I don't do many miles a week maybe 40 or 50 at the most.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:50 am |
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Joined: Jan 27, 2011
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Location: West Midlands
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Go to your local back street car mechanic and ask them to weld it back for you will be like £10 or if your lucky like I was they might do it for free 
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:02 am |
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Location: Spalding
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Thanks for that I will look into it...
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:20 am |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2010
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Location: Milton Keynes
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Mine was £10 just to weld the bracket back, took longer to get it on the ramp than to weld it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:53 am |
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Joined: Oct 10, 2012
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Location: Spalding
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Can they do it even if its nearly all rust?
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:59 am |
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Joined: Sep 21, 2011
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Location: UK
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| Tolkienfan001 wrote: |
| Can they do it even if its nearly all rust? |
No, you can't weld rust. If its nearly all rust, then it needs replacing. If its got a bit of life left but the bit that broke is rusty, then often a welded repair can be made to stretch the life of the component out a little.
It looks like circumstances have overtaken your financial planning. If you need to continue using the car, you'll need to replace (or get welded if possible, but might not be...) the back box, either with a standard one or bring forwards buying the expensive aftermarket one.
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:00 pm |
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Joined: Oct 10, 2012
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Location: Spalding
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Yea I agree. I think I need to try to sort out getting new exhaust early.
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2012 9:52 am |
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Joined: Jul 16, 2012
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Location: Hemel Hempstead
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On the net somewhere there is a place that did sell brackets that strap round the backbox with a hanger on. Maybe worth trying to find one of those if you can't afford your new one just yet.
However it won't solve your problem if the backbox has a hole in it
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