Muffler Replacement

[Don52]

The baffles on the muffler on my friend Rick’s tractor were shot, so it was very noisy. The original muffler had been welded to the exhaust pipe, so I cut through the weld of the old worn out muffler and welded on a new one. I like to weld the muffler to the pipe or a Nipple, because the threads of the muffler are in thin sheet metal and they crack off as shown in the following link.

https://forum.millerwelds.com/forum/...ohn#post598219

The first picture shows where I cut through the original weld. The weld looked like bird $hit, but it held up until the muffler wore out so I can’t complain.

1. Old Muffler


The new muffler had a 1” NPT thread on it and the pipe was ¾” nominal pipe size, so I screwed in a 1” NPT close nipple into the muffler to reduce the hole size as shown below.

2. Muffler with nipple


Next I sawed off the nipple with about 1/16” protruding as shown below.

3. Muffler with cut down nipple


Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of the weld, but I welded the nipple to the muffler. Then I welded the muffler to the exhaust pipe as shown below.

4. Muffler welded to pipe


Last but not least I painted it. I didn’t bother to purchase high temperature paint so it will burn off the hot exhaust pipe, but the paint should still protect the muffler.

5. Muffler painted


-Don

[ryanjones2150]

Looks almost identical to the previous one minus the nipple you welded on.

I need that fancy animation thing you’re using there too.

[ryanjones2150]

Tried to send a PM to ya Don, but I don’t think it worked. I keep getting an error message that makes no sense....like a woman, if you don’t know whats wrong I’m not going to tell you...that kind of message.

[Don52]

Tried to send a PM to ya Don, but I don’t think it worked. I keep getting an error message that makes no sense....like a woman, if you don’t know whats wrong I’m not going to tell you...that kind of message.

I will PM you when I get back from my bicycle ride. I am at my turn around point of my 25 mile ride on the Macomb Orchard Trail in Armada MI. This is what I can see from the bench that I am sitting on.



-Don

[Bls repair]

Testing

[Bls repair]

Testing

[Don52]

Here is a picture of the muffler installed in the tractor.


-Don