The tail pipe on my 140 passenger was letting exhaust into the cabin, so it was time to change. The red circle shows a hole all the way through. The tail pipe is original, 13 years and 133,000 miles.
I ordered a DEC CR20192 for $84 delivered by FedEx air (the air part was not my selection - just seems to be the way FedEx decided to handle it). It is 78-inches long.
DEC claims the tail pipe was made in the USA. But those sneaky Canadians seem to have left traces indicating otherwise. I like the fact that DEC welds the part number to the tailpipe.
Comparing the OEM with the DEC, the DEC's bends are more constricting than OEM. DEC doesn't expand the pipe on the female end. Rather, they weld an 1/8 larger diameter pipe on the end. I was not too happy with the weld quality, but we will see.
Putting the new tailpipe on was easy - but in part because Dusseldorf had crimped the muffler's tail. There was no banging or twisting necessary. I used a 2 1/4 clamp. That clamp size really should have been 2 3/8, but it worked in the end (that is what Channelocks are for). There was no issue with the tail pipe miss-shaped and not fitting.
Total time from pulling the tools out of the basement and putting them back - about 30 minutes.
I ordered a DEC CR20192 for $84 delivered by FedEx air (the air part was not my selection - just seems to be the way FedEx decided to handle it). It is 78-inches long.
DEC claims the tail pipe was made in the USA. But those sneaky Canadians seem to have left traces indicating otherwise. I like the fact that DEC welds the part number to the tailpipe.
Comparing the OEM with the DEC, the DEC's bends are more constricting than OEM. DEC doesn't expand the pipe on the female end. Rather, they weld an 1/8 larger diameter pipe on the end. I was not too happy with the weld quality, but we will see.
Putting the new tailpipe on was easy - but in part because Dusseldorf had crimped the muffler's tail. There was no banging or twisting necessary. I used a 2 1/4 clamp. That clamp size really should have been 2 3/8, but it worked in the end (that is what Channelocks are for). There was no issue with the tail pipe miss-shaped and not fitting.
Total time from pulling the tools out of the basement and putting them back - about 30 minutes.
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