Ford Escape - Exhaust From The Flex Back
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Date: 2023-08-21
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Lex
It is about what you know and have experience using if you know what not to do you can do it safely but if you don t know what you re doing then let someone else do the job while you watch and learn from them how to do it yourself next time it needs to be done that is how I learned to work on my own cars and it applies to so much more I went back to school to learn a new career as a machinist and my skills really helped me do my job cut to much out then weld it up and cut it back to the correct size
And then it worked for the company and I was the hero of the day
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It is about what you know and have experience using if you know what not to do you can do it safely but if you don t know what you re doing then let someone else do the job while you watch and learn from them how to do it yourself next time it needs to be done that is how I learned to work on my own cars and it applies to so much more I went back to school to learn a new career as a machinist and my skills really helped me do my job cut to much out then weld it up and cut it back to the correct size
And then it worked for the company and I was the hero of the day
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autos
So which wiener was best! And what was up with the special meat sauce? Did you have buns or some type of bread? Grilled onions or sauerkraut? What were the sides? Green beans, baked beans, roasted potatoes & garlic or what? C'mon, at least some pilaf or mac & cheese, right? Did you at least have some stone ground German or brown mustard? Oh, Lord, did you use regular yellow mustard you heathen? No, don't say it, you used ketchup too.
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So which wiener was best! And what was up with the special meat sauce? Did you have buns or some type of bread? Grilled onions or sauerkraut? What were the sides? Green beans, baked beans, roasted potatoes & garlic or what? C'mon, at least some pilaf or mac & cheese, right? Did you at least have some stone ground German or brown mustard? Oh, Lord, did you use regular yellow mustard you heathen? No, don't say it, you used ketchup too.
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Greg
I'd guess most people like big sparks from a cutting torch. Always used in Stars Wars scenes of the Rebellion's fighter hangars. 2 thoughts on big flange: (1) They made a million too many of them so they gonna use'm up before an engineering change. (2) It dissipates heat better than one to size of mating flange. Nice touch of high performance customer service on fixing heat shield without being told to.
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I'd guess most people like big sparks from a cutting torch. Always used in Stars Wars scenes of the Rebellion's fighter hangars. 2 thoughts on big flange: (1) They made a million too many of them so they gonna use'm up before an engineering change. (2) It dissipates heat better than one to size of mating flange. Nice touch of high performance customer service on fixing heat shield without being told to.
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Sting
Paint the exhaust with high heat paint, not sure if it helps though. I've had my exhaust on for 4 or so years, at least what i can see at least near the tips, there is no corrosion; however, my exhaust is some sort of cheaper stainless steel. The clamps i used on my are for slip fits meaning one side is smaller than the other. I'll never use U-camps again because it crushes the pipe.
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Paint the exhaust with high heat paint, not sure if it helps though. I've had my exhaust on for 4 or so years, at least what i can see at least near the tips, there is no corrosion; however, my exhaust is some sort of cheaper stainless steel. The clamps i used on my are for slip fits meaning one side is smaller than the other. I'll never use U-camps again because it crushes the pipe.
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Granny
Quite frankly if you're not chewing the exhaust off with your teeth, you're doing it wrong. The calcium base of your teeth against the steel provides the least risk of sparks which could ignite the fuel tank. Also by chewing your getting close to the work and you're able to make a much more precise cut.
Source - I've been chewing exhausts off with my teeth for 21 years.
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Quite frankly if you're not chewing the exhaust off with your teeth, you're doing it wrong. The calcium base of your teeth against the steel provides the least risk of sparks which could ignite the fuel tank. Also by chewing your getting close to the work and you're able to make a much more precise cut.
Source - I've been chewing exhausts off with my teeth for 21 years.
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calholli
You really should get a plasma cutter Eric. It's just like a little welder that you tie in your air hose to, and as it's striking an arc -- your air blows it away like the torch does. It would pay for itself 5x over just by the amount of gas you save by not using your torch as much. You can usually find them used for well under 200. Totally worth having in the shop.
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You really should get a plasma cutter Eric. It's just like a little welder that you tie in your air hose to, and as it's striking an arc -- your air blows it away like the torch does. It would pay for itself 5x over just by the amount of gas you save by not using your torch as much. You can usually find them used for well under 200. Totally worth having in the shop.
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Ethan
If I have to join two same diameter exhaust pipes, I like slipping a smaller section of pipe between them, e. g. 2. 5 OD inside a 2. 5 ID joint. Helps hold everything together really well and gives the pipes something to tighten against as well as the clamp. Probably not necessary but it makes me feel good haha. As long as it doesn't go anywhere, we're happy.
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If I have to join two same diameter exhaust pipes, I like slipping a smaller section of pipe between them, e. g. 2. 5 OD inside a 2. 5 ID joint. Helps hold everything together really well and gives the pipes something to tighten against as well as the clamp. Probably not necessary but it makes me feel good haha. As long as it doesn't go anywhere, we're happy.
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Charles
Hmmm. re exhausts rotting away this quickly: Would it help to cover the exhaust with high-temperature resistant color (like the one you use to paint ovens and some such?
Just a thought. Thanks for another entertaining and instructional video of yours! Oh - quite impressing how you trained your cat! Can I send in our dog for some additional training?
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Hmmm. re exhausts rotting away this quickly: Would it help to cover the exhaust with high-temperature resistant color (like the one you use to paint ovens and some such?
Just a thought. Thanks for another entertaining and instructional video of yours! Oh - quite impressing how you trained your cat! Can I send in our dog for some additional training?
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Gilbere's
Good job
Where the aluminium heat shield meets the steel studs and nuts, it will always get eaten away because they are dissimilar metals and this causes galvanic corrosion
That back box has a shocking junction with the centre pipe. We have Walker Exhausts here in the UK and they are low grade here as well
Excellent vid as ever
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Good job
Where the aluminium heat shield meets the steel studs and nuts, it will always get eaten away because they are dissimilar metals and this causes galvanic corrosion
That back box has a shocking junction with the centre pipe. We have Walker Exhausts here in the UK and they are low grade here as well
Excellent vid as ever
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Bill
It sounds like it would be a lucrative venture for you or a partner to have a pipe bending business of your own. I live in NC now and there is a shop right around the corner that has put aluminum pipes on several of my vehicles over the years. Granted, we don't have the road salt like NY, but I only buy those once for the life of the vehicle.
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It sounds like it would be a lucrative venture for you or a partner to have a pipe bending business of your own. I live in NC now and there is a shop right around the corner that has put aluminum pipes on several of my vehicles over the years. Granted, we don't have the road salt like NY, but I only buy those once for the life of the vehicle.
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Jeff
Love me some Zweigles! A guy who runs a custard shop down here imports all foods Rochester to South Carolina. He s got Zweigles, Boss Sauce, Grandma Brown beans, Don and Bobs hot sauce and more.
Zweigles are supposed to be cooked on the grill until they re black and they split. Best hot dog ever!
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Love me some Zweigles! A guy who runs a custard shop down here imports all foods Rochester to South Carolina. He s got Zweigles, Boss Sauce, Grandma Brown beans, Don and Bobs hot sauce and more.
Zweigles are supposed to be cooked on the grill until they re black and they split. Best hot dog ever!
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Bill
Eric, the only way to eat a pop open hot is too brown. It on the outside adds so much flavor and sort of an extra snap from that casing. And by the way, I make the best meat hot sauce in New York lol. I'm sort of partial to the hot dogs because they're made here in Rochester
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Eric, the only way to eat a pop open hot is too brown. It on the outside adds so much flavor and sort of an extra snap from that casing. And by the way, I make the best meat hot sauce in New York lol. I'm sort of partial to the hot dogs because they're made here in Rochester
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Brad
People would really shit if they me back in the day when we welded gas tanks when they were full! No body whined about that! Did 100 s myself. You great stuff Eric. The thing I can t believe is how often you have explain yourself? Don t let it bother you their s
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People would really shit if they me back in the day when we welded gas tanks when they were full! No body whined about that! Did 100 s myself. You great stuff Eric. The thing I can t believe is how often you have explain yourself? Don t let it bother you their s
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Apodalont
I'd say it's completely reasonable to use a torch on exhaust seeing as exhaust gets hot anyways and therefore it's usually surrounded by heat shields. The biggest thing like Eric said, don't be an idiot. The tool is only as useful as the one using it.
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I'd say it's completely reasonable to use a torch on exhaust seeing as exhaust gets hot anyways and therefore it's usually surrounded by heat shields. The biggest thing like Eric said, don't be an idiot. The tool is only as useful as the one using it.
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Bill
My grandfather was foreman in a foundry and taught me how to use a torch. In the rust belt a torch is your best friend. I watched Rainman Ray do an exhaust the otherday using a cut off wheel. I found myself yelling fire up old Vic and chop it off already.
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My grandfather was foreman in a foundry and taught me how to use a torch. In the rust belt a torch is your best friend. I watched Rainman Ray do an exhaust the otherday using a cut off wheel. I found myself yelling fire up old Vic and chop it off already.
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Ron
Eric I guess between your generation and mine we didn t have all the battery tools so we learned to work with the tools we had, although in this area gas and oxygen have become very expensive but what hasn t. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS
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Eric I guess between your generation and mine we didn t have all the battery tools so we learned to work with the tools we had, although in this area gas and oxygen have become very expensive but what hasn t. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I ENJOY YOUR VIDEOS
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mad
You surprised me their Eric I thought for sure you were a man that liked a little char on his hotdogs. My personal favorite is when it gets it char from some charcoal brickets, a little ketchup relish and mustard and your in like a dirty shirt.
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You surprised me their Eric I thought for sure you were a man that liked a little char on his hotdogs. My personal favorite is when it gets it char from some charcoal brickets, a little ketchup relish and mustard and your in like a dirty shirt.
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Mic
I think the torch is more precise/easier to handle and will fit into tighter spaces. Sawzall you always need the extra space for the moving blade and it can be kinda jerky and bouncy, a cut off is difficult to use in a lot of angles and spaces.
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I think the torch is more precise/easier to handle and will fit into tighter spaces. Sawzall you always need the extra space for the moving blade and it can be kinda jerky and bouncy, a cut off is difficult to use in a lot of angles and spaces.
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