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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    IF you're lucky! 8-)
    LOL!!! Ain't that the truth! Sometimes you pay someone to haul it off! LOL. Just can't make this stuff up!!!
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    The tail end of this exhaust was kicking my butt for most of the day, trying to hold two pipes and mark the alignment and at some point I glanced over and picked up on the fact that the engine hoist was sitting there, with the boom capable of extending out about 3' and that gave me an extra pair of hands!
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    The hoist for the arch, some jack stands for the tail pipe..... Tanks, INC says to leave 2" between pipes and the poly tank, mainly to keep from heating the fuel and causing stink from the vent. I'm not fixed on the 2", but I am routing my exhaust out around the end of the tank, beneath the frame rails.
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    I'll trim that loop to a nominal 45, angle it over to align with the muffler, and add a straight section....
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    Neither side is done yet, but one is close and once it's piped the other one will be easier!
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    Nice use of what you got to hold things in place!

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    I love watching these step-by-step builds, it's like we're right there with you when you drive it for the first time! Thanks for sharing!
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    The past couple of days have been exhausting! I got really frustrated yesterday, figuring that I was short one 90 bend, but then I noticed the two pieces on the floor that I'd cut off of the U-bends that went over the axles. Wondering if there was any chance that I'd made accurate cuts on the band saw I laid them atop the last whole 90 and wonder of wonders they matched! I didn't need the slip joint, so as jb says, "Bob's Your Uncle!!" which is NZ slang for "Even a Blind Squirrel Finds The Nut Once In a While", or perhaps "It's All Good"!!
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    So with that hurdle behind me I made a mirror imaged piece to fit from the back, over the hump for the other side -
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    Today was attacking the last two pieces needed to connect the muffler outlet to the 90's at the axle, knowing that they were at two different levels and offset side to side. A short piece of pipe in the muffler, marked an inch behind the muffler outlet got a wedge cut to angle it down. The last two 45's were halved, then straight to straight using the slip joint they created the needed offset. One of those Hallelujah moments!

    I was concerned with the offset of the exhaust relative to the rear-end center section, but as I was taking this picture I realized it was the offset of the 9" rear end making the difference. Duh!
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    As I was putting the passenger side back in place after tacking, I found that there was no way to get the whole piece over the axle and inserted into the muffler, so I made the decision that I'll leave the two slip joints in front of the axle, and the two at the reducers on the headers as slip joints with clamps vs welding. Speedway, look for another order tomorrow for 4 more Hooker clamps, and get them on the BBT to visit next week.
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    And here's the part others will see, the tailpipes nestled beneath the frame rails, away from the gas tank! Next is to get some hangers installed to keep everything situated. I've got 4 of the bolt on's with the 3/8" rod extending from a rubber bushing, and I may need to add a few more to my order..... That's tomorrow's task.
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    As a PS, I bought a "Universal" kit of 4 straights, 4 U's, 4 90's, and 4 45's. I've got two untouched straight sections left, another 3/4 of one missing the slip joint, plus a bunch of straight cutoffs including several slip joint pieces. But I have ZERO mandrel bend sections remaining!! Not one piece of angle bent stock went unused! I think that's AMAZING!!!
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    Looking good over there!
    Wondering why it's important that Bobs your Uncle???

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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    Looking good over there!
    Wondering why it's important that Bobs your Uncle???
    When we visited NZ in 2014, I was interested in the common slang terms that were used in normal conversation, and jb bought me a t-shirt that had a bunch of terms, arranged in the shape of the north and south islands. He also gave me a cheat sheet, explaining each term. Bob's Your Uncle correlates to Everything will be alright, All good.
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    I've seen your cheat sheet! Just don't understand the reference to this unknown uncle Bob! Can't wait for JB to wake up and fill me in!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    I've seen your cheat sheet! Just don't understand the reference to this unknown uncle Bob! Can't wait for JB to wake up and fill me in!
    Could it be that our own Uncle Bob Parmenter is known in NZ? JB can tell us!
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    I had absolutely no idea of the origin of the phrase; so looked it up in 'Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable'.
    Bob's your uncle. 'That will be alright; you needn't bother any more, just leave it to me!' The phrase was occasioned by A J Balfour's promotion of his uncle Robert (Lord Salisbury) the Tory Prime Minister, to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. Balfour had previously been made President for the Local Government Board in 1886, then Secretary for Scotland with a seat in the Cabinet. The suggestion of nepotism was difficult to ignore.'

    So now we all know. My maternal Grandmother was of English stock, as was my paternal Grandfather, and they used the phrase regularly. So it obviously migrated to NZ from the UK. It's used now when everything just falls into place, and you think "Crikey! That was a doddle!".
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    As it should be.................
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    Thanks to all for this mornings smile! Bob's your uncle!! 8-)
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    Roger, it's nice to see some one working on a project and nice to see you enjoying it! I see a lto of same issues I will be up against on the 40. The steering column mount in the fire wall. The exhaust, finding the time and then not getting burnt out.

    It's looking really nice. It will be cool to have the choice on which hot rod to drive before too long. Take care, Ryan.

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    Thanks for the kind words! Ryan, I am indeed enjoying the challenges, and if there's no challenge then you're doing something wrong!

    Today was one of those look & think, then look some more and think some more. I was not happy with how close the drivers side pipe coming off of the header came to the transmission, and after considering several options, some involving multiple cuts & welds I made one small wedge cut with the band saw, pulled it together to tack it and it shifted the pipe almost an inch at the critical place, much better now.

    Mounting hangers has been another area with lots of looking & thinking. Pete & Jake's uses a tubular center section and tube cross members off of the boxed frame rails, so finding a place to bolt on exhaust hangers isn't really straight forward. I finally decided that I need to weld on some reinforced tabs drilled for bolts, and that I'll need another pair of hangers (I already bought 4) to constrain the pipes movement. Came in and found the hangers and clamps that I need at Speedway, and since I'm in the first zone from them the BBT will bring them tomorrow afternoon (Bob's Your Uncle!!!)

    Tomorrow will be bolting the first hangers in place, then scrounging for material to fab some mounting tabs. Thinking I may be able to use a piece of square tube cut with a hole cutter to form the radius for welding to tubes..... I was thinking of drilling & tapping the boxing plate, but it's only 1/8" and my bolts will be 3/8x16. For a hanger it'd probably be OK, but I think my spot is right at the end of the inside boxing plate, so getting a nut on the back side is easy, and removes any doubt about the threads.

    Thanks for putting up with my ramblings....
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    Quote Originally Posted by rspears View Post
    Thanks for putting up with my ramblings....
    Ramblings??? Entertainment my friend, keep up the good work and ENJOY!
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