Got my first oil change at the service dept yesterday. Only paid $33 for tire rotation, was told my oil changes are free. Cool.
Got home, decided to install my Flow X muffler. Painted it a few coats of high temp paint in silver a couple of weeks ago. Been sitting on this project for a bit, mainly procrastinating over cutting up a perfectly good exhaust system.
Probably the longest part of the install was measuring the cut line, and getting a good angle underneath there to get the sawzall to cut straight. Once that blade started to cut, there was no turning back. The muffler hanger tool was a huge help.
After finishing the cut, I prepared the new muffler for install, and I find that I am supplied, from the manufacturer, 2 different bolts for the flange mount, one course thread, the other a fine. Nuts thread onto one bolt, but not onto the other. A hunt through my collection of extra fasteners came up with a proper fitting nut. Add in extra time to hunt for proper fitting nut, the install took about 3 hours.
The install also allowed me to push my tailpipes out further, and now they look way better in the bumper cutout. Big difference from the stock muffler, much deeper tone, no drone in cab and sounds just what I expected from a Flowmaster muffler. Below are some pics of muffler installed. On the picture of the flange, you can see the 2 different nuts used on the supplied bolts.
One more mod in the books! Just a few more to go and I’ll be done…maybe…
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Thank you to all the useful info provided on this site to tackle some of these mods. Y’all bad for my pocketbook, but I do appreciate all the experience and knowledge being shared!