Friday, September 30, 2011

added diverter

Added the exhaust diverter to the muffler on the stargrazer mower. Unfortunately this required completely removing the muffler from the CAO riding tractor. Fortunately, the old screws (with some help from WD-40) came out without difficulty. The diverter aims the muffled exhaust toward the front of the lawn tractor, out through the rectangular opening in the heat shield.

I discovered that I had made a little mistake during my original disassembly and then instructions to Tim: the front two bolts didn't attach to the muffler heat shield. They only attached the cowling to the frame.

Noticed that the new muffler had some spot welds along the seams. Looks like others have experienced bursting mufflers...

Millie and Dietmar arrived the CAO parking lot just as I was wrapping up.

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