I hate that I even had to do this

[Mr. Belvedere II]

My exhaust leak from my cracked pipe was getting really bad and I can't to get to a shop this week. This, and the fact that I don't have welding abilities yet has forced my hand into McDoogling in the worst way, my exhaust leak. I had to use aluminum cans, aluminum duct tape, and "Jose" clamps. I was very skeptical of the prospect of doing this, but hopeful also. I must say that it worked remarkably well, I'm sure there were a few other ways to do this with a variety of materials, but this fix dramatically reduced the noise and increased performance immediately. The aluminum tape and 3 2/34 hose clamps cost around 7$ total and the coke and my dew cans were in my recycling. I had a depot store credit so I came out of pocket 0$ and I don't sound like a single engine ww2 aircraft anymore. I will follow up as to the longevity of my repair. The photo with more tape is when I first put it all together in the depot parking lot. The second pic of the repair with less tape is after my commute home.

 

[Steve009]

That's hilarious MacGyver

 

[eldubb440]

no grape soda,?

 

[kiwigtx]

That's hilarious MacGyver

MacGyver would have made it look a lot more difficult than that.

 

[kiwigtx]

 

[khryslerkid]

Damn it, we did that all the time, back in the day! Mostly beer cans though.

MB, plan on replacing that pipe. Once it has been heated and cooled numerous times, all of the temper, carbon, has dissipated and you won't be able to weld it. You'll just blow holes in it. You can see other welds on there from cracking taking place before.

 

[kiwigtx]

Damn it, we did that all the time, back in the day! Mostly beer cans though.

I remember seeing a car at the Drags years ago, the guy had put his ignition coil inside a beer can - perfect fit, but must have gotten pretty hot.

 

[khryslerkid]

I remember seeing a car at the Drags years ago, the guy had put his ignition coil inside a beer can - perfect fit, but must have gotten pretty hot.

I always liked seeing the different paper boxes being used for hood scoops at the track! Hey, MB might have started a new thread!

 

[brad 66]

when I was a teen I wrapped a can around an axle bearing it worked great

 

[khryslerkid]

My younger brother and I lived on a farm and we found old junkers to tinker with. I remember jacking up the back of a sagging rear end and useing muffler clamps on the shocks to hold it up! Lol We were always cutting up old VWs and useing them for field cars. Not having any money, you learn to improvised!

 

[GetX'd]

This back to the future technology. If you remember back in the day when we were all broke and had to Jerry rig our cars anyway we could to keep them running. Well here ya go....

 

[MarPar]

no grape drank,?

fixed

 

[The Rebel]

My dad used to tell me he did the same thing after getting married in 68 to save $. Just pulled the car up onto the curb to get a good angle & he wiggled underneath with the cans & clamps.

Damn it, we did that all the time, back in the day! Mostly beer cans though.

 

[tnfastback]

I think you would have gained more HP if you would have used a Full Throttle can.

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

My dad used to tell me he did the same thing after getting married in 68 to save $. Just pulled the car up onto the curb to get a good angle & he wiggled underneath with the cans & clamps.

Damn it, we did that all the time, back in the day! Mostly beer cans though.

MB, plan on replacing that pipe. Once it has been heated and cooled numerous times, all of the temper, carbon, has dissipated and you won't be able to weld it. You'll just blow holes in it. You can see other welds on there from cracking taking place before.

Yeah I've had that area of the pipe welded about 3 times now. I don't think it will take another. I hope Midas can just cut a piece to fit. It's between just after the collecter and the muffler so I would think they could figure something out.

 

[Bruzilla]

Cans and duct tape helped win the Cold War. Back in the 1980s, we were deployed to NAS Sigonella in Sicily. We had a Soviet CHARLIE Class SSGN coming into our area of the Med, and we didn't have enough sonobuoys to hunt for it. The buoys had three life settings, 1, 4, and 8-hours. At the end of that time a saltwater-soluble plug would dissolve, allow water to flood the buoy, and it would sink even though the battery would last for about 80 hours.

My Operations Officer asked me if I thought we could make the buoys stay up longer, and I suggested we squirt some silicone sealant in the plug hole, put a split beer can over the silicone, then wrap the whole deal in duct tape. That's what we did and our buoys stayed up for about 65 hours before failing and we were able to detect the bad guy.

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

Great story! and thank you for your service! Salute!

 

[Mr. Belvedere II]

Cans and duct tape helped win the Cold War. Back in the 1980s, we were deployed to NAS Sigonella in Sicily. We had a Soviet CHARLIE Class SSGN coming into our area of the Med, and we didn't have enough sonobuoys to hunt for it. The buoys had three life settings, 1, 4, and 8-hours. At the end of that time a saltwater-soluble plug would dissolve, allow water to flood the buoy, and it would sink even though the battery would last for about 80 hours.

My Operations Officer asked me if I thought we could make the buoys stay up longer, and I suggested we squirt some silicone sealant in the plug hole, put a split beer can over the silicone, then wrap the whole deal in duct tape. That's what we did and our buoys stayed up for about 65 hours before failing and we were able to detect the bad guy.

Cans and duct tape helped win the Cold War. Back in the 1980s, we were deployed to NAS Sigonella in Sicily. We had a Soviet CHARLIE Class SSGN coming into our area of the Med, and we didn't have enough sonobuoys to hunt for it. The buoys had three life settings, 1, 4, and 8-hours. At the end of that time a saltwater-soluble plug would dissolve, allow water to flood the buoy, and it would sink even though the battery would last for about 80 hours.

My Operations Officer asked me if I thought we could make the buoys stay up longer, and I suggested we squirt some silicone sealant in the plug hole, put a split beer can over the silicone, then wrap the whole deal in duct tape. That's what we did and our buoys stayed up for about 65 hours before failing and we were able to detect the bad guy.

great story! And thank you for your service!!! Salute!

 

[Daves69]

Desperate folks do this stuff! I've used the old "Muffler Bandage" on a burned out header on a drive back from Lake Winnebago. Wet it, wrap it, idle it till dry. Worked great.
Got extra years out of a rusty resonator and muffler by wrapping them with aluminum and a few pop rivets.

All the MacGyver's list............
http://macgyver.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver

 

[mopar 3 B]

My dad used to tell me he did the same thing after getting married in 68 to save $. Just pulled the car up onto the curb to get a good angle & he wiggled underneath with the cans & clamps.

You mean can and wire. Clamps cost money.