{"id":928,"date":"2021-07-12T15:11:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/?p=928"},"modified":"2021-07-22T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:48:51","slug":"meanwhile-exhaust-baffles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/07\/12\/meanwhile-exhaust-baffles\/","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile : Exhaust baffles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 4L2 exhausts I bought from an ebay seller, arrived without baffles. No problem I thought, I have plenty of those in all of the wrecked pipes, and also tucked away in the parts box in the shed.<br>Not so!<br>I retrieved two from the pipes hanging up on in the garage&#8230; One seemed OK, one came out in two parts. One baffle remains within its pipe, absolutely refusing to come out and play. It will succumb to my will eventually, but i foresee chemical baths, heat and hammers in its future!<br>Two more were located in the parts box. All were very, very, oily and crusted up.<br>Having sung the praises of Caustic soda when pressed into duty as a tank cleaner, I now employed the chemical in a more traditional role of degreasing 2-stroke exhaust parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2809-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2809-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"910\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2809-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2809\/\" class=\"wp-image-910\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2819-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2819-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"919\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2819-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2819\/\" class=\"wp-image-919\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2820-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2820-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"920\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2820-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2820\/\" class=\"wp-image-920\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After 3 days in the caustic, I gave them a scrub with a nylon brush, (while wearing rubber gloves and eye protection, natch), and while not sparkling clean, they have mostly come up Ok.<br>Certainly sufficient for me to make an evaluation as to condition.<br>The one which came out in two parts had obviously been repaired before and the welding was insufficient to keep it connected.<br>Another had clearly been cut down from a longer length, then repaired with some spot welding, and rattled when waved about in the air.<br>Sometimes i speculate as to what an onlooker might see when observing me at work, and a figure dressed in protective gear, and bright yellow rubber gloves, waving a metal stick vigorously in the air, is an image which conjures up a wealth of weird, yet strangely comforting explanations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just two of the 4 baffles turned out to be usable, and these were identified as shorter from the manufacturer, and were probably supplied in this wrapper, (also found in the parts box).<br>They will probably work, but replacement pattern parts are sufficiently cheap that i will invest in some new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2822-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2822-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"917\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2822-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2822\/\" class=\"wp-image-917\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2818-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2818-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"918\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/IMG_2818-rotated.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.alphabeta.me.uk\/blog\/img_2818\/\" class=\"wp-image-918\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4L2 exhausts I bought from an ebay seller, arrived without baffles. 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