Suffolk Defender Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Hi all, The exhaust silencer section has rusted again and is now hanging by a thread. In the past i would be down to the garage to get it fixed. Given i have started servicing my defender myself now i figured i would change the broken exhaust. However, i haven't done this before. It would be nice to a get a stainless system in time, but for now i will replace with steel. Can anyone recommend where i go to get these parts? Is there any obvious gotchas when doing this kind of work? Thanks ----------------------------------------- Defender 1987 110 Ex MOD 2.5N/A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frax Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Get a hammer and some release oil for the bolts and joints and some exhaust past for fitting the new one. Twist, rattle and shake the old one to get it to come off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retroanaconda Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Local motor factors should be able to supply you with a decent exhaust. My local one supplies Bosal parts which seem OK to me. Much better than Britpart and no difference in price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souster Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Bosal is OEM and very good. Although correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure I heard somewhere britpart exhausts have a very long warranty, but I'm not totally sure. Worth a check though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk Defender Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Thanks all for your help. The job was reasonably straight forward. I got a tail pipe from my local Jayar's car parts. In case anyone comes across this post and wants detail the item was PART NO: EXLR6016 and cost me £30+VAT. I had never done this before and it took me around an hour without jacking the defender up. Could be quicker if i wasn't so fat and so cold! Recommend lubricating(WD40 in my case) the nuts a good few hours before as they will be rusted. However mine were not hard to get off. Then a little grease around the thread when re-fitting. In all 2 u bolts that hold the exhaust up to the chassis, wrap cable ties around when you undo and put the new one on. Makes it easier when alone. Then there is 3 bolts(on mine anyway) that compress the tail pipe the mid section, there is what looked like an olive between the 2 sections and i used Fire Putty to get a good seal. This was £1.99 and will probably last years given how little i used. Job done and another skill to add! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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