dilvoy
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I don’t know if I should be glad that I have been able to spare the time for all these repairs, or if I should be angry that what I thought was a vacation for mostly gardening and homework has turned into nothing but humvee maintenance.
For those following along at home I had a universal joint problem which then turned into a transfer case problem. Both of those were corrected by yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately, I must have put too much grease into the slip yoke on the front driveshaft. This caused and overpressure that I guess the blowoff valve couldn’t handle. The entire end piece popped out. Thankfully I spotted it before I lost it along the road somewhere. So first thing this morning I cleaned that up, removed the driveshaft, reinstalled the end plate then tack welded it and put the drive shaft back.
THE!, one of those weeks remember, My muffler fell off. The pipe entering the muffler corroded and finally gave way. I don’t remember bumping it a lot during all the work but certainly all that stuff down there I was being interfered with.
So, a quick trip to the auto parts store on the way home got me a collar that would fit over the exhaust pipe. I cut this collar down into a ring which I then welded on the end of the muffler, lying underneath the truck, and then got it all back together again.
I am afraid to go for a check ride.
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The muffler is stainless steel of some sort so check that weld once and a while.