You could stick a hose clamp (or 2) around it....stop it falling off.
Andy
>From: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
>Reply-To: "Geoff Branch" <branch@valinet.com>
>To: "Jeff Boatright" <jboatri@emory.edu>, <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: exhaust bandage
>Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 17:22:19 -0400
>
>Jeff: My experience with these products is that they are for getting the
>car through inspections and then they fall off. Like right off several
>days
>later. Think about what you are really expecting them to do: stick to a
>dirty rusty old pipe that expands and contracts a whole lot, and that is
>pressurized to boot. And rattles around. Just my 2 cnts.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeff Boatright <jboatri@emory.edu>
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>Date: Saturday, August 21, 1999 4:39 PM
>Subject: exhaust bandage
>
>
> >Does anyone have experince with exhaust pipe repair kits? I have a small
> >hole in the pipe. It is on the top surface of the pipe, just below my
>feet,
> >of course. Welding is out for now as I've spent my car budget for the
>rest
> >of the year...
> >
> >There appears to be a couple of types of kits for this. One is goo in a
> >tube that you squirt into the hole. It then hardens overnight. The other
> >type uses some type of wrap. One wrap kit has a adhesive-backed foil tape
> >as a heat sheild. This is wrapped around the pipe. Then, an
>adehsive-backed
> >strip of plastic or fiberglass is wrapped around this. When heated, it's
> >supposed to all melt together. The wrap kit has a thin piece of metal
>that
> >you're supposed to form around the pipe. The pipe and shield are then
> >wrapped with a strip of fiberglass cloth that you've previously dipped
>into
> >some undefined goo in a pouch. This too is supposed to form a solid patch
> >upon heating.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> >Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> >http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> >"Seeing the Future in a Very Tiny Way"
> >
> >
>
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