[Shotimes] leaking doughnut

[Leigh Smith]

Fred;
I believe repeated donut failures are because there is too much movement in
the front motor mount, which tears rather easily. Check and repair that
first. Then you should have much less trouble with the donut. My 89 went
280K and only needed one donut, but even then it was mainly because it wore
thru the pipe and I had to replace the flange section of pipe.
Both my MTX SHO's needed front motor mounts at less than 80K.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred George" <fgeorge@pacbell.net>
To: "'Rich Bruso'" <shoguy_89@cox.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:24 PM
Subject: [Shotimes] leaking doughnut


> Folks:
>
> The Ford factory-stock exhaust doughnut seal, connecting the Y-pipe to the
> tail pipe, continually deteriorates and leaks on my 89 GEN 1. I've replace
> three or four times to prevent the car from sounding like a Tijuana taxi.
> Any solutions, for instance, replacement with a high-quality braided
> stainless-steel mesh link, come to mind?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Insane Diego
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