The Merg

I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
out.
It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.

What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.

Mike Romain wrote:
> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there with
> a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger into a U
> shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab bolted to the
> frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I believe YJ's are
> the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>
> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get in
> through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad besides
> being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and come in
> under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Jon wrote:
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
>> there.
>>
>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
>> individual.... yet.
>>
>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
>> engine light).
>>
>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>>
>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>>
>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
>> nonsense.
>>
>>
>>
>> ~Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>

The Merg

I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
out.
It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.

What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.

Mike Romain wrote:
> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there with
> a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger into a U
> shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab bolted to the
> frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I believe YJ's are
> the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>
> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get in
> through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad besides
> being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and come in
> under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> Jon wrote:
>> Hello Mike,
>>
>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
>> there.
>>
>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
>> individual.... yet.
>>
>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
>> engine light).
>>
>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>>
>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>>
>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
>> nonsense.
>>
>>
>>
>> ~Jon
>>
>>
>>
>>

Mike Romain

That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.

Mike

The Merg wrote:
> I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> out.
> It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
>> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
>> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
>> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
>> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
>> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>>
>> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
>> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
>> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
>> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon wrote:
>>> Hello Mike,
>>>
>>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
>>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
>>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
>>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
>>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
>>> there.
>>>
>>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
>>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
>>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
>>> individual.... yet.
>>>
>>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
>>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
>>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
>>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
>>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
>>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
>>> engine light).
>>>
>>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
>>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
>>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
>>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
>>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
>>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
>>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
>>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
>>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>>>
>>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
>>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
>>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
>>> nonsense.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

Mike Romain

That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.

Mike

The Merg wrote:
> I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> out.
> It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
>> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
>> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
>> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
>> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
>> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>>
>> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
>> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
>> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
>> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon wrote:
>>> Hello Mike,
>>>
>>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
>>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
>>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
>>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
>>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
>>> there.
>>>
>>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
>>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
>>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
>>> individual.... yet.
>>>
>>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
>>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
>>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
>>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
>>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
>>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
>>> engine light).
>>>
>>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
>>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
>>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
>>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
>>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
>>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
>>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
>>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
>>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>>>
>>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
>>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
>>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
>>> nonsense.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

Mike Romain

That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.

Mike

The Merg wrote:
> I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> out.
> It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
>> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
>> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
>> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
>> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
>> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>>
>> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
>> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
>> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
>> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>> Jon wrote:
>>> Hello Mike,
>>>
>>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
>>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
>>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
>>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
>>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
>>> there.
>>>
>>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
>>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
>>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
>>> individual.... yet.
>>>
>>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
>>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
>>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
>>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
>>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
>>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
>>> engine light).
>>>
>>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
>>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
>>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
>>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
>>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
>>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
>>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
>>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
>>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>>>
>>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
>>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
>>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>>>
>>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
>>> nonsense.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ~Jon
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

nrs

On 12 abr, 18:16, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
> easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> The Merg wrote:
> > I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> > exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> > and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> > out.
> > It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> > hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> > drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> > What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> > all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> >> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
> >> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
> >> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
> >> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
> >> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
> >> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>
> >> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
> >> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
> >> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
> >> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>
> >> Mike
>
> >> Jon wrote:
> >>> Hello Mike,
>
> >>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
> >>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
> >>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
> >>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
> >>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
> >>> there.
>
> >>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
> >>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
> >>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
> >>> individual.... yet.
>
> >>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
> >>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
> >>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
> >>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
> >>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
> >>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
> >>> engine light).
>
> >>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
> >>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
> >>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
> >>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
> >>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
> >>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
> >>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
> >>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
> >>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>
> >>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
> >>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
> >>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>
> >>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
> >>> nonsense.
>
> >>> ~Jon- Ocultar texto de la cita -
>
> - Mostrar texto de la cita -

My '95 went without the rearmost hanger for some time with no
clanking. You may want to check if the support that attaches by the
transmission (over the skid plate) is attached. If it is not, it may
be letting things move around.

nrs

On 12 abr, 18:16, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
> easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> The Merg wrote:
> > I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> > exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> > and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> > out.
> > It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> > hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> > drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> > What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> > all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> >> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
> >> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
> >> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
> >> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
> >> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
> >> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>
> >> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
> >> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
> >> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
> >> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>
> >> Mike
>
> >> Jon wrote:
> >>> Hello Mike,
>
> >>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
> >>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
> >>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
> >>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
> >>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
> >>> there.
>
> >>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
> >>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
> >>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
> >>> individual.... yet.
>
> >>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
> >>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
> >>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
> >>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
> >>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
> >>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
> >>> engine light).
>
> >>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
> >>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
> >>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
> >>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
> >>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
> >>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
> >>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
> >>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
> >>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>
> >>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
> >>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
> >>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>
> >>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
> >>> nonsense.
>
> >>> ~Jon- Ocultar texto de la cita -
>
> - Mostrar texto de la cita -

My '95 went without the rearmost hanger for some time with no
clanking. You may want to check if the support that attaches by the
transmission (over the skid plate) is attached. If it is not, it may
be letting things move around.

nrs

On 12 abr, 18:16, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> That downward deflection is important. If that is all the YJ has, it's
> easy to get an add on end piece shaped right.
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> The Merg wrote:
> > I don't remember if the OP's Jeep was a CJ or YJ, but both the OEM
> > exhaust and the Gibson I have in my '93 exit between the gas tank skid
> > and passenger side shackle, the OEM angled downward, the Gibson straight
> > out.
> > It's a tight fit - when I first put the Gibson in, I broke the rearmost
> > hanger waaaayy up on the frame. I couldn't fix it right away, so I
> > drove around with the most god awful clanking for a while.
>
> > What you're describing sounds like the banging I had - check the hanger
> > all the way in the back, it attaches basically out the end of the tailpipe.
>
> > Mike Romain wrote:
> >> The tailpipe should be coming out on a 45 between the tire and the
> >> shackle on top of the spring. You can hang it off the frame there
> >> with a universal hanger. I just bent the metal band of the hanger
> >> into a U shape and hung it over the frame tight. There was a tab
> >> bolted to the frame there at one point that was the hanger mount. I
> >> believe YJ's are the same that way as the CJ's, just on the other side.
>
> >> If it is straight out the back, the exhaust will vortex there and get
> >> in through zippers or the slightest soft top crack and smell bad
> >> besides being a CO risk. Out the side will vortex under the tire and
> >> come in under the vehicle if there are any leaks.
>
> >> Mike
>
> >> Jon wrote:
> >>> Hello Mike,
>
> >>> Well whoever installed it has the tail pipe shooting straight out the
> >>> back right between the gas tank skid plate and the rear passenger side
> >>> leaf spring - leading to metal on metal squeak, and the pipe banging
> >>> around over what seems to be just any imperfection in the road. It
> >>> does not extend beyond the bumper, but tucked neatly and tightly in
> >>> there.
>
> >>> To be perfectly honest, I'm not too interested in dropping it off
> >>> somewhere and ponying up an hourly rate for something I could just do
> >>> myself. Then again, I'm not really a mechanically inclined
> >>> individual.... yet.
>
> >>> The last thing was a stiff steering issue, and had a referred mechanic
> >>> fiddle with / troubleshoot the steering shaft & gearbox, only to
> >>> discover it was a bad PS pump like I originally said to him. He went
> >>> ahead and replaced it seeing that "he already had it off", soaked the
> >>> engine compartment with PS fluid in the process, then washed it down
> >>> with Kerosene, and now the TPS is giving me problems (code #24 / check
> >>> engine light).
>
> >>> Of course he claims it has nothing to do with what he did, or that the
> >>> fact that the steering wheel isn't quite perfectly straight is "no
> >>> biggie". The fact that the steering now doesn't return to center and
> >>> the engine almost conks out during idle when the peddle is tapped or
> >>> on highway acceleration (TPS thing) is met with the classic "it was
> >>> like that when it came in" ... like I'm some sort of idiot. I really
> >>> don't feel like playing slap & tickle with the guy since there's no
> >>> way to prove anything at this point. Plus, when my -------- meter
> >>> starts pegging, I have no restraint or common sense - I just see red.
>
> >>> I'm just already tired of dealing with "mechanic$". I truly believe
> >>> they will "set things in motion" whenever they get the chance, and
> >>> play Mr. Nice Guy so you return to their shop.
>
> >>> Sorry for the diatribe, I'm just somewhat frustrated by all this
> >>> nonsense.
>
> >>> ~Jon- Ocultar texto de la cita -
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My '95 went without the rearmost hanger for some time with no
clanking. You may want to check if the support that attaches by the
transmission (over the skid plate) is attached. If it is not, it may
be letting things move around.