28/6/26

First job of the week was to store safely the new seats that had been languishing in the MW since getting them done by Ifor.  I then started on the job of installing the tail pipe and found that the first elbow would no longer fit in the silencer receptacle, so some adjustment was required.  This was achieved by cutting a small slit in the end and tapping all round the circumference of the pipe with a panel hammer.  It now slides in easily.  With that done, I was able to mark up, cut and weld the two sections of tailpipe.  Next, I  ground the welds flat.  A trial fit on the bus showed that I need an additional bend to give the correct exit angle, so a 20 deg elbow was obtained and this enabled me to complete and hang the exhaust at the end of the week.  All that needs to be done is to provide some additional support for the silencer and pipework.