Advice lining up MSA exhaust on a 240?

[Captain Obvious]

"As bad as I hate to admit it, directions may have been useful."

Whaaaaa? Say it's not so!!

[siteunseen]

If I could still read them.  You know how all those last warm sips & spit drip out and to the bottom of the trash can, gnats flying all around as you dig.  8^)

[sweatybetty]

2 hours ago, siteunseen said:

As bad as I hate to admit it, directions may have been useful.

 

when all else fails.................

[siteunseen]

Generic directions; 

Tools needed: 1/2" & 9/16" wrenches and/or sockets, small bottle jack.

Step 1, don't get in a hurry and rush the exhaust installation

Step 2, refer to step 1

I got excited and wanted to fire that little baby up!  I hastily installed it the easiest way which was using the top hole in the hanger straps.  Now I've gone back and using the bottle jack am able to tuck it tight up against the car.  The mid and S pipe flange is no longer the lowest point on my car.  

I was about to let the muffler guy do it but working on these cars is my hobby so taking it to someone is my last resort.  

 

[siteunseen]

I got that problem whipped but it whipped me too.  I've taken some pictures of a couple of things that made a big difference in getting it tight up against the underside of my car.  In my opinion the hangers are welded on facing the wrong way. Once I realized they were pulling it towards the passenger's side I was able to to correct that and that's when it lined up in the hump and tight against the differential.  I'll get those posted later today. Hopefully they may help somebody.

I feel like I just flew in from Albuquerque and boy are my arms sore. 8^)

[siteunseen]

The hanger on the front of the S pipe works better attached to the driver's side of the cars bracket, you can see where I had it on the other side before and that was pulling it towards the passengers side.

The hanger at the very back can be pushed up and held in place through the 2nd hole from the bottom, I cut the top 2 holes in the rubber off.  It pulled the chrome tip right up next to the cut out but it's not touching our rattling.

Moving the hangers up as far as I could allowed the pipe to fit snug up against the crossmember with the hump cut out.  And further back, tight up against the moustache bar?? I don't know what that's called but it's at the rear of the differential.  

It's not perfect but damn close.  Saved me some money too. 

 

[Patcon]

Looks good. I also like those threaded jacks you're using for jack stands, very strong!

[siteunseen]

I love those things!  My Grand Dad gave me those 20 years ago, he said they were house levelers.

[Patcon]

They look like 20 ton rated. I would call them railroad jacks but they would be used by me for house leveling. Really strong and really safe and simple...

[Jeff G 78]

My dad always called them railroad jacks too.  He used to have several sets, though I think he sold them when he moved to Phoenix.

Exhaust looks great Cliff. Is that a R180 diff?  My R200 is bigger and has a square corner making the pipe fit that much tougher.  

[siteunseen]

I wonder if the 280 exhaust would work better with the r200?

Mine is the r180.  I will look under my 280 and see what the difference is, it has the same set up from MSA.

[jonathanrussell]

Those jack stands are awesome. Must find some. They let you set the height exactly where you want instead of 2 inches up or 2 inches down. Exhaust looks great too. Congrats.