new exhaust for the 6530P

[trook135]

The exhaust has cracked on the elbow at the bottom of the upright on my 6530, the rest of the upright looks generally pretty rusty as well, think i'm going to have a crack at making a new one out of stainless, where is good for buying stainless tubing online?

 

[Chae1]

You want one like rusty's! @Rusty#1

 

[Rusty#1]

Cost me £120 and a bit of fabrication

 

[trook135]

That's what I'm planning/ hoping for just need to find the right tubing, did you go bigger diameter tube ?

 

[Rusty#1]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251721954344

I got it from these guys ^^ mine is 5.5inch and I think they made it 1.8m long so I could cut it down as I needed to

I fitted it cos the original worn thru and gone paper thin on the tip/top, be warned tho it took me best part of a day's fitting/fabrication to get right

 

[brynseiri]

Tractor exhaust.com make them, right through for a lot less than you'd think.

 

[trook135]

Did you go right through with 5.5 inch pipe or reduce at the elbow?

 

[trook135]

Elbow on mine has gone right through !

 

[trook135]

Got the old stack off this afternoon, think it's safe to say the elbow is scrap...

 

[Rusty#1]

Ha that's deffo scrap... I used part of the elbow and welded it into the bottom of the stainless pipe, so that's obiviously not a option for you, maybe contact that firm on eBay in the above link and see if they can do a reducer incorporated into a elbow? I'v seen those tractor exhaust.com ones I prefer mine personally

I didn't take any pics whilst doing mine I'm afraid

 

[brynseiri]

I've said it once, I'll say it again @trook, Tractorexhaust.com will do you stainless right through for a couple of hundred quid right through, you don't weld anything, you don't eBay anything, you just ring him up, it arrives, you put it on and never need to think about it again!

 

[trook135]

Where is the fun in that !!

 

[Rusty#1]

Where is the fun in that !!

A big +1 I like to make as much as I can myself, have you decided on what pipe/bend to use? Did you get intouch with the company on eBay they were very helpful when I dealt with them

 

[trook135]

Yeah found a 3" 90 degree bend and a reducer from 4 to 3" from elsewhere on eBay and I rung the company you got yours from, very helpful and will be here Monday so I can go straight into the pipe hopefully. I looked into making the box a straigh through and should only need a 90 elbow but would need to be 3" at one end and 4" at the turbo and flared at both ends just got to find one!

 

[Rusty#1]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=141000286703

This should fit onto the turbo end? Not sure about the other end tho,

I cut both pipes of the box then fed in a 90 pipe and welded it in then welded both in/out pipes back on the box that way you can still use the original mounts and still looks factory under the bonnet

 

[trook135]

been looking at videos waiting for my pipework to turn up, i know its a 20 series but its the same engine just minus the egr valve, should sound pretty nice

 

[Rusty#1]

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=773440196046895&id=203920549665532

^^thats mine sounds just right on the outside and surprisingly quiet inside the cab just wish I had a side window now

 

[davedb]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=725716470841775

sorry lads but think this has got the edge

 

[Rusty#1]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=725716470841775

sorry lads but think this has got the edge

I'll have to try harder

 

[s86t]

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Cost me £120 and a bit of fabrication

awesome does it sound any different at all?