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I was back at this morning. Here are the finished fixtures for marking the tubes for cutting. I can use the protractor on either fixture to mark the tube and I use the wire tie to mark all the way around the tube.
I shortened the 1 7/8 exhaust tube so it will clear the frame rails to remove the header. I have the collector exhaust outlet tube held in place with a jack. This allowed me to get the collector positioned so the tubes will clear the steering shaft.
Next up was to insert the slip joint tubes into the exhaust flange. Videos on you tube said to flatten and pound the slip joint tubes into the flange. No matter what I tried no way that was going to happen. Even the smaller primary tube couldn't be made to fit into the rectangular opening. I'll give it one more try before I mill the rectangular openings into circles that fit the 1 3/8 primary tubes.
The saga continues.
I shortened the 1 7/8 exhaust tube so it will clear the frame rails to remove the header. I have the collector exhaust outlet tube held in place with a jack. This allowed me to get the collector positioned so the tubes will clear the steering shaft.
Next up was to insert the slip joint tubes into the exhaust flange. Videos on you tube said to flatten and pound the slip joint tubes into the flange. No matter what I tried no way that was going to happen. Even the smaller primary tube couldn't be made to fit into the rectangular opening. I'll give it one more try before I mill the rectangular openings into circles that fit the 1 3/8 primary tubes.
The saga continues.