Thrush Hush Question
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Thrush Hush Question
Ok, so I took over a local old-timer's project, & know very little about automechanics. However, I am a professional machinist, so I'll figure it out & get the job done. In the meantime, I'm very light on car-smarts, so here goes:
In the process of cleaning up my parts, I found that bits of fluff &, get this, acorns were falling out of my old Thrush Hush Mufflers. Come to think of it, a muffler would be a pretty cool hideout for a squirrel, unmounted, at least. :P
Anyway, these mufflers are fairly rusted, but I can still read them & see the classic woodpecker logo on them. I'm figgerin' the fluff must've been the squirrel's idea, because these mufflers have no means of getting inside short of sawing them in half, (hence no glass,) so they must be pure steel, no? So should I just mount'em up as is, or can I do much to spruce them up?
Thanks for any feedback, & please ask machining questions in return, if you like.
-HotPanel
In the process of cleaning up my parts, I found that bits of fluff &, get this, acorns were falling out of my old Thrush Hush Mufflers. Come to think of it, a muffler would be a pretty cool hideout for a squirrel, unmounted, at least. :P
Anyway, these mufflers are fairly rusted, but I can still read them & see the classic woodpecker logo on them. I'm figgerin' the fluff must've been the squirrel's idea, because these mufflers have no means of getting inside short of sawing them in half, (hence no glass,) so they must be pure steel, no? So should I just mount'em up as is, or can I do much to spruce them up?
Thanks for any feedback, & please ask machining questions in return, if you like.
-HotPanel
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From: las vegas nv.
Glass packs? or mufflers...I have a pair of 4' Thrush glass packs on my 390,I don't think a rodent can get at the glass the way they are made.And usually if you can still read the name on the outside, the inside should be o.k..Unless somebody's done what we used to...Get them nice and hot,then put water inside to shatter the glass and make them LOUDER. Even as long as mine are and mellow as I think they are,I set off alarms everywhere I go.Try them, you can always change them to something else later.
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From: Prince George, B.C.
Damn, I haven't heard of those in a long time. Aren't they similar to what thrush has now though? Turbo style mufflers? Seems to me that the earlier Glasspacks were called Red Bullets(way nicer toned then the magnums too) If they are solid, clean 'em up with a wire brush and ive them a shot of High heat paint and throw them back on.
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