07-02-2026, 06:54 AM
Well I didn't take any pictures.. Thankfully i'm at a wanderlodge rally. I opened the hatch and started cutting the wires off the blanket. Next thing you know I had 3 guys that were just as dirty as me, and a crowd of about another 10.
We got the pipe off the turbo, and the muffler off too. The flex pipe failed just below where it was welded to the turbo pipe.
Now with it all apart I went into sturgis and rapid city and got a new piece of flex (they only had steel) and a piece of 5" to go into the muffler. Found a local guy to weld it all together like it was.
Got back to the campground and my buddies got back underneath there with me and we got it all back together. Worst part was getting the muffler to accept the pipe without an expander but it worked.
We got the pipe off the turbo, and the muffler off too. The flex pipe failed just below where it was welded to the turbo pipe.
Now with it all apart I went into sturgis and rapid city and got a new piece of flex (they only had steel) and a piece of 5" to go into the muffler. Found a local guy to weld it all together like it was.
Got back to the campground and my buddies got back underneath there with me and we got it all back together. Worst part was getting the muffler to accept the pipe without an expander but it worked.
Dennis White
1997 Newell Coach 454
Canfield OH

