My iron pipe rebuild made it 6 years. Hoping for 15 with this.
SS exhaust rebuild finished.
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Should be able to do that. MTBF has been reported to be 1200 to 1600 engine hours. Nice work.
I'd give it many more years than the remaining life expectancy of your boat.
Got to ask : what is the orange material on the threaded pipe joints ?
Got to ask : what is the orange material on the threaded pipe joints ?
@Stu Jackson Is 1200-1600 hours for 304 or 316?
That weld looks beautiful. Oh dont forget to turn in 100ft!
That weld looks beautiful. Oh dont forget to turn in 100ft!
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Yes, that weld looks really nice and I was happy to get that done. And the orange red stuff is Permatex high temp gasket sealant. I put some on the threads before I screwed it all together, and then I proceeded to make a mess with it afterwards, but it’s all good all covered by the heat wrap. And if we’re talking about ours for longevity of exhaust pipe, my iron pipe lasted exactly 6 years and around 500 hours maybe less
Don't know. Whatever Catalina Direct was using since the mid-90s. I bought my then-12 year old boat in 1998 and started keeping track of our 1,800 C34s since then.