Muffler Removal from Hooker Sidepipes

[Scott Marshall]

Can anyone tell me the best way to remove the reverse flow mufflers from Hooker sidepipes. The sidepipes are practically new (so I am being as gentle as I can stand) and I have a set of glasspacked mufflers to install in them. Some rust (not a lot) has formed around the inside of the pipe. Maybe someone has dealt with this before? Thanks.
Scott

[Frank H.]

Re: Muffler Removal from Hooker Sidepipes

Take them over in the soft grass and bounce the end on the ground a little,I had the glass packs and was always wrapping more layers of fibreglass or aluminum foil to get just the right sound less noise ticket.
That car sure branded alot of pretty ankles

[Dave Suesz]

A friend of mine cured that...

Had chromed header sides on a 68 427. "Bout the 3rd time his girl burner herself, he had curved stainless heat shields made.

[Mike Cobine]

Re: A friend of mine cured that...

The sidepipes on a C3 were much more dangerous than on a C2. The seating position meant laying your leg out across the pipe rather than stepping out over it. I got nipped maybe thrice on my '63 convertible, but on friends' '76, '71, and '72, I got burnt about every third time in their cars.

With a set of Hooker side pipes, you could usually figure the girlfriend was gone after a ride. Burnt legs wasn't a turn on.

Eckler's had fiberglass covers that you painted to match the car. The fiberglass was fairly cool and shielded well.

Once you begin using the side pipes, the rust inside begins to attach the muffler rather firmly. Spray some rust breaker like Liquid Wrench around the lip of the muffler on each end. Spray some light oil (WD40, etc.) inside the tube so the muffler slides once it moves. Put a thick block of wood on the ground and pile drive the sidepipe into it.

You will get smoke out of the pipe when you first tart up again until the oil burns off.

A trick we used to do was to take a thick metal strap and weld to the engine end of the muffler so that we could hook it and pull it out in the future. Of course, the longer you leave them, the more permanent they become.

[Scott Marshall]

Popped right out! Thanks *NM*