I'm looking at this exhaust setup (Choey Lee B30) and wondering if I just leave it intact or upgrade.
As with many of you I see in the older threads who have changed the hot section of the system, I have to do the same (rusted enough to twist into two pieces in my hands).
But what about after the hot section? The first photo shows the hot section arriving at the riser (?). It's going up toward a port-side cockpit locker and the visible angle in the photo is nearly correct. The bright white deck support to the left should be vertical.
Once in the locker (second photo), there is again a short wrapped section of pipe before arriving in the water lift muffler from the bottom(?). This all looks to be original hardware (circa 1964). Does what I call the muffler seem to you to actually be one?
The third photo shows the exhaust (wrapped with some sort of rope) leaving the muffler from low on the side. From there on out it's pretty much a straight shot out the transom.
I guess my main question is, should I pressure test the system and leave good enough alone? Or should I take everything apart, including the wrapped pipe after the muffler to really see what is going on. It seems that I could remove all this beefy hardware and just install a plastic water lift muffler with flexible exhaust hose running from the muffler to the transom (for not too much money).
Any brainstorming and/or enlightened comments are welcome!
Kelly in France
As with many of you I see in the older threads who have changed the hot section of the system, I have to do the same (rusted enough to twist into two pieces in my hands).
But what about after the hot section? The first photo shows the hot section arriving at the riser (?). It's going up toward a port-side cockpit locker and the visible angle in the photo is nearly correct. The bright white deck support to the left should be vertical.
Once in the locker (second photo), there is again a short wrapped section of pipe before arriving in the water lift muffler from the bottom(?). This all looks to be original hardware (circa 1964). Does what I call the muffler seem to you to actually be one?
The third photo shows the exhaust (wrapped with some sort of rope) leaving the muffler from low on the side. From there on out it's pretty much a straight shot out the transom.
I guess my main question is, should I pressure test the system and leave good enough alone? Or should I take everything apart, including the wrapped pipe after the muffler to really see what is going on. It seems that I could remove all this beefy hardware and just install a plastic water lift muffler with flexible exhaust hose running from the muffler to the transom (for not too much money).
Any brainstorming and/or enlightened comments are welcome!
Kelly in France
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