Had this since early February. It was missing that exhaust deflector that screws to the muffler cover.Previous owner removed it for whatever reason & its a small hard to find part.After almost 5 months of searching I gave up. I cut a 12" long piece of heavy gauge steel tubing from some scrap,then a local welding shop fabricated it for me.A quick cleaning with a wire wheel,a couple blasts of 2000 degree engine enamel,cut it to final length with hacksaw & instant high performance buckshot ported muffler!!! Just need to retune the carb a little & it sounds even meaner now & cooler running at the same time....
LOL not yet....just had it fixed this morning & painted/reinstalled it this afternoon.Probably be a while ,am still working overtime several days a week.
For as much as the deflector was new. Just over $9 plus shipping too. Plus being NLA you didnt have much choice but to come up with something or buy a complete used muffler. Get that OT while you can for sure. I dont work OT June -Aug, thats my fun months and when I take 4 weeks off and enjoy life . I crank out my OT in the colder months when the day light is short.
