Did this job for my stepdaughter yesterday. Good video, good calm positive energy, and the like and comment is cause Bob Ross was hanging on the rear view mirror! Peace😂
So I'm a contractor and have used a recip saw many times. I recommend you use a blade meant for cutting metal (more teeth on the blade). Nice job nonetheless
Good job. I spent 4 hours underneath my Jeep wrangler YJ 1994 model. I bought an "Original replacement" tail pipe and muffler as a set. However, they did not even fit together out of the box! (The muffler was a tiny bit too tight. Say 0.3mm). I had to buy a pipe expander tool set from Amazon (for the impact wrench) and expanded both sides of the muffler in order to fit it on the tail pipe and Cat. Second issue, the U clamps themselves were 2.5 inch (56mm) but had to be 61 mm to fit over the wider muffler pipe sections. So lesson learned: never believe what you buy blindly on the internet..... So far I only took the old stuff off (Also used that recipracating saw because grinders spark too much and there could be fire risk on an oily old car...). Now I am waiting for the right clamps to arrive....
Hey man just a heads up.if thoes are the old grey jack stands from harbor freight takem back immediately! They got RECALLED twice as well as the RED jack stands. The welds wher poor as well as structure and failed on god knows how many peapol the numbers are unspoken. The new improoved daytona's are much better.
Very well done, brother man! I've been looking all over RUclips for this very thing.I plan to replace the muffler on my '05 Equinox (same muffler as yours). I like your cool,laid back honest approach to this job. Thanks!
Great video. Hilarious watching you use the recip for the first time hahaha. We've all been there. I'm handy with one but you've got me beat on every other part of this replacement. Nice work
Good job Red! I had to laugh when the hot metal shards went into the shoes though. Done the same once with a cutting torch, and molten metal into the under-ware. That got my attention.
With my 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP, OEM parts are hard as hell to get, but i make aftermarket stuff work, plus it shares a drive train with a Bonneville, park avenue, and I think it's the impala
This is good stuff I just stumbled across this video this gives me a better idea on doing my own exhaust thanks from one youtuber to another. Thanks new subscriber you got.
In the city, the noise they are making, is annoying. I live on the 2nd Alt. route to the airport. The kids, harleys n Gear heads (no offense to the gears). Goes 75-100 ft from the st. Right into my home. I have good hearing, I don't want to blast the tv or have an important ph call ruined by the roar of the jungle ! I wish the city would enforce the "Noise ordinances". Like they did in the 80's n 90's for RnB music. Which was nowhere near as loud .
@Atrue_1 what's annoying to you is literally soothing music to others. Especially with the government basically forcing evs on society so they can control your driving, people are rushing to be as loud and proud ice as possible. Go Fudd somewhere else man.
You also mentioned how you get parts for discontinued cars. Try a 67 Pontiac Firebird with a 455CI from 1976( I believe ). You learn how to use Google really well to find different groups of people that have similar issues. I give my brother a-lot of credit for locating and if you can't buy the parts you have to make or modify what you have. Car sat for almost 20 years never started and he brought that engine back to life with hardly any parts replaced.
Use a shorter metal bland and press the blade guide into what you are cutting to keep it from bouncy around. Long sleeves and gloves are also recommended. Grinders can be handy too. Depends on the space around the pipe. Or a grinding wheel adapted to fit a drill.
the rubber metal are called hangers , for easy slip off all you need is a long screw driver or small hard plastic prybar for electronics plastic parts pull down slip in screw driver down wards using as a pry bar n slip out by using 2 hands one pulling muffler pipe down wards on back end or tail n pull out at the same time using other hand pry bar screw driver
You can bend the shit out of a Sawzall blade before it breaks. Best method is to try yo cut from different angles giving the blade time to cool a bit between cuts. When experienced you can cut straight through quickly enough with it being a problem a shorter blade would've made this job easier. The closer you can get whatever you are cutting to the base of the blade the faster, cleaner and more efficient your cut will be.
Mine too ! I'm ready, Glasses, Goggles, face shield, nose n mouth mask, cut poof work gloves ! I have everything, I need. Except for, "Courage". The "Courage", to work that long under there, that long. But, @ today's prices, I'm off to see the wizard. To get sum, for sure ! Will do a long overdue, low mileage oil chg, too ! Best of luck !
I hope this works for a resonator on the Chevy equinox (2008-2012). Original resonators Blow open at the seam. Should be easier than this job the pipe is straight at that section but there are concerns. Inlet is connected and clamped, the outlet leads all the way to the back. If clamping both sides won't work i don't know what to do
Use a grinder with a cheap metal cutting disk to cut pipes. But I suspect new muffler replacement is the lions share of the cost. Shops do the labor part much cheaper. Oh, and the correct phrase is, "That runs as quiet as a Bob Ross painting video."
It’s nice that you mentioned rebadged cars. If you look up a the models and compare the part number. You can see a lot of parts are interchangeable among the different brands. GMC/Chevy Ford/Lincoln Honda/ Acura Toyota Lexus You can interchange some parts like the Lamborghini Diablo with Nissan 300ZX.
you use the size measurements n design and get any part or a little larger, some say universal,, you supposed to use a cut off saw with fiber disc its more easiers dirtier n saver except for the sparks you can use thick metal disc blades always buy for thick steel they last longer on cuts on other metals , thick metal disc can be use on any other type of material to cut for future emergencies projects
Great Vid, Big Red, U n me both hate being under the car. My late brother didn't mind working under a ton+ vehicle. I am a tru "sissy boy", never liked going underneath, even with tire chocks, jack stands and raised jack (just in case). Anything up top or on the sides (deep well spark plugs, Serpentine belts, brakes, Rotors, Calipers, Lug Studs and door panels, all ok. Thx, for the tip on "SawsAll hot metal shavings". Jus got mine (will visit "Project Farm vid for best extra metal blades"). In other vid's, many say (like ChrisFix Vid), "Not to leave your clamp bolts hanging straight down". I am going to mount them sideways, as much as possible. We all have run over something out there on the road. I, for one, do not want whatever, it is or was. To knock loose, damage or rip out my handy work. I once had a mechanic's sled, too. Just not, a smooth enuff driveway, to use it on. Plus @ 6-2 220, I'd have to jack the car up, way beyond my comfort range. In order, to roll up under there with confidence and plenty of working room. Thx again. (& I subscribed)
I have a 1992 Isuzu Rodeo and if I can't find replacement parts, I find a part to upgrade that part or system. Example: my Rodeo needs a heater core and the AC is barely adequate for the desert southwest summertime heat. My solution is to replace the under dash heater/AC unit with a Vintage Air Gen IV Magnum. In other words I look to the Street Rod community for hard to find parts.
the way you done that job is OK but, in fact, the muffler you removed is of a much better quality that the one you installed, this okld muffler worth a repair. anybody that can MIG or torch weld can repair it by installing a slip joint at the end of the muffler or weld a flange to the muffler and to the pipe and install a gasket between.
Thanks for this video. I wanted to ask about the pipe sizes... so the inlet and outlet of the replacement muffler was 2.5 inches. What was the diameter of the muffler pipe that you cut 2.25?
So did mine, til I was on the hwy after my b-day dinner. I had 20 more miles, to go. That dieseling roar, on the hwy n city. Had me wishing, I had patched it sooner. My late bro, believed in rust proofing all the pipes with high heat paint. Due to the chemical road salt used up north. That solution eats, everything it touches. I did it, a couple of years in a row. Then I kept putting it off, during the pandemic. Ooophs !
One word: improvise Ok actually there’s a second word: research. Oftentimes with a so called “discontinued” vehicle there is at least one other vehicle out there that uses the exact same parts. It’s like a no name appliance versus store brand or name brand. Some things there is just a no go but most things you’ll find what you need. All others, the wreckers, eBay, Amazon are your friends. The auto stores don’t know everything. Hell even the Hollander does not say my dodge Dakota has a BCM but it sure as hell does lol.
Even easier method, use that flexible exhaust pipe 1/8" bigger with same larger c-clamps, it will crimp a bit, torque to 30 ft-lbs and stays tight. Use glass packs for even more power and sound! :)
“This is my first time” is pretty high on the list of things I don’t want to hear from the guy instructing me in the video im watching 😂
This gentleman has all the energy, face, and voice to do this on a television show! Good job, Big Red.
Thanks! Best compliment ever!
Did this job for my stepdaughter yesterday. Good video, good calm positive energy, and the like and comment is cause Bob Ross was hanging on the rear view mirror! Peace😂
i actually rly like this channel thxxx
So I'm a contractor and have used a recip saw many times. I recommend you use a blade meant for cutting metal (more teeth on the blade). Nice job nonetheless
Depends on the thickness of the metal this blade is made for copper pipes witch is perfect for a muffler Diablo metal blade
@@johndaniel3474 that was a wood blade
@@nickr3441 Absolutely
Good job. I spent 4 hours underneath my Jeep wrangler YJ 1994 model. I bought an "Original replacement" tail pipe and muffler as a set. However, they did not even fit together out of the box! (The muffler was a tiny bit too tight. Say 0.3mm). I had to buy a pipe expander tool set from Amazon (for the impact wrench) and expanded both sides of the muffler in order to fit it on the tail pipe and Cat.
Second issue, the U clamps themselves were 2.5 inch (56mm) but had to be 61 mm to fit over the wider muffler pipe sections. So lesson learned: never believe what you buy blindly on the internet.....
So far I only took the old stuff off (Also used that recipracating saw because grinders spark too much and there could be fire risk on an oily old car...). Now I am waiting for the right clamps to arrive....
"Pipe Expander", sounds expensive. I will borrow/ loan one, from Autozone.
Best of luck, with your repair.
Excellent video on how-to and I especially appreciate your casual/humorous play-by-play.
I appreciate that!
Wire brush to clean up the mating surfaces prior to clamping also a good idea.
Hey man just a heads up.if thoes are the old grey jack stands from harbor freight takem back immediately! They got RECALLED twice as well as the RED jack stands. The welds wher poor as well as structure and failed on god knows how many peapol the numbers are unspoken. The new improoved daytona's are much better.
My Saturn uses same type of exhaust muffler… changing mine now .
great Job explaining everything. appreciate your sense of humor as well. nicely done
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very well done, brother man! I've been looking all over RUclips for this very thing.I plan to replace the muffler on my '05 Equinox (same muffler as yours). I like your cool,laid back honest approach to this job. Thanks!
You gonna need some muffler cement to seal your fitting that's gonna leak as soon as it gets cold weather
There's nothing better than a DIY project to keep men sane.
Great job!…loved the persistence and confidence…your humor added comic relief to your how to video!
Genius saved alot of money
You did a good job
Great instructional video, thanks!
Good music and narration. Funny too
Thanks!
Good job, hand in hand, I love you, I'm from Iraq ❤️🙏
Great video. Hilarious watching you use the recip for the first time hahaha. We've all been there. I'm handy with one but you've got me beat on every other part of this replacement. Nice work
Good job Red! I had to laugh when the hot metal shards went into the shoes though. Done the same once with a cutting torch, and molten metal into the under-ware. That got my attention.
Right on
Good job, man!
Thank You Big Red Great Advice and very informative Video
Lol the sawzall is what I used to cut my exhaust to when I had to do a repair as well. I like how it cuts but you just have to to be so careful
With my 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP, OEM parts are hard as hell to get, but i make aftermarket stuff work, plus it shares a drive train with a Bonneville, park avenue, and I think it's the impala
This is good stuff I just stumbled across this video this gives me a better idea on doing my own exhaust thanks from one youtuber to another. Thanks new subscriber you got.
Great job man! 👏🏻
"Loud mufflers are embarrassing "
*eyeballs my straight piped v6 accord, 2000 crown vic lx and soon to be straight piped 1500 bighorn*
Exactly the only reason I'm here is cause I need to put one on for inspection when I move to a new state, I want my truck loud
In the city, the noise they are making, is annoying.
I live on the 2nd Alt. route to the airport.
The kids, harleys n Gear heads (no offense to the gears). Goes 75-100 ft from the st. Right into my home.
I have good hearing, I don't want to blast the tv or have an important ph call ruined by the roar of the jungle !
I wish the city would enforce the "Noise ordinances". Like they did in the 80's n 90's for RnB music. Which was nowhere near as loud .
@Atrue_1 what's annoying to you is literally soothing music to others. Especially with the government basically forcing evs on society so they can control your driving, people are rushing to be as loud and proud ice as possible.
Go Fudd somewhere else man.
Great job!
You also mentioned how you get parts for discontinued cars. Try a 67 Pontiac Firebird with a 455CI from 1976( I believe ). You learn how to use Google really well to find different groups of people that have similar issues. I give my brother a-lot of credit for locating and if you can't buy the parts you have to make or modify what you have.
Car sat for almost 20 years never started and he brought that engine back to life with hardly any parts replaced.
Use a shorter metal bland and press the blade guide into what you are cutting to keep it from bouncy around. Long sleeves and gloves are also recommended. Grinders can be handy too. Depends on the space around the pipe. Or a grinding wheel adapted to fit a drill.
Great tip!
Nice job buddy, a good looking install !!
Glad you like it
@@bigredmedia2900 I liked it too
Excellent Job and Video!
Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Just looking do the same thing
Great vid bro
the rubber metal are called hangers , for easy slip off all you need is a long screw driver or small hard plastic prybar for electronics plastic parts pull down slip in screw driver down wards using as a pry bar n slip out by using 2 hands one pulling muffler pipe down wards on back end or tail n pull out at the same time using other hand pry bar screw driver
Thanks!
Nice jack end
He should put a link, to it in the description. So, I can fall out of my chair from "Sticker Shock".
Brave man and great job
You can bend the shit out of a Sawzall blade before it breaks. Best method is to try yo cut from different angles giving the blade time to cool a bit between cuts. When experienced you can cut straight through quickly enough with it being a problem a shorter blade would've made this job easier. The closer you can get whatever you are cutting to the base of the blade the faster, cleaner and more efficient your cut will be.
Great job man!
It will also be my first time using a saws all to take off my muffler wish me luck.
You'll do great!
Mine too !
I'm ready, Glasses, Goggles, face shield, nose n mouth mask, cut poof work gloves !
I have everything, I need.
Except for, "Courage". The "Courage", to work that long under there, that long.
But, @ today's prices, I'm off to see the wizard. To get sum, for sure !
Will do a long overdue, low mileage oil chg, too !
Best of luck !
Awesome. Liked and subscribed
Great video brotha👊🏽💯
I hope this works for a resonator on the Chevy equinox (2008-2012). Original resonators Blow open at the seam. Should be easier than this job the pipe is straight at that section but there are concerns. Inlet is connected and clamped, the outlet leads all the way to the back. If clamping both sides won't work i don't know what to do
The rubber piece is call a exhaust hanger
Use a grinder with a cheap metal cutting disk to cut pipes. But I suspect new muffler replacement is the lions share of the cost. Shops do the labor part much cheaper.
Oh, and the correct phrase is, "That runs as quiet as a Bob Ross painting video."
❤Good job👍🏿
If you hold the recipro shoe on the pipe it wouldnt wobble as much and saves you blades. Thats what the shoe is for.
Give this guy a show
I know, right? This cat could be in commercials making some serious money!
Good morning and thank you sir
It’s nice that you mentioned rebadged cars.
If you look up a the models and compare the part number. You can see a lot of parts are interchangeable among the different brands.
GMC/Chevy Ford/Lincoln Honda/ Acura Toyota Lexus
You can interchange some parts like the Lamborghini Diablo with Nissan 300ZX.
you use the size measurements n design and get any part or a little larger, some say universal,, you supposed to use a cut off saw with fiber disc its more easiers dirtier n saver except for the sparks you can use thick metal disc blades always buy for thick steel they last longer on cuts on other metals , thick metal disc can be use on any other type of material to cut for future emergencies projects
I use 1A Auto for most of my parts
Good job 👏 👍
Thank you 👍
Great Vid,
Big Red, U n me both hate being under the car. My late brother didn't mind working under a ton+ vehicle.
I am a tru "sissy boy", never liked going underneath, even with tire chocks, jack stands and raised jack (just in case).
Anything up top or on the sides (deep well spark plugs, Serpentine belts, brakes, Rotors, Calipers, Lug Studs and door panels, all ok.
Thx, for the tip on "SawsAll hot metal shavings". Jus got mine (will visit "Project Farm vid for best extra metal blades").
In other vid's, many say (like ChrisFix Vid), "Not to leave your clamp bolts hanging straight down".
I am going to mount them sideways, as much as possible.
We all have run over something out there on the road.
I, for one, do not want whatever, it is or was.
To knock loose, damage or rip out my handy work.
I once had a mechanic's sled, too. Just not, a smooth enuff driveway, to use it on.
Plus @ 6-2 220, I'd have to jack the car up, way beyond my comfort range.
In order, to roll up under there with confidence and plenty of working room.
Thx again. (& I subscribed)
Thanks! I'm glad it helped. I still don't like being under the car. :)
So easy to understand 😊
Glad to hear that!
Heck, that sounds good where I come from 😀
Great Job Big Red. Just what I Needed. Thank you!
I have 2005 Elantra with same setup. Where’d you purchase the muffler??
Picked it up on Amazon. Just searched for Chevy Equinox muffler.
Y’all want it quiet, I want it to go bratatata
Good Job!
I have a 1992 Isuzu Rodeo and if I can't find replacement parts, I find a part to upgrade that part or system. Example: my Rodeo needs a heater core and the AC is barely adequate for the desert southwest summertime heat. My solution is to replace the under dash heater/AC unit with a Vintage Air Gen IV Magnum. In other words I look to the Street Rod community for hard to find parts.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
the way you done that job is OK but, in fact, the muffler you removed is of a much better quality that the one you installed, this okld muffler worth a repair.
anybody that can MIG or torch weld can repair it by installing a slip joint at the end of the muffler or weld a flange to the muffler and to the pipe and install a gasket between.
They stole my son's catalytic just after Christmas. Good video should be similar to muffler except for installing O2 sensor and repair the wire.
Good Job brother.
Big up
Never keep your clamp bolts facing down thats how things get hung up on them and rip em off
What you mean that sounds better than stock
Nice job 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
The rubber piece is an insulator. I am like 90% sure. So you don’t have a solid metal connection between a vibrating exhaust and your car.
rubber piece = hanger bushing
Thank you!
Thanks for this video. I wanted to ask about the pipe sizes... so the inlet and outlet of the replacement muffler was 2.5 inches. What was the diameter of the muffler pipe that you cut 2.25?
The pipe size is 2.5 in, but the muffler pipe is oversized where it connects to the car's pipe.
Wait its supposed to be shameful?
Umm, loud mufflers embarrassing? Mine sounds like a hair dryer on the lowest setting
So did mine, til I was on the hwy after my b-day dinner.
I had 20 more miles, to go. That dieseling roar, on the hwy n city. Had me wishing, I had patched it sooner.
My late bro, believed in rust proofing all the pipes with high heat paint. Due to the chemical road salt used up north. That solution eats, everything it touches.
I did it, a couple of years in a row. Then I kept putting it off, during the pandemic. Ooophs !
This guy could be Mike Tyson’s cousin
I came to this video because I’m gonna chop off my mufflers and straight pipe instead 😂
One word: improvise
Ok actually there’s a second word: research.
Oftentimes with a so called “discontinued” vehicle there is at least one other vehicle out there that uses the exact same parts. It’s like a no name appliance versus store brand or name brand.
Some things there is just a no go but most things you’ll find what you need. All others, the wreckers, eBay, Amazon are your friends. The auto stores don’t know everything. Hell even the Hollander does not say my dodge Dakota has a BCM but it sure as hell does lol.
LOL, you were a wood blade with the Sawzall.
Wrong blade, huh?
@@bigredmedia2900 looks like it
I have both, thank gudness. might shop for a shorter one (metal)
I Dont have a garage so that won't work but good stuff. L
Yes muffler "replacement"
Did I see plumbing clamps
Haha! Probably!
If you’re cuts are going to be like that juts pay for a professional do it less than 50$
Are you saying go to a Pro n he'll, cut n install it for $50 ?
or
Are there guys, who come out n just cut ?
if ya wanna do this easier, just weld it🤣
Even easier method, use that flexible exhaust pipe 1/8" bigger with same larger c-clamps, it will crimp a bit, torque to 30 ft-lbs and stays tight. Use glass packs for even more power and sound! :)
LOL Just tell everybody you cut it off to save money before you got to the shop! LOLLL