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Astra Mk3 exhaust clamp

The clamp on the front box on my CF broke, trying to find a replacement clamp was hard. so out came the temporary wire coat hanger repair, pic below.



From a member of here I was told with a bit of modding you can get a clamp for a vauxhall astra mk3 tailpipe clamp to fit.

So on to ebay and for £3.87 and £1,94 P&P and 24 hours later here is my clamp.



as for the modding, a few gentle taps with a hammer to bend the bolt to a slight angle to get the nut and bolt on was all that was required.
Pic below shows both the old and the new in place, once I get a rubber that will fit I will take the old one of.



Jobs a good un.

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Thu 05 Aug 2010 @ 00:37 Edit this messageQuote this messagePMQuote this message
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Hi Spence. As I said, exactly what I did and I used a mounting rubber from the same car too. A bit short in length, but it fitted until I got a CF one from CES, which fitted no problem. Don't forget though to bend up the end of the lug that goes through the rubber once in place. Cheers, John.

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Cheers Skoota, feel safer driving with a clamp on , rather than the coat hanger holding the weight.;]

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Thu 05 Aug 2010 @ 12:09 Edit this messageQuote this messagePMQuote this message
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I have old fashioned bed springs in a V formation ..i found out that the clamps that came with the exhaust kept burning out my exhaust runs quite hot for some reason & it burns baffles out on the standard exhaust , so i make up my own exhaust now , i have a Jaguar resinator box & rear silencer & it comes out of the side not the full length of the van ..the springs also alow movement ....the coat hanger is a very good quick fit permenent feature ,used that once while picking up our greyhound from Yorkshire & the exhaust split in half hadn't had the van long then ..we had to use several coathangers ,bacofoil & a couple of exhaust bandages & any wire including copper earth wire that came from an electrical house cable it looked like a fur ball but my springs refused to break ..my bed springs are just an up grade that works for me been on the van 2 year now

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