Got my B&W turn over installed, but don't think the actual frame is as nice as all they hype. Got it so we could upgrade from our tiny stock trailer to this larger horse trailer.

 

my new muffler from Rock Auto came, and got it installed. the straight pipe was neat for a while...but the novelty wore off quickly. Then I stopped by a buddies house, his son had bought my '88 gasser when I got my Uncle's truck. His son tore the truck apart, lost interest, and moved to another state. Gonna get the cab for $200. Only bad spot is above the windshield. So I'll be doing a cab swap, hopefully before the snow flies.

 

I hear ya on the novelty of a straight pipe wearing off....I think I got a year, maybe two with mine before putting on a muffler. Is the rockauto muffler a straight flow through?

 

I'm with you on that TC, my 90 plow truck has the straight pipe exit behind the wheel and my 91.5 in front of the wheel, both have the vinyl flooring and are so loud at hiway speed you can't have a conversation (handy at times) my 92 DD is the LE model and I put the diamond eye turbo back 4" with muffler on and it's pretty nice. The wife just bought a 2006 heavy duty 4 door short box 2500 dodge cummins and it is REALLY quite compared to ours.

 

I took the family out yesterday to check out the Street Rod Natl. Show in Burlington yesterday in the Vanilla Gorilla. Some really cool paint jobs and those guys take their custom interior work pretty seriously as well. It was a good time and a nice drive.
We also got lots of thumbs upon the road in the old lifted crew cab.

 

I'm not sure, it's a Walker, and I spent part of the day at my Uncle's place helping my cousin go thru more of my Uncle's horde....and it was almost dark when I got home and threw the muffler on...it is nice and quiet now!

 

I agree, Poncho, my '91.0 came with a straight pipe that dumps in front of the rear tire when I bought it - it is LOUD. My daughter and I brought ear plugs for the drive to Carlisle last summer when we took it down, because at 75 MPG you could not have a conversation anyway.
I will be installing a D.E. 4 inch full exhaust with muffler this winter in it.
The side dump exhaust also really soots up the rear tire and passengers back bed. I am tired of that as well. It looks like I have 3 white letter BFGs and one without the white lettering as it is all sooted out.

 

I opted for the muffler option when I bought my Flo Pro exhaust. I had a straight pipe on my 1995 truck but the highway drone was getting pretty old by the time I sold it. The Flo Pro system is all band clamps so I can probably swap out to a straight pipe if I'm feeling obnoxious.

 

When my system goes again, I'll buy another DE system. Worked great. The only place it is rotting is at the down pipe where the stainless band clamps are placed. Other than that, it's still like new, years later.

I wouldn't buy another stainless muffler, though. I'd want a steel galvanized one, as again, where the stainless meets the galvanized, is where any rust has appeared.

 

Burling out the rad before I put it back together.

Hopefully the tubes back this week.

 

Cleaned the block up a bit. Will prime and paint the freeze plugs as well.

 

I have been using band clamps now on any exhaust system I purchase, or have done, for probably close to 10 years now. I like to pull the exhaust apart every couple years, then use SOS pads to scrub it all clean again.....keeps it looking new.

 

Gotta watch out for attachment of dissimilar metals, and the whole electrolysis thing. The third ingredient, which would be water, becomes the demise of the weaker of the two metals. Stainless and zinc is no good. Copper and zinc being the worst.

 

You are referring to the Galvanic Series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanic_series The lower metal on the series will corrode. This is why steel is galvanized. The zinc will corrode first thus protecting the steel.

 

Dissimilar metals- yes. Same reason why dielectric plumbing unions are used