Exhaust System: Muffler: Removal
- Disconnect battery negative cable.
- Raise vehicle on hoist.
- Remove muffler to exhaust pipe/catalytic converter and tailpipe clamps (Fig 1 ).
- Remove tailpipe from hanger isolator. Heat muffler to tailpipe with an oxygen/acetylene torch and twist tailpipe out of muffler.
- Disconnect muffler from hanger isolators (Fig 1 ).
- Heat muffler to exhaust pipe/catalytic converter connection and twist muffler off of converter pipe.