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Exhaust System: Muffler: Removal

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