More Mission, Texas

Saturday January 17, 2009

Joe and Nancy next door did a little extra cooking last night. They got ready for the park's Saturday Morning Breakfast. We went to bed with the invitation in mind and, lo and behold, I woke up in time to look out the front windshield – between my feet (still in bed of course) and see a sunrise! We were up and at 'em and down to the clubhouse for lots of breakfast, lots of good company and plenty of fun yarns. Good job, Joe and Nancy. The food was delicious. The event made more than enough to refill the gas bottles for the barbecue, so a burger feed is sure to be coming to the calendar soon!

We headed out in the rig about 9:30AM looking for a solution to our elusive exhaust leak. We had visions of bad gaskets, broken bolts, stripped head, etc. This too-long story finally got short!

A really sharp young gentleman at Three Star Mufflers on 9th in Mission, TX spotted the problem in less than ten minutes. There was an incomplete weld (at manufacture) on the flange of our new headers!

We rolled up next to the door to the shop (and the MIG welder) and lifted the front end off the ground with the leveling jacks. A proficient young welder slid into the front wheel well. Our welder removed the bolt, welded the seam, re-installed the bolt and emerged in less than five minutes. We started the engine. We rev'd it up. We put it under load, We listened real hard. We were HEALED!

If you need a careful diagnosis and an efficient fix to your exhaust system I highly recommend the good gang of guys at Three Star Mufflers. Talk to Jorge; you can swap stories about asparagus picking in Yakima!