“This is my first time” is pretty high on the list of things I don’t want to hear from the guy instructing me in the video im watching 😂

This gentleman has all the energy, face, and voice to do this on a television show! Good job, Big Red.

Did this job for my stepdaughter yesterday. Good video, good calm positive energy, and the like and comment is cause Bob Ross was hanging on the rear view mirror! Peace😂

Good job. I spent 4 hours underneath my Jeep wrangler YJ 1994 model. I bought an "Original replacement" tail pipe and muffler as a set. However, they did not even fit together out of the box! (The muffler was a tiny bit too tight. Say 0.3mm). I had to buy a pipe expander tool set from Amazon (for the impact wrench) and expanded both sides of the muffler in order to fit it on the tail pipe and Cat. Second issue, the U clamps themselves were 2.5 inch (56mm) but had to be 61 mm to fit over the wider muffler pipe sections. So lesson learned: never believe what you buy blindly on the internet..... So far I only took the old stuff off (Also used that recipracating saw because grinders spark too much and there could be fire risk on an oily old car...). Now I am waiting for the right clamps to arrive....

So I'm a contractor and have used a recip saw many times. I recommend you use a blade meant for cutting metal (more teeth on the blade). Nice job nonetheless

Wire brush to clean up the mating surfaces prior to clamping also a good idea.

Hey man just a heads up.if thoes are the old grey jack stands from harbor freight takem back immediately! They got RECALLED twice as well as the RED jack stands. The welds wher poor as well as structure and failed on god knows how many peapol the numbers are unspoken. The new improoved daytona's are much better.

Excellent video on how-to and I especially appreciate your casual/humorous play-by-play.

i actually rly like this channel thxxx

My Saturn uses same type of exhaust muffler… changing mine now .

Very well done, brother man! I've been looking all over KZfaq for this very thing.I plan to replace the muffler on my '05 Equinox (same muffler as yours). I like your cool,laid back honest approach to this job. Thanks!

great Job explaining everything. appreciate your sense of humor as well. nicely done

You gonna need some muffler cement to seal your fitting that's gonna leak as soon as it gets cold weather

Great job!…loved the persistence and confidence…your humor added comic relief to your how to video!

You did a good job

Genius saved alot of money

Great video. Hilarious watching you use the recip for the first time hahaha. We've all been there. I'm handy with one but you've got me beat on every other part of this replacement. Nice work

Great instructional video, thanks!

Good job, hand in hand, I love you, I'm from Iraq ❤️🙏

Good job, man!

Good job Red! I had to laugh when the hot metal shards went into the shoes though. Done the same once with a cutting torch, and molten metal into the under-ware. That got my attention.

You also mentioned how you get parts for discontinued cars. Try a 67 Pontiac Firebird with a 455CI from 1976( I believe ). You learn how to use Google really well to find different groups of people that have similar issues. I give my brother a-lot of credit for locating and if you can't buy the parts you have to make or modify what you have. Car sat for almost 20 years never started and he brought that engine back to life with hardly any parts replaced.

Thank You Big Red Great Advice and very informative Video

Good music and narration. Funny too

"Loud mufflers are embarrassing " *eyeballs my straight piped v6 accord, 2000 crown vic lx and soon to be straight piped 1500 bighorn*

With my 2002 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP, OEM parts are hard as hell to get, but i make aftermarket stuff work, plus it shares a drive train with a Bonneville, park avenue, and I think it's the impala

Lol the sawzall is what I used to cut my exhaust to when I had to do a repair as well. I like how it cuts but you just have to to be so careful

Use a shorter metal bland and press the blade guide into what you are cutting to keep it from bouncy around. Long sleeves and gloves are also recommended. Grinders can be handy too. Depends on the space around the pipe. Or a grinding wheel adapted to fit a drill.

Great job!

the rubber metal are called hangers , for easy slip off all you need is a long screw driver or small hard plastic prybar for electronics plastic parts pull down slip in screw driver down wards using as a pry bar n slip out by using 2 hands one pulling muffler pipe down wards on back end or tail n pull out at the same time using other hand pry bar screw driver

Great job man! 👏🏻

This is good stuff I just stumbled across this video this gives me a better idea on doing my own exhaust thanks from one youtuber to another. Thanks new subscriber you got.

It will also be my first time using a saws all to take off my muffler wish me luck.

Good morning and thank you sir

Nice job buddy, a good looking install !!

Excellent Job and Video! Thank you!

Just looking do the same thing

You can bend the shit out of a Sawzall blade before it breaks. Best method is to try yo cut from different angles giving the blade time to cool a bit between cuts. When experienced you can cut straight through quickly enough with it being a problem a shorter blade would've made this job easier. The closer you can get whatever you are cutting to the base of the blade the faster, cleaner and more efficient your cut will be.

Nice jack end

Great vid bro

The rubber piece is call a exhaust hanger

I hope this works for a resonator on the Chevy equinox (2008-2012). Original resonators Blow open at the seam. Should be easier than this job the pipe is straight at that section but there are concerns. Inlet is connected and clamped, the outlet leads all the way to the back. If clamping both sides won't work i don't know what to do

It’s nice that you mentioned rebadged cars. If you look up a the models and compare the part number. You can see a lot of parts are interchangeable among the different brands. GMC/Chevy Ford/Lincoln Honda/ Acura Toyota Lexus You can interchange some parts like the Lamborghini Diablo with Nissan 300ZX.

Great Vid, Big Red, U n me both hate being under the car. My late brother didn't mind working under a ton+ vehicle. I am a tru "sissy boy", never liked going underneath, even with tire chocks, jack stands and raised jack (just in case). Anything up top or on the sides (deep well spark plugs, Serpentine belts, brakes, Rotors, Calipers, Lug Studs and door panels, all ok. Thx, for the tip on "SawsAll hot metal shavings". Jus got mine (will visit "Project Farm vid for best extra metal blades"). In other vid's, many say (like ChrisFix Vid), "Not to leave your clamp bolts hanging straight down". I am going to mount them sideways, as much as possible. We all have run over something out there on the road. I, for one, do not want whatever, it is or was. To knock loose, damage or rip out my handy work. I once had a mechanic's sled, too. Just not, a smooth enuff driveway, to use it on. Plus @ 6-2 220, I'd have to jack the car up, way beyond my comfort range. In order, to roll up under there with confidence and plenty of working room. Thx again. (& I subscribed)

Brave man and great job

Use a grinder with a cheap metal cutting disk to cut pipes. But I suspect new muffler replacement is the lions share of the cost. Shops do the labor part much cheaper. Oh, and the correct phrase is, "That runs as quiet as a Bob Ross painting video."

Great job man!

If you hold the recipro shoe on the pipe it wouldnt wobble as much and saves you blades. Thats what the shoe is for.

you use the size measurements n design and get any part or a little larger, some say universal,, you supposed to use a cut off saw with fiber disc its more easiers dirtier n saver except for the sparks you can use thick metal disc blades always buy for thick steel they last longer on cuts on other metals , thick metal disc can be use on any other type of material to cut for future emergencies projects

Y’all want it quiet, I want it to go bratatata

Awesome. Liked and subscribed

Great video brotha👊🏽💯

❤Good job👍🏿

I use 1A Auto for most of my parts

the way you done that job is OK but, in fact, the muffler you removed is of a much better quality that the one you installed, this okld muffler worth a repair. anybody that can MIG or torch weld can repair it by installing a slip joint at the end of the muffler or weld a flange to the muffler and to the pipe and install a gasket between.

Give this guy a show

Heck, that sounds good where I come from 😀

So easy to understand 😊

They stole my son's catalytic just after Christmas. Good video should be similar to muffler except for installing O2 sensor and repair the wire.

Good job 👏 👍

I have a 1992 Isuzu Rodeo and if I can't find replacement parts, I find a part to upgrade that part or system. Example: my Rodeo needs a heater core and the AC is barely adequate for the desert southwest summertime heat. My solution is to replace the under dash heater/AC unit with a Vintage Air Gen IV Magnum. In other words I look to the Street Rod community for hard to find parts.

rubber piece = hanger bushing

The rubber piece is an insulator. I am like 90% sure. So you don’t have a solid metal connection between a vibrating exhaust and your car.

Good Job!

Never keep your clamp bolts facing down thats how things get hung up on them and rip em off

What you mean that sounds better than stock

I came to this video because I’m gonna chop off my mufflers and straight pipe instead 😂

Good Job brother.

Great video!

Great Job Big Red. Just what I Needed. Thank you! I have 2005 Elantra with same setup. Where’d you purchase the muffler??

Wait its supposed to be shameful?

This guy could be Mike Tyson’s cousin

Nice job 👍

One word: improvise Ok actually there’s a second word: research. Oftentimes with a so called “discontinued” vehicle there is at least one other vehicle out there that uses the exact same parts. It’s like a no name appliance versus store brand or name brand. Some things there is just a no go but most things you’ll find what you need. All others, the wreckers, eBay, Amazon are your friends. The auto stores don’t know everything. Hell even the Hollander does not say my dodge Dakota has a BCM but it sure as hell does lol.

Umm, loud mufflers embarrassing? Mine sounds like a hair dryer on the lowest setting

Thanks for this video. I wanted to ask about the pipe sizes... so the inlet and outlet of the replacement muffler was 2.5 inches. What was the diameter of the muffler pipe that you cut 2.25?

I Dont have a garage so that won't work but good stuff. L

Yes muffler "replacement"

LOL, you were a wood blade with the Sawzall.

Did I see plumbing clamps

if ya wanna do this easier, just weld it🤣

If you’re cuts are going to be like that juts pay for a professional do it less than 50$

Even easier method, use that flexible exhaust pipe 1/8" bigger with same larger c-clamps, it will crimp a bit, torque to 30 ft-lbs and stays tight. Use glass packs for even more power and sound! :)

LOL Just tell everybody you cut it off to save money before you got to the shop! LOLLL