3B Eureka Springs Trail Report - Exhaust Damage on Rubicon

[Flyin6]

I will definitely get a copy of that.

Also, just a cool tidbit for you: I worked security for the Lone Survivor film set and chatted with Peter Berg while I was there. We discussed Luttrel's book a lot and he put me on it before the movie came out.

I was also in the background of a movie scene hanging out on a fire bottle in front of a MC-130

I was up on that hill once, but long after the battle.
Did a bunch of years in that A.O.
I know that MC-130 quite well. Used to aerial refuel from them. Sucked being on the right hose... Friend of mine, an 0-3 in the Regiment left to join you fly boys. He later piloted 130's.

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[Janster]

Yeah, I am going to replace the exhaust at some point, but not until I figure out what skid plate I'm going for. I also dont want an exhaust that's any louder than the OEM, but dont want to pay the ridiculous price for OEM exhaust. Stainless will probably be what I go for, whether I have to upgrade the muffler for quiet afterwards will have to be determined.

Look around for used OEM exhaust take-offs or call your local junkyard. You might get lucky and find OEM for cheap. Call your local reputable muffler shops - they can cut out the damaged piece and custom bend and weld a new pipe. Worth a shot...
I've had custom shops bend pipes for the YJ years ago.

And definitely.... get yourself a good belly skid or skids. Oil pans & tranny's need protection as well as your exhaust.

 

[RubiAR]

I was up on that hill once, but long after the battle.
Did a bunch of years in that A.O.
I know that MC-130 quite well. Used to aerial refuel from them. Sucked being on the right hose... Friend of mine, an 0-3 in the Regiment left to join you fly boys. He later piloted 130's.

So I used to replace those refueling drogues and the entire hoses constantly in the FTU. The condition they would come back in (or not at all after a hose guillotine) never cease to amaze me, whether it was H-60s on lowspeeds or CV-22s on the highspeeds. I would cuss the pilots up and down as a young airman, but after flying with rescue as an NCO and watching them IFR, I had a lot more respect for them.

 

[Bandit’s Lair]

Look around for used OEM exhaust take-offs or call your local junkyard. You might get lucky and find OEM for cheap.

I’ll second this. It’s a fairly popular upgrade at off-road shops as well. A couple of the shops out here had a bunch of em in the dumpster out back when I went back to the back lot to poke around. They can pull more cash out of you than they can recycling it so it works out for the shop.

 

[Jteakus]

Any good exhaust shop can cut out that elbow and weld in a new one.
don’t know if Metalcloak has ended their sale yet but their skids are tough!

 

[RubiAR]

Any good exhaust shop can cut out that elbow and weld in a new one.
don’t know if Metalcloak has ended their sale yet but their skids are tough!

Thanks for the recommendation. I'll be in the market very soon.

Unfortunately, I'll prob have to make the 4-hour drive back to the house before I can get it into a shop Monday. There's not much out here for muffler shops, as expected

 

[Jteakus]

Yes sir, bad weekend to need repairs. I love Eureka. Used to ride M/C’s up their a lot.

 

[Flyin6]

So I used to replace those refueling drogues and the entire hoses constantly in the FTU. The condition they would come back in (or not at all after a hose guillotine) never cease to amaze me, whether it was H-60s on lowspeeds or CV-22s on the highspeeds. I would cuss the pilots up and down as a young airman, but after flying with rescue as an NCO and watching them IFR, I had a lot more respect for them.

Well, all that being the case, I'll just stop talking about busting up turkey feathers or gilloutined hoses...talking about a friend...
I was the 13th pilot in the US Army to be aerial refueling qualified, and to this very day, I hated doing it, especially on the right hose...

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