Exhaust Manifold to Tailpipe gasket

[DaWizard]

Show of hands.

How many of you out there in "A" land have had a hard time lining up and holding that skinny copper and asbestos gasket while attempting to get the clamp around all three parts and slip the nut on the bolt of the exhaust manifold to tailpipe clamp?

Well, sitting here in the garage listening to the rain dump on the roof, I think I have a solution to this problem.

The "indoor folk" have been doing the baking of sweet goods and whatnot and have left me to remove the detritus and while doing this I have come across what I feel to be the perfect solution.

In picture one, we see the antagonizer of this project.

Picture two shows the can used. Now you may use whatever you have laying around that is close to the size needed unless you have a tubing maker thingamajig.

Picture three shows cleaned and sliced.

Picture four shows the gasket around the can for size and fitment.

Picture five shows the finished welding of the can.

Now since I have a resistance solder machine this was a piece of cake for me since it localizes the soldering of the part, but I suspect that anyone owning a small modeling torch or a fine tip for your O/A torch could do this as well. The joint shouldn't really need to be soldered, but to keep the can diameter the same from end to end I would think it should be fastened in some fashion, perhaps a pop rivet on each end would do the trick.

Now since it is still raining outside and I am a dry weather mechanic, I won't be fitting or installing this today, but if you like what I have done so far, maybe I will take pictures of how it fits at installation.

Since I am not totally sure how far the can will fit into reach part I have held off soldering the gasket onto the can, but I am thinking that because I want a real good seal, and the copper does touch the can I may just get a test fit for can distance and solder the gasket to the can after pre-fitting.