D17 S1 exhaust question

Bought this tractor and it had no muffler so I bought one from Rural king today AC-4 by Stanley muffler, anyway, it came with 2 brackets but can't figure out how the support brackets work (I bought a muffler clamp to clamp everything together) the old support clamp is also pictured. My stand up pipe is just a little loose in the exhaust manifold, is that a problem?





Thanks,



Edited by ACthunder - 28 Nov 2015 at 6:59pm

The metal bracket on the left in your photo bolts into a threaded Hole on the outside of the exaust manifold and the two I believe the two brackets clamp around the bottom of the muffler with a mufler clamp. It is too dark outside to check right now. But yes the new aftermarket mufler does sit loose on the pipe and yes it does leak there. If you look down the mufler you can probably see straight through it from one end to the other. The two I bought both are a straight pipe inside the outer tube with holes in the inner pipe and they are fringing loud and useless. I want to get the serries 2 mufler and custom fit it onto my d17 and d15 I just haven't gotten around to trying it yet.

So to answer you question loose fitting and poor performance is what I have found and I guess it is normal for the modern aftermarket parts.

Well mine is still loose and leaks tried two different ones. Can't stand that mufler setup. Was thinking all summer I need to do something to quit it down.

You just scared the out bleep out of me with that point about letting water in. I will have to look at mine tomorrow the last thing I need is a frozen motor this winter.

ACthunder wrote: Bought this tractor and it had no muffler so I bought one from Rural king today AC-4 by Stanley muffler, anyway, it came with 2 brackets but can't figure out how the support brackets work (I bought a muffler clamp to clamp everything together) the old support clamp is also pictured. My stand up pipe is just a little loose in the exhaust manifold, is that a problem? Thanks,

Looks like part of the old muffler is stuck in the manifold - that is the pipe sticking up.  You have to get that out before the new muffler can go on.

Look up the mufler used on the serries 2 and up 17. It is an oval shapes mufler and from what I have been told is decent. I haven't looked into what it will take to modify mine to take it yet but it is my plan. Then you don't have to worry about the looks department either it is just updated... not that I care quite is what I want.

Put a pipe wrench on the tube thats sticking out of the manifold and see if you can remove it. The new muffler goes straight into the manifold.