Re: Aermore Whistle; Spring Shackles

Posted by Bob Schaefer on July 23, 1998 at 09:03:47

In Reply to: Aermore Whistle; Spring Shackles
posted by Bill Hartmann on July 22, 1998 at 23:30:26

: Now that I have a brand new Aermore exhaust whistle, does anyone have any advice on how to mount it?Does it fit right on the exhaust manifold, and the exhaust pipe shortened to fit? Or what?
: RE: Rear spring shackles. Now that I have my rear wheels off and the brakes removed for replacement, is there a way to replace the rear spring shackles while in this condition?The advice in several books I have leave me sort of puzzled. I have a spring spreader to move one-half at a time.Tell me the safest way to do this, or refer me to previous questions on this (my search option doesn't seem to be working).Thanks!
Bill,
You should mount the Aermore exhaust whistle at the end of the tail pipe.You may need to cut off 3-4 inches of the tail pipe so that you have clearance with the rear axel.I hope that your whistle came with a valve also.The valve is really a T with two butterfly valves in it that are linked together.As the exhaust valve closes, then the whistle valve opens to divert exhasust gasses through the whistle.This is operated by a cable that can be routed under the floorboards and up a small hole at a convient location.When you stop pulling on the cable a return spring on the linkage should return the two valves to their original positions.The valve that I have is made by Fulton.I believae that the A exhaest pipe is 1 3/4 OD.If your valve doesn't fit this, then you'll need to make an adaptor to fit.
I installed my whistle on July 1st and used it in two parades on the 4th.It is very loud and gets a lot of looks.If you have any questions or comments contact me at bschaefer@mmsd.com
Good Luck,Bob

Follow Ups:
A different whistle valve? Bill Hartmann July 23, 1998 at 15:56:19(1)
Re: A different whistle valve? David Dewey July 24, 1998 at 13:14:11(0)
Re: Aermore Whistle; Spring Shackles Craig VandenBerg July 23, 1998 at 10:58:14(0)

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