LDS-465-1A Exhaust configuration

[migz]

Are there any other Deuces out there with this exhaust configuration? Does anyone know anything about this exhaust configuration? I am trying to find the heat shield screen for this muffler but I cannot find any information on this setup. The truck has an LDS-465-1A in it. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Westech]

That is NOT stock. Its some sort of aftermarket set up, or could be of a A3... I would take off that huge muffler and put on the stock pipes or a smaller muffler. That has to choke that engine a tad.

 

[gimpyrobb]

I don't know Rich, it looks like it could be a "streight through" muffler. I don't like it, but he might like the quite exhaust. Hows it sound?

 

[migz]

That muffler works really well. With the LDS motor and the muffler it is not painful to drive without ear protection. You can hardly tell there is a turbo on the thing. The truck came from the 2/185 Armored HHC a California National Guard outfit so I am wondering if this was some add on to comply with the emission requirements in CA. I had to have the truck emissioned last month for registration. The engine burns super clean. A 5ton with another LDS was on the machine just before mine and failed miserably.

Mike

 

[Westech]

Well CA can not make the military change trucks to meet there regs. Im betting its a set up off a M35A3. I have no idea where to get exhaust parts for them.

 

[migz]

Nothing surprises me coming from California. San Francisco is in California and they did throw the service recruiters out for awhile.

 

[cranetruck]

A little hard to make out the details in those images (blame my aging eyes), but that muffler is not much different from the military issue Donaldson on my 8x8 (LDS465-2 engine).

 

[migz]

I was doing some poking around in M35A3 images and it looks like the same configuration as an A3. I’m still curious as to the why it was configured that way.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Simple, make due with what ya got.