1070 muffler

[Randyscottsboro]

My 1070 has a straight pipe for the exhaust. Will a muffler quite it down a lot or not?

 

[J Hamilton]

I have an 1170 open station, and I can tell a difference with a muffler over a straight pipe.

 

[Tgrasher]

In my teenage years, I took the muffler off an 830 diesel and put a straight pipe on. Had a hot date that night and thought it would give the 830 extra power and I would get done discing sooner. Never did it again.

 

[WIFarmKid]

A muffler will do quite a bit to quiet it down, but it really only helps with the "popping" in the exhaust. At no load, idle rpm, the engine won't sound much different.

On a side note, we had the exhaust manifold off our 1070 once (the one in my profile picture), and it sounded pretty cool. A lot like a P-51 airplane.

 

[Randyscottsboro]

All you needed was wings. Thanks guys. It is just loud enough with straight pipe you can't hear the radio clear in the cab. Guess I will spend the money and try the muffler. Some people call me cheap, more like I had rather keep my money and let someone else do without.

 

[Tom in Mo.]

Mufflers are cheaper than hearing aids. I once owned a green tractor that had the factory muffler and it was ear splitting loud.

 

[nick831]

I started my 830 after setting the valves with the muffler off. Wow, it was loud!!!

 

[olgentdc]

Mufflers are cheaper than hearing aids. I once owned a green tractor that had the factory muffler and it was ear splitting loud.

Agreed on mufflers ,,. But still got a strait pipe on the DC ,,. It is Just such a untamed rebel but it is still can be a gentleman

 

[olgentdc]

I started my 830 after setting the valves with the muffler off. Wow, it was loud!!!Back in the 30s' tractors had just a foot long horizontal straight pipe ,,. I bet they learned then that it was hard on the tempering of the valves because of the great heat difference ..,,. I was always told by good mechanics to use a muffler

 

[nick831]

I agree with you totally. Something can be said for back pressure around the valves. I know it affects turbo engines quite a lot with no backpressure. Non turbo, maybe not as much. They always seem to run smoother with a muffler, maybe it's just a noise thing! I guess I like everything I own to be quiet.

 

[Randyscottsboro]

I ordered a muffler today, I'll let you know how many DB it changed.

 

[Randyscottsboro]

Could not get the db meter to work but it sure did quiet the noise level by a lot, now I can hear myself think. I found the reason for the straight pipe though, the cast 90 degree pipe attached to the manifold was missing a lot of material where the muffler attaches and couldn't support the weight. With some crafty barnyard engineering I got the muffler on tight.