[Rodster]

Being the 1864 has a plastic hood and sides, a few years ago I decided to 'improve' mine in order to try to keep the temperature down under the hood.

I figured less heat would extend the life of the plastic so I wrapped the muffler in exhaust wrap.

Maybe it worked but pretty sure it was the cause of the recent muffler failure.

When I removed the wrap, it looked like the metal had scaled and weakened probably from the increased heat the wrap held in.

Oh well, I get a new muffler out of it and like someone once said, when you make a mistake while doing things yourself, you are just paying for education!