From:	Duane Taylor	Electronic:	duane -A- taylorclassiccycles.com
Subject:	RE: engine dilema	Date:	Sun Aug 22 12:14:19 2010
Response to:	14182

BAFFLED ABOUT BAFFLES. MARCOS: THE 51-57 MUFFLERS HAVE ONE BAFFLE IN THE REMOVABLE CORE AND 2 IN THE SHELL. IF YOU ARE WORKING WITH AND ORIGINAL MUFFLER, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT APART AND CLEAN IT WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE EVERY 500 MILES. MOST NEVER GOT CLEANED WHICH RESULTED IN DECREASING POWER, SPEED, ETC. I I HAVE SEEN A FEW WITH SO MUCH RESIDUE THEY WEIGHED 2-3 TIMES AS MUCH AS A CLEAN MUFFLER. OCCASIONALLY, THE CORE BAFFLE WILL HAVE A HOLE IN IT , DONE BY SOMEONE WHO THOUGHT IT WOULD HELP. THAT HOLE IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. BEFORE YOU REMOVE THE MUFFLER, SEPERATE IT FROM THE EXHAUST PIPE AND THEN TEST THE ENGINE PERFORMANCE. PLUG YOUR EARS IN ADVANCE OF THE TEST AS IT WILL BE LOUD. ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS ----- Can some one tell me how many baffles are inside the muffler of a 57' 125. I just redo my engine and it doesn't want to rev.i'm thinking the muffler or timing, can someone help me to identify my problem.i posted before my lack of power and the guys told me to refresh the engine.So i did it. it doesn't rev.......