car repair question plz help!! im 167km down a gravel road into the bush at a remote camp!

thankfully im making boats loads of cash out here in the boonies...

And you're driving an 86 Reliant?

"or is the pipe dangling on the ground? is the torn off section of exhaust still attached, or did it take off for parts unknown?......lemme have an accurate description, and also tell me if you have some bailing wire, or a few wire coathangers, or even welding wire handy....."

the pipe is a few inches off the ground but hits the ground when i drive over lots of rocky stuff. but i drove 50km like that and it's still the same. the exhaust is still attached(even closer to the ground then the pipe), it's the middle part that connects to the pipe that is gone. i can get some wire no problem, ill be here at camp for 2-3 more weeks and won't be driving the car at all. thanks for the help.

"or is the pipe dangling on the ground? is the torn off section of exhaust still attached, or did it take off for parts unknown?......lemme have an accurate description, and also tell me if you have some bailing wire, or a few wire coathangers, or even welding wire handy....."

the pipe is a few inches off the ground but hits the ground when i drive over lots of rocky stuff. but i drove 50km like that and it's still the same. the exhaust is still attached(even closer to the ground then the pipe), it's the middle part that connects to the pipe that is gone. i can get some wire no problem, ill be here at camp for 2-3 more weeks and won't be driving the car at all. thanks for the help.

ok, bro,lets do some quick fix get you home stuff....the rear section should be held on by a couple of big fat rubber rings, that loop over ears on the pipe and muffler, thats if your ride is euro or jap.... if its more of the american bloodline, itll have rubber straps that are riveted to hooks on one end, and bolted to the body on the other....the hooks will be slid through the clamps that hold the pipes and muffler together....look at the way the rear pipe is routed....if it goes over the rear axle, it'll be a bear to get out, unless you lift the body for clearance....that wouldnt be a great idea on a dirt surface.... so ill give you the 2 options depending on if the pipe goes under, or over the axle....if it goes over, avail yourself of a good length of wire.... shimmy under the car by the axle, and loop the wire througha body brace, or the frame cross member, as high on the body as you can.....give yourself a foot on the "bitter" end for tying purposes....now, loop the longer end of the wire under the highest part of the "elbow" of the pipe so its end is heading towards the piece snaked through the body....if you lift the front of the pipe, while pulling the longer end of the wire, voila, you've formed a sling on the high section of the pipe.....tie the ends together in a manner that the knots wont slip, while keeping the sling as short as possible......that should keep the front of the pipe from dragging as you drive....you want to get it as high as you can, so try a few times if you have to......for the section of pipe up front, you basically do the same operation, just put your sling 6 inches or so from the broken pipe end, so it wont slip offdont tie to the driveshaft though...lol