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Originally Posted by gxi

Thanks, another good idea. Actually, this is "on the top of the front exhaust pipe, just below the manifold mounting" as I mentioned. Or am I quibbling? Anyway, having thought about it (oww, my head), I reckon that the reason it's spot-welded on so that it was apparently raised slightly above the pipe was so that air could flow in between, and so that the heat shield would be cooler than the pipe. Obviously. So I think I'll JB Weld a couple of "spacers" of some sort on the bottom of the heat shield, and then remount it, probably with big hose clamps. Had I thought of all that to begin with, I could have simply slipped the objects underneath the shield and then clamped it down, instead of prying it off. Would've saved hassle. Oops.

I have to do this to the 1994 s10 PU. rattles on that shield near engine.