Finally!

[89Firebird2.8]

After a long time of pouring antifreeze into the radiator, i fixed the leak fer good. At first i blamed the water pump, so i changed it out, and yes, it was bad, but just part of the problem. Then i kept using stop leak and when that didn't work, it figured it was either the heads/gaskets, the intake manifold, or my hoses/thermostat. I chose to start with hoses, cause...yeah, cheap, easy. I bought the hoses, but due to time issues didn't get around to it for about a month afterwards. I finally spent a day working on er. Got the old ones off, and put the new upper hose on, and went to put the bypass hoses between the water pump and throttle body on, when i realized that the parts store had sent me the wrong damn ones. Damn i was stupid for not checking them before cutting them to length. Had to go buy the correct ones at the store, which for some reason they didn't have to order this time . Got the hoses put on then spent two days looking for my 15 mm socket so that i could put the fan belt back on and get everything back together. Now i have it up and running. One week and not a drop. I've been putting up with this leak since last June. I probably could have fixed it last June if time and weather wasn't an issue. Now I just need to order a good muffler for her, as the other one is barely hanging off, and it's leaking a bit too, i can hear it pop pop popping now. Sounds like rice under load. Anybody know how a cherrybomb sounds on one of these suckers. I figured it might not sound too bad being that the motor is a 60 degree block. If not, any other recommendations. I can't find a magnaflow for the 89 2.8 on their site. I have found a muffler from Flowmaster, the 80 series, but i don't know if i want that one.