Generator exhaust

[mbulriss]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new acquisition. I really enjoyed my 83 PT40. Those things are battle tank tough. From memory, I agree with your initial thought that “a portion of pipe was meant to slide into the flared part to the rear of the tray“. The pipes coming off the Perkins should go into the flared portion when the tray is retracted. Sounds like something got put back together incorrectly on reinstall. As another thought, If the exhaust system had repairs, perhaps the flare wasn’t reinstalled far enough forward. Should be relatively easy to repair. As a benefit the old PTs had way more clearance to work under than my 91 WB and especially my current LXi. Just make darn sure you drive it up on solid ramps before getting under there and block the drive wheels also. I use stacked 2x12s to drive up on.

Good luck.