Lunchtime tinkering is limited to small, quick jobs. Decided to get the exhaust off to see what was going on with it not sitting flush with the engine. Five bolts and the whole thing comes off. It's a bit of a waltz to get it in and out of that narrow space between the frame and the brake pedal, but quite easily done.
So once I had it off, I could clearly see that the bracket that actually holds it in place on the engine is just too tall. It would need to lose about half the threads to actually fit. The bolts holding it in were rather new and shiny, so my suspicion is that it's a bracket for a different engine that someone jury rigged with longer bolts to make work. I suppose it still holds everything in place correctly, though there doesn't seem to be any reason not to just get the right part.
Except for surface rust, the exhaust itself seems in relatively good condition.
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