Date:         Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:27:47 -0400
Reply-To:     Bob O'Shaughnessy <vanagon@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
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From:         Bob O'Shaughnessy <vanagon@COLUMBUS.RR.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dansk exhaust system junk?
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greg rich (greg4vwparts@USA.NET) said on the date of 10/10/00 2:03 PM

>Hi All
>I do not mean any harm to the Bus Depot nor am I implicating any slander
>BUT I

     Slander no, but it would be much more accurate, and much less
incendeary if you had titled your message "Dansk exhaust system junk."
If I were Ron, or one of the list admins (and I'm neither) I'd have a
polite p-mail for you.

>purchased a complete exhaust system (for 1.9) from them May 1999. I am
>restoring a 1985 Westy that is 3 years so far and just started to install a
>new motor. When I tried to bolt the exhaust to the motor the pieces do not
>fit. The front pipe will not go over the cylinder head studs for the pipe,
>and
>I tried a used pipe and it will not meet up with the collector pipe-off by a
>1/4". I called the Bus Depot and they basically will not do anything cause I
>bought so long ago! Anyone have similar problems getting the Dansk exhaust
>pipes to fit???? The new pipe seems to be off a tiny bit, it will not go over
>the studs, perhaps it is not bent enough at a bend. I cannot bend it
>myself as
>the pipes are quite strong and I DO NOT want any problems down the road.
>Anyone have any suggestions?

     Heat and hammers, as someone has already suggested.  Rigid exaust
systems are a bitch.  The Dansk system (or is it a Mid-State Imports
system, as that's where I bought it) that I installed on my old 84 took
two days, lots of drilling and banging, and flames, and two gaskets at
the 2-into-1 tube to get everything to fit correctly and not leak.  The
S&S system I have on my 85 was only slightly better.

 Shouldn't the Bus Depot be more willing to help?
>
     After a year and a half?  No.

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
vanagon@columbus.rr.com
99 A3 Jetta TDI
85GL with basic Westy interior
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat, 98 Kid 11/00 Kid!
52 House