Date:         Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:39:54 -0800
Reply-To:     Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
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From:         Ben McCafferty <ben@KBMC.NET>
Subject:      Re: 2.1 exhaust headers
Comments: To: lkadams@TELUSPLANET.NET
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Keith, I don't know if you have this option, but the headers are mild steel,
and very easy to weld.  They crack all the time, and you'll go broke buying
new ones.  I've repaired mine a few times now, and the muffler brackets as
well.  I'd suggest you find someone with a MIG welder and go that route.
You can get them out of the van with the engine installed, and may even be
able to weld them with them still in place, depending on where the leaks
are.  Just be sure to brush away the oxidation with a wire brush so your
ground can make a good contact, and mask everything else (especially
anything remotely resembling a gas line...)
tx,
bmc  :)

"Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel...."


> From: Keith Adams <lkadams@TELUSPLANET.NET>
> Reply-To: lkadams@TELUSPLANET.NET
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 20:25:44 GMT
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 2.1 exhaust headers
>
> My exhaust system is sounding a little tough (if you believe my wife) or a
> little
> racy with all those exhasut leaks (if you ask me).
>
> What replacement options are there for the headers?  I'm aware of what's
> available
> downstream of that flange, but nothing for headers, aside from the S&S ones,
> and I don't feel like spending that much time trying to get a component to fit
> that should fit if they knew what they were doing.
>
> Other that, what is there?  Dansk?  Dealer only?
>
> Cheers,
> Keith
> Calgary
>