Date:         Fri, 5 Jul 2002 17:26:23 -0400
Reply-To:     kdlewis@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ken Lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternative mufflers in place of OEM etc..
Comments: To: larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA
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Larry;
        Great idea! How does it sound? My BD muffler has a flatulent
burble I am not quite crazy about.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:50:57 -0400 Lawrence Johnson
<larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA> writes:
> So my new STEBRO STAINLESS muffler cost me only $41 more and I got a
> lifetime
> warrantee as well :-)
> http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm
> BD Muffler @$109 + 2 carriers @$110 + 2 straps @$25 + 1 tail pipe
> @$15 = $259
> STEBRO SS Muffler (including tail pipe and carrier and no straps
> needed)  = $300
>
> That makes me feel a lot better:
> Larry
>
>
> Timothy Crooks wrote:
>
> > I got the muffler straps from Bow-Wow in Surrey, BC and the
> carrier that
> > mount beneath the muffler from Ken Wilfey's Van-Again in
> Millville, NJ.  the
> > part numbers are 025 251 519F, 025 251 520F for the carriers, a
> left a
> > right.  The carriers were $55 USD each, and the straps were $19
> (Canadian).
> > The parts are hard to find, but they are out there.  I bought my
> muffler
> > from Bus Depot, in PA, $109.  It developed a hole from the old
> rusted
> > carrier rubbing on it, but they promptly sent me a new one to
> exchange fro
> > the old one.  I have no idea what it would cost to ship back the
> old one, so
> > I plan to take a trip to PA to return, and then take the kids to
> Dorney
> > Park.  Another excuse to take the Vanagon on a road trip.
> >
> > Tim
> > 1990 Vanagon GL
> > Barnegat, NJ, where we drive on the Parkway and park on the
> driveway.
>

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