Date:         Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:39:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kenneth Wilford <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Head update and 1 exhaust question
Comments: To: Dan Erlandson <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
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I have these muffler carriers in stock.  They are $55 each.  I haven't
had a chance to list them on the site yet.  Just give me a call.

Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
http://www.vanagain.com
Phone: 856-327-4936
Fax: 856-327-2242

----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Erlandson <danoer1@ECLIPSE.NET>
Date: Thursday, June 19, 2003 11:29 pm
Subject: Head update and 1 exhaust question

> 11:00 pm and time for a margarita... Passenger side head is on as
> well as
> water pump and assorted connections.  Have to sand the JB Weld a
> bit on the
> drivers side engine case tomorrow morning before I put the other
> head on.
> All is looking good... Got some parts in today from Vanagain.com
> (thanksKen) but noticed that the muffler bracket is just one half
> of the circlular
> metal thingy that holds the muffler in place (in two different
> places).  I
> don't remember seeing anything else on the Vanagain website for
> exhaustbrackets, so what have others done when the other half (the
> half that bolts
> onto the body) has rusted away enough that there is no way to join
> the two
> muffler brackets together???
>
>
> --
> Dan Erlandson
> Flemington, NJ
> > danoer1@eclipse.net
> 91 VW Vanagon GL 170,000 mi
> 99 VW Passat 107,000 mi
>
>
> Interesting side note that as I was working on the Van in my
> gravel driveway
> (close to the road) today a bicyclist stopped and asked if I was
> doing a
> head job!  Turns out he lives in the next town over and used to
> own a
> Vanagon... now owns a Karman Ghia and knew exactly what I was
> doing.  I
> guess it is somewhat obvious what with the tarp over the back
> hatch door to
> keep out the rain and the halogen flood light burning until 11 pm
> and the
> strewed tools on the plastic drop cloth...
>