Now THIS is an excellent thread hijack! -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR
Mike Collum typed: > FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug > wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84 7 pass. It > works fine. > > Mike > > > Geza Polony wrote: >> Unless your present muffler is really bad, a new one won't help. I got >> one a >> few months ago from Bus Depot and it actually made the sound louder than >> before. Not a complaint, though, as I like the resonance of it. There's >> something appropriate about hearing the engine in these old cars, in my >> opinion, but to each his own. I find that the rear mattress deadens the >> sound a lot in itself--do you have a mattress in there? >> > |
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