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Date:         Sun, 6 Jul 2008 09:03:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike <mbucchino@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
Comments: To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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No, they are different. An ACVW PR tube is the same size on both ends, where a WBX PR tube is larger on one end. I'm not sure, but the length may also be different.

Mike B.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:25 AM Subject: Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......

> Push rod tubes absolete? Can't you use air-cooled push rod tubes which > are > plentiful? > > Chris. > > On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > >> In a message dated 05/07/2008 10:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time, >> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: >> >> Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either...... >> >> >> >> >> >> Well, not exactly, I have all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my >> _Vanagon >> Items Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm) webpage and >> will >> soon >> have a replacement muffler bracket that will resemble and replace the >> OEM >> one. Stay tuned.......an announcement will be made to the List when >> it's >> ready >> for sale. >> >> AND, those push rod tube tins are still available from VW. Get 'em >> before they go obsolete ! I know, EXPENSIVE, but where else you gonna >> get >> 'em ? >> I POR-15 them which lengthens their life considerably but not perfectly >> as >> it's near impossible to get the POR-15 in between the two stupid layers >> of >> metal, why they built them that way will always be a mystery unless we >> can >> find >> the design engineer at VW who came up with that plan ! Also the tabs at >> the >> exhaust stud mounts will not stay POR-15ed for long and getting the >> POR-15 >> to >> adhere to the new galvanized or whatever it is metal they are made from >> is >> a >> tough nut to crack. I've found sanding them rough or sandblasting them >> helps considerably. Shooting Krown rustproofing oil in between the two >> layers >> seems to help also. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Frank Condelli >> Almonte, Ontario, Canada >> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_ >> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) ) >> _Frank Condelli & Associates_ >> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html >> ) >> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley >> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ >> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm) >> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm) a VW Camper >> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15, 2008 >>


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