Thanks Alistair. Was aware of the DV setup. Since, "ahem", dropping my exhaust in camp this Fall, my temp setup has the exhaust tagged to the body. Sending PM..... Neil. On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Neil, > remember there are 3 stock exh mounts, a pair in vertical orientation and > the third at an angle, on the driver's side. The stock mounts provide > limited movement, (you know all this!), and are fixed to the engine, not > body. > > So I'd say that any substitute should copy the originals in above features. > > pmail me Neil, may have an idea. > > alistair > > > > On 10-Feb-11, at 11:04 AM, neil n wrote: > > Hi all. >> >> Out of 3 sources locally, the Bosal DV hangers seem to be NLA. I see that >> Rockauto and Vancafe has them, but figured redoing my brackets to use a >> common hanger would help when on the road. Might help the next guy too. >> >> Not trying to outsmart the original VW design, just come up with a >> suitable >> commonly available part. >> > >
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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