Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:39:51 -0700
Reply-To: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Parts supplier on West coast
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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David M
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 10:05 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Parts supplier on West coast
Is there a good Vanagon parts supplier on the West coast?
I've always used the Bus Depot and like their website but its taking too
long to get the parts and the shipping is high from Pennsylvania.
David ('97 Wolfsburg).
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From: David M <covrambles@YAHOO.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2013 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
I have the three-bolt flange on one side, just not on the muffler side.
The muffler is at least 15 years old so its maybe not a bad thing to get
a new one. I'll have to order the oxygen sensor. Its certainly
expensive trying to get these vans through emissions. My problem is this
van is my primary transportation and the registration has now expired
so I cannot drive it (except to and from a repair shop or emissions
station) until its fixed. There is no local repair shop that I trust to
work on it.
David ('87 Wolfsburg)
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From: kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
To: David M <covrambles@yahoo.com>
Cc: Vanagon List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join?
Since it was installed by hack and slash, you are probably going to need a
new connector pipe (before the cat) and a new muffler and tail pipe (after
that cat). Did you order a new oxygen sensor along with the cat? That old
one ain't coming out unless it has only been in there a month or two.
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:29 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:
I finally got my Borsal cat from the Bus Depot.
>When I looked under my van at the current cat, I cannot see how I can fit
the new one or even how a muffler shop could do it.
>The last place to replace the cat appears to have cut the existing cat pipe
and welded the (generic) cat on. So on the nearside I have the three-bolt
flange from the previous cat and part of its pipe then a weld for the new
cat pipe (which has no flange at either end just a round pipe), then the
other end of the cat pipe is either welded directly to the muffler or some
remnant of a previous cat pipe. There is no flange on that side to mount the
Borsal cat.
>What do I do now? Do I need a new muffler too? I'm not sure how this is all
supposed to go together. I think fixing this is going to be beyond my
expertise.
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>-David (1987 Wolfsburg)
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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com