Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:14:45 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Parts supplier on West coast
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Dear parts
what is the west coast - are you in LA or Portland ?
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 10:04 AM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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).
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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)
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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.
> >
> >
> >-David (1987 Wolfsburg)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >________________________________
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
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