Date:         Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:33:07 -0500
Reply-To:     Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Bill Knight <bill@NS.ESC.STATE.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: Muffler Bracket Needed
Comments: To: Vanagon@vanagon.com
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Hopefully one of our trusty parts dealers on the list will chime in with a
source.  I need one too!  Just can't pay VW that kind of money.  I have
fabricated my own out of galvanized pipe hanger material.  It seems to work
fine, but is not quite a heavy duty as the original.  If you want to make
one, go to the plumbing supply dept of the hardware store and get a roll of
pipe hanger strap.  I used a bolt and locknut to make the top shaft, then
wrapped the pipe hanger strap around the bolt shaft, fastened the strap
together around it with screws and nuts, then put it in place and pulled the
remaining strap around the muffler and cut it to an appropriate length.
Found the closest hole in the strap to the other mounting place, enlarged
the hole enough to fit the bolt then tightened it into place.  It holds the
muffler quite tightly.  Before I came up with this idea, I used a couple of
giant hose clamps to strap the muffler to the rear header pipe.  But those
clamps just didn't last long.

If you find a cheap source for these clamps, please post!

Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Marilyn Nelson-Ehret <ehretrm@SEANET.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 19, 1998 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: Muffler Bracket Needed


>Bryan, they are hard to get except from VW @ about $50 each.  Ridiculous!
I don't know where you live, but I finally found
>the brackets from a Tacoma VW shop for $12.50 each.  I bet I could sell 100
of them at that price.  Even the VW dealer parts
>guy paid the high price for his.  If you live in this area, let me know.
Roger Ehret, Gig Harbor, WA, 90 Syncro Westy
>
>Bryan Feddish wrote:
>
>> I need one of those brackets that holds the muffler on to my 83.5 w/c
Vanagon.  If anyone hase one cheep please email me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan
>