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Date:         Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:34:56 -0600
Reply-To:     Leif Paulsen <lpaulsen@CMCFLEX.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Leif Paulsen <lpaulsen@CMCFLEX.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions,
              and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
Comments: To: Joel Walker <JWALKER@UA1VM.UA.EDU>
Comments: cc: VAnagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <19980811161253.9a12d6b715df11d2988000c0f021e16f.in@cmcmail
              .cmcflex.com>
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>
>i'm not sure about the Syncros, but on the non-syncros, there are some
>hanging straps, that help hold the exhaust pipes up (to the heads). if
>those straps rust through, there's a lot of weight hanging just on the
>manifold studs.


YOU hit it right on the head!  I just checked out the underside and there
is a clamp/hanger broken off.  I missed it because it is partially hidden
by the steel brace that runs the length of  Syncros.  I wish I could go
back in time and replace that 5$ part vs. my present situation
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