Both the original muffler and my new muffer has the heat shields. They look as if it was added after the original manuf. made the muffler. As for the fit, the rear end of my van has been crash to the point I would have know idea, If it will fit. I'll just get a bigger hammer. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Christopher Arnold wrote: > Allright Volks, quick part question... > > How many Digifant drivers have a muffler (Bentley 26.10) with a heat shield > as an actual part of the muffler? > I ordered a part for our '87 GL (non-syncro) and it came with a > Can-Hugger/Koosie kind of heat shield. The OEM part I'm pulling off > doesn't have anything like it and I haven't seen a diagram that shows it. > Flanges, length and the diameter of the muffler itself (minus the shield) > looks like it would work. The shield just doesn't seem to clear the span > of the lower brackets. > > Has anyone had success installing muffler like this? > > --Chris Arnold > '87 GL > |
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