Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 00:01:15 -0400
Reply-To: "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
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From: "Carrington, Tom" <tcarrington@RELITECH.COM>
Subject: Re: Converter and muffler instalation
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Jose:
The screw-on cap goes between the engine and the converter. In other words,
that port should be on the end away from the muffler. It is so a technician
can test the CO before the converter cleans up the emissions.
I probably would not worry about the dent in the muffler.
TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com
http://volksweb.relitech.com
85 Vanagon Crew Cab
82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion
65 Notchback
> -----Original Message-----
> From: José Rafael Moscoso [SMTP:jmoscoso@CARIBE.NET]
> Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 10:57 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Fw: Converter and muffler instalation
>
> Fellows and Fellaws:
> I posted this two days ago and to my surprise NO ONE answered. What's the
> matter?
>
> Subject: Converter and muffler instalation
>
>
> > Fellows and Fellaws:
> >
> > I just received a Cat converter and muffler for my '84 Westfalia from
> > BusDepot.com (thanks to Ron and the guys, it made it to Puerto Rico in
> four
> > days, including week-end) Both of them look strong but the muffler came
> with
> > a dent about three inches long 1/4 inch depth, there doesn't seems to be
> any
> > interior harm done. In the converter there is a gross screw (about 3/4
> > inch) on one side.
> >
> > Three questions for the "sabiondos de la lista":
> > 1) Will the dent have any effect on the muffler performance?
> > 2) What is the screw on the converter for and, where should it face?
> (there
> > are three options since you have to bolt the triangular flange to the
> > collector pipe).
> > 3) What type and size of bolts should be used to bolt everything up?
> (I'm
> > considering having the converter set up for state inspection and return
> to
> > the actual emptied version afterwards, I like the power the van gains
> w/o
> > the converter).
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net}
> > work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso@uccaribe.edu}
> > Call Box 60-327; Bayamón PR 00960-6032
> > Tel: (787) 798-3006; Fax (787) 785-3425;
> > {http://www.uccaribe.edu}
> > home: HC-01 Box 29030, PMB 374
> > Caguas PR 00725-8900
> > Tel: (787) 731-7394
> > Information on Puerto Rico: http://wepa.com/index-en.html
> >
> >
> >
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