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On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 21:56, Jim Adney wrote: > On 13 Jun 2003 at 10:05, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > > > the situation i have is-the passenger side is loose(so I imagine, as per > > Russ's observation, that any gasket I may have had in there is destroyed). I am > > unable to thread it back on, as the threads don't line up properly. The driver > > side seems tight. To remedy this situation, I think I have to take the whole > > muffler off. Will doing this destroy the muffler? > > No, You just have to destroy the muffler if you have to take apart one of the > threaded connections that has rusted itself tightly together. > His right side nut was "completely" unscrewed. I tried to re-install it, but it wanted to cross-thread. At that time I we didn't have time to loosen the small heater box and muffler to get it started straight, so I sent him on down the road to get him home. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org