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Re: [T3] Heater Pipe


On Mon, 2004-04-05 at 21:22, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 5 Apr 2004 at 18:58, Russ Wolfe wrote:
> 
> > The only asbestos that I was aware of used in the older VW's (in the 40
> > some years of working on them) was in the brake shoe's, and in the
> > clutch disc's. It was only fiberglass used in the heater systems.
> 
> What about the exhaust sealing rings? I've always wondered what was in those.

They may have had a little asbestos in them. But they also had a lot of
graphite. The factory ones did anyway. Nothing to worry about. (hack
hack, cough cough) ;=) 
The new ones I see are made of a steel wool type material.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org




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