Re: [T3] HE internal ID and fins

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

Looks like Dansk is not repopping them but rebuilding old ones.

Keith


> OMG!
> I hadn't thought to open them up...
> I worked the sheetmetal apart and discovered that they are BOTH
> are cast fin.One's casting is much shorter than the other and almost
> totally blocked by casting flash.I assumed,(wrongly),that what I was
> told was true.And peering inside seemed  to confirm this.
> Seemed like the end of a spiral structure.
> Hurrumph!And Russ is correct,tailpieces are in evidence.
> Well,just goes to show that I sure as hell don't know anything
> about HE's!
>
> My apologies,all.
> (especially Jason)
>
>
> (damn)
>
>
> David V.Nelson
> Darkside '69 VW Fasback(ZOOOOOOOOOOM)
> '86 GW (passes everything but a gas station)
> '93 Firehawk (now supercharged)
> '81 Escort (249,000 miles,now deceased)
> '90  Escort
> rmcevoy1@NOSPAMtwcny.rr.com
> davidvnelson@hotmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [T3] HE internal ID and fins
>
>
> >> These look like someone welded new tail inserts on them.  Some of the
> >> inserts were restrictive, some werent.  Looks like you have one of
> >> each...
> >> yea, with a big engine that sure would be like a bannana in the
tailpipe!
> >> :)
> >>
> >> Still, the spiral fins are intriguing...  you need one of those cameras
> >> they
> >> use to do rectal exams.  Still... better pic's than I would have taken!
> >>
> >>
> > That is what I was going to say, that one looks like one of the repair
> > pieces. Some of those are made from off the shelf hollow, cold rolled,
bar
> > stock. If the ID is 1 3/8th", I bet it is. That is why I machine my own.
> >
> > Russ Wolfe
> > (still on the road)
> >
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