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On Sunday 12 August 2001 22:05, Jim Adney wrote: > > In the process of doing this, I was reminded about the seals that > were on Mike's engine between this muffler and his lower heat > exchangers. The ones I am used to seeing seem to be made from > some kind of grey stuff sometimes packed around some metal > strips, but Mike's appeared to be made from some kind of small > wire wrapped around and around and then crunched into the proper > shape. The wire was probably .015-.020" dia. > > They seemed to be in good shape so I reused them. Not until after > they were installed did I think that it was unusual that they weren't > a bit rusty. Could they have been stainless steel wire? Has anyone > seen these? They seem quite durable and if they work out I'd like > to find more of them. > When I went to put my muffler on last fall, that is the gaskets/donuts that I came up with. I am pretty sure they are stainless steel. Kind of like a "Brillo" pad material. I think the old ones may have gone away because they contained asbestos. -- Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/