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On 13 Aug 2001, at 15:34, Henrik Larsson wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > > The one on my 73 had had the last bit of life squeezed out of it and > > I had the old one from Mike's old engine which still had a year or so > > in it, so that one was in line to be mounted up. > > Is it really worth the job to replace the muffler with another that only has > one year left? I'll actually be disappointed if I only get a year out of it2-3 is more likely. Still, I have reused mufflers that were much worse. I would feel completely different about this if they were commonly available and cheap, but they haven't been made anywhere for the last 15 years and will only become more scarce. I encourage everyone to think carefully about how we should deal with finite resources. This is only a very local example of it that brings the concept home. I realize that for most of us this concept is totally alien; we assume that as long as we have money we will be able to buy whatever we want.... - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe