Re: [T3] exhaust dont fit

["Tim Saxton" <tcsaxton@earthlink.net>]

no,
 what the deal is that the driver side flange where the header goes to the
heat box is off 1/2 an inch, i looked close and am thinking i have a
defective unit.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] exhaust dont fit


> On 20 Feb 2001, at 18:48, neil verdon wrote:
>
> > well if you undo the bolts that hold the heat exchangers on and the
> > bottom tinware bolts you may find a little more movement available
> > when fitting i like to get it all lose assembled first and then
> > tighten it all up when its all together there will be a certain amount
> > of streatch available and it will all bolt together.
>
> I believe he quoted a ~2" difference in the center-to-center
> distances. This is too much to make up with bolt slop and probably
> too much to be manufacturing tolerances.
>
> I think they just shipped him a beetle exhaust. The lower heat
> exchangers on a beetle are much closer together than on a type 3.
>
> -
> Jim Adney
> jadney@vwtype3.org
> Madison, WI 53711-3054
> USA
>
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