Re: [T3] Jims muffler mystery SOLVED!

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 21 May 2001, at 21:23, Keith Park wrote:

> The outlet is welded into the back muffler half on mine *Im pretty
> sure* but Ill look it over carefully again this weekend. if yours is
> stamped as part of the back half your right and my theory is not the
> answer... Im curious how the got such a long protrusion out of the
> stamping though.

I took a fresh look at mine tonight and it is welded in, but it is 
welded into a "socket" that is part of the stamping. I don't see any 
way for it to have been "misplaced."  

At this point, my best guess is that someone at Walker in the 
early years of type 3 muffler production thought it would be a good 
marketing move the make Walker mufflers just a tiny bit different 
from everyone else's. This should make the customer come back 
to Walker for their replacements. I suspect that Walker rather 
quickly discovered that the ill will this generated greatly outweighed 
the sales it forced.   

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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