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???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????? Russ? how can this be?? is it Galvanized?? TWO years... maybe 3 at the Very most is all Id ever get out of the German mufflers.... I finally got a galvenized Walker in 1991.. it went thru one winter and it is still on there but it wouldnt be if Id kept driving it thru the winters... the galvinizing fails around the welds and eventually in other places. Highway miles are usually worse for a car in the salt belt as it drives the saline solution and powdery dust on dry days deeper into the underpinnings and up into the engine compartment. eather Russ is pulling our leg... or the VW Gods are truely with him.. :) Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary > > > I have serviced my '71 FB since it was brand new. I has had mostly > highway miles on it all its life. When I aquired the car in 2000, it > needed a muffler. This was it's original muffler. That is 29 years on > the OEM muffler. I have since replaced it with another OEM muffler, that > I salvaged off my parts car. It is a little thin, but it doesn't leak. > > So I guess they can last a long time here in the salt belt too. > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '66 FB MT > '71 FB AT > '65 Bug (not running) ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/