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On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 18:32, Keith Park wrote: > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? > ??????????????????????????????? > > 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.. :) Nope, It was original muffler. Had been off the car once when it was overhauled back in 1979. My sister bought the car in 1979,and drove it until 1985 when she parked it due to a broken gas line. It sat from 1985 until 2000 when i acquired the car. The muffler was completely shot when I got the car. In the last 15-20 years here in Iowa, they don't use that much salt. They used to use a sand/calcium chloride mixture. In the past couple year thay have switched to a calcium cloride water solution that they spray on the highways before the snow/ice comes. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org icvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/