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On 13 Jun 2003 at 10:05, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > the situation i have is-the passenger side is loose(so I imagine, as per > Russ's observation, that any gasket I may have had in there is destroyed). I am > unable to thread it back on, as the threads don't line up properly. The driver > side seems tight. To remedy this situation, I think I have to take the whole > muffler off. Will doing this destroy the muffler? No, You just have to destroy the muffler if you have to take apart one of the threaded connections that has rusted itself tightly together. > Perhaps I should just go the route of buying the type 4 gasket you are all > referring to. Does anyone have the part number for this? I don't have any books > on the type 4. I'm sure I can braze up solid copper ones fairly easily if we can't find you the right ones. If all you need is one correct one, I can send you one with the rebuilt dist. > Speaking of books, why does the bentley manual only cover the fastback and > squareback, I thought the notchback would be in the same book. For some reason it was made for the US market, so they just included the models sold here. Most of the contents still apply to all 4 models, however. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org