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On 5 Sep 2003 at 17:48, Aaron Clow wrote: > --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > > The ones that did were all > > cured by fixing the lower > > heat exchanger to muffler connections. > Does everyone just put a clamp there? These don't meet up perfectly on > one side and it's making it very tough to get a clamp on there. The > left side was fine... Tightening the clamp brought the two ends > together... Seems like I should have a wider clamp than what was in the > exhaust kit. There should be a clamp with the sealing ring and the beveled washer on each side. These should seal against the pipe, but sometimes the pipe has rusted away enough that it can't squeeze down far enough to reach the pipe. On these, I put some thing alum sheet under there first to make up for the lost steel. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org