Re: Heater Pipe

["Everett Barnes" <everettb@thesamba.com>]

<x-flowed>> I just bought this heater pipe on Ebay: www.mo-sys.com/heaterpipe.jpg  It is part no 311255 355 B.  Apparently it is for square or notch up to chassis no 280370 ('63)  I want to replace mine as they had the asbestos insulation so I threw that out and these look more robust than the springy metal tubes. So the question is has anyone seen these for later ('73) cars? 
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I think the early pipes are too short for later cars.  There is also a left 
and a right side that are different lengths. 

I recently read somewhere that someone tested all the original VW heater 
pipe coverings they could find and none of them had asbestos in them. 

If your "asbestos" heater coverings were worn out, there is probably a 
modern covering that would provide similar or greater insulation properties. 
I've used fiberglass insulation in the past. 

- Everett 

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