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Yep, most in the rust belt have been brazed up by now. It isnt difficult to do, anybody with an oxy torch can braze some peices on... nothing is very critical other than making sure they dont hit the head and that the flap works properly. DO make sure the bypass opening is clear. Keith > >Keith Park wrote...I rebuild heater boxes by brazing on patches > > After closer inspection, it seems the HE had been patched before. > I noticed a bronze-colored metal a PO had repaired the HE with. > There is also some black puddy-like stuff that survived the blasting. > > Would a standard muffler shop be able to do this? Or is it something one > can do in the garage without special equipment? > > Gary > '71 FI AT Square > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >