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> I had a second thought on this; there is a work-around. After the muffler is > installed, you can take the car to a muffler shop and ask them to weld the tube > that comes up from the muffler right to the male nut that is frozen in the HE. > As long as they don't weld this to the outside piece (the female thread) then > you're not ruining anything other than what will be thrown away anyway, once > the muffler is rusted out. > On the odd occasion I've had to put some exhaust sealer paste into that gap between the nut and the muffler pipe. Since neither part moves much once fitted, it lasted pretty well. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~