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On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 17:23, James Montebello wrote: > My new-to-me '69 Square has a header and only the > "big" HEs. These HEs have some "stuff" zip tied to > the outside that looks like an attempt at insulation. > The Bentley manual doesn't show this, and I wonder if > this is just some aftermarket fitting or just a year > to year change. It looks awful on mine, and is coming > apart. I doubt the HEs look all that good under it, > either. > That "stuff" on the outside is original insulation. There should also be some metal skid plate/rack guards there too. As for the small heat exchangers attached to the muffler, they are usually rusted so bad, that you have to scarifice the muffler to get the nuts out. The do add quit a bit to the heating capacity of the car. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~