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On 8 Jan 2005 at 12:35, Terry Cost wrote: > I just noticed that the upper heat exchangers that I have don't match. > They were on a parts motor that the muffler was almost completely rusted > away, so I didn't notice the difference at the time. Measured straight out > from the flange where they bolt to the head, one is about 1 1/2 to 2 inches > longer. Is this right? Yes, it's right. They are all like that. It's because the right cylinders are offset to the rear with respect to the lefts, so the left HE has to be longer to be able to reach back to where the muffler, since the muffler runs straight across. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~