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Date: 4/19/20 8:10 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Bug Exhaust Install
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Original message
From: "Dave C Bolen&qu
No prying needed if you have the heater boxes loose. If you tighten
them down, they WILL be off. Never tighten ANY thing until EVERYTHING is
started and basically aligned. This list includes the intake manifold and heat
risers and the heater junction boxes and tubes
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Original message
From: "Dave C. Bolen"
Date: 4/19/20 6:09 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: vintagvw@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Bug Exhaust Install
Dean,
LOLI hav
Dean,
LOLI have seen two grown men cry over trying to install a stock vw
muffler...many years ago...
I never touch the heater boxes except with a carefully placed prybar
to force them to match up with the muffler.
I quit using the donut method years ago cause the pipes(after all these
I always start with confidence and enthusiasm. I loosely install the heater
boxes to allow lots of wiggle room. Then the flat gaskets are slipped over
the head bolts and the fiber donut with concave metal washers are
pused onto the heat exchanger. That's when the trouble begins. I don't
think I
