Thanks for the info. I have been told in the past that the Blue Bentley manual has this but can't find it - do you know what page it is listed on.
BTW, I really like this manual but it would help a lot if they had a usable index. Bill -------------- Original message -------------- From: marc vellat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The procedure for the precise tailpipe insertion depth > (as explained in the Bentley manual) is to measure > through the tailpipe to the end of the preheat pipe - > it should be 6mm [i]less[/i] than the overall length > of the t'pipe, which tells you that they want the > preheat pipe to protrude somewhat into the t'pipe. > > While we're on the subject, note that there were three > distinct different lengths of OEM tailpipe. > The ones used with early bumpers were 276mm long. > " " " " `68-`72 " " 249mm " > " " " " `73 " " 226mm " > (it's a little-known fact that `73 rear bumper > brackets were ~3/4" longer than `68-`72, but strangely > they had [i]shorter[/i] tailpipes) > > These three were all 20mm I.D. - good luck finding > anyone who carries the 1974-only t'pipe, which is also > 226mm but has a 23mm I.D. > Most parts-sellers only handle two lengths, and they > may or may not be the exact same length as the OEM > parts - so measure the actual length of what you have > when determining the correct insertion depth. > > --- Bill Richardson wrote: > > > How far on 1600 motors should the tail pipes be from > > bottomed out? > > > > Bill > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > > ____ > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you > with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
