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• Re: tailpipe rusted already?
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 12:51:26 -0700
  Same thing on the replacement tailpipe I bought from (gulp) California Import Parts. Even had it bead blasted when new, painted with Por-20...
• my tailpipe rides too high
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:12:51 -0800
  I purchased a muffler and tailpipe from busdepot. The tailpipe that was sent was 025251185c which looks bigger than the old one I removed...
• Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:32:15 -0400
  ...I told him to just weld on a new tailpipe since the muffler was still OK. When my new tailpipe fell off about 2...
• Re: tailpipes of busdepot
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:21:31 -0700
  Gary, Unless the old tailpipe flange is destroyed/rusted out/etc., just take it to a muffler shop and have them weld up a...
• Re: WTB cermaic coated tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 May 2004 18:44:58 -0500
  I can Ceramic Coat your Tailpipe for $15.00. It's just a stinking shame that UPS makes out better than either of us...
• WTB cermaic coated tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 29 May 2004 15:18:33 EDT
  ...Speaking of tailpipe rust, does anyone sell ceramic coated tailpipes as my experience is any new tailpipe gets an outer couting of rust in...
• tailpipes of busdepot
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:34:20 -0800
  ...my tailpipe rides too high > > I purchased a muffler and tailpipe from busdepot. > The tailpipe that was sent was 025251185c which > looks > bigger than...
• Re: FS tailpipe for 80-82 diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sun, 27 Feb 2000 21:05:12 -0500
  Brand new tailpipe, $8.00 plus your shipping Can you beat that? HK former diesel Westy driver
• Re: tailpipes of busdepot
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 23:46:44 -0500
  ...my tailpipe rides too high > >> > >> I purchased a muffler and tailpipe from busdepot. > >> The tailpipe that was sent was 025251185c which > >> looks > >> bigger than...
• Re: tailpipe rusted already?
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 01:51:13 -0700
  ...tailpipe rusted already? Volks, Maybe a stupid question...but is it normal for a less than 2 month old Bus Depot purchased tailpipe to...
• tailpipe rusted already?
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Thu, 31 Jul 2003 15:18:36 -0700
  Volks, Maybe a stupid question...but is it normal for a less than 2 month old Bus Depot purchased tailpipe to be brown and...
• Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Yoel and Tina Crane
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:26:14 -0700
  I've got a slightly rusty tailpipe and our muffler needs replacing (pardon my French!) Is this a difficult job to undertake? Our local...
• Re: tailpipe rusted already?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:11:45 -0400
  ...Volks, Maybe a stupid question...but is it normal for a less than 2 month old Bus Depot purchased tailpipe to be brown and...
• tailpipe rusted already
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 12:36:51 -0700
  James and Karl, The truth of the matter is that a lot of time is spent looking at that tailpipe when people are caught...
• Re: Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:20:47 -0700
  I haven't had a tailpipe on my van for over two years. No problems. Karl Wolz -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 15:10:15 -0400
  ...Karl Wolz wrote: >I haven't had a tailpipe on my van for over two years. No problems. > >Karl Wolz > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon...
• Re: my tailpipe rides too high
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:28:36 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:12:51 -0800 gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM> writes: > I purchased a muffler and tailpipe from...
• trailer wiring harness and tailpipe OD
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 09:46:58 -0500
  ...Does anyone know the OD of the tailpipe on an '84 Vanagon? Just off the top of your head.
• Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Royston, Jerry
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:53:59 -0400
  I will be going on a 1200 mile trip next week and have not been able to repair the little tailpipe that comes out...
• Re: Best Muffler Price?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Mar 1997 09:51:33
  >Who has the best price on a muffler and tailpipe for an '86 Westy? > >Thanks, > >Joe Doniach >jdoniach@pacbell.net That would probably be...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 23:34:20 -0800
  ...tuned good running engine would leave your tailpipe coated/colored light tan, but these days every tailpipe you see is sooty black inside - ??? Austin
• Re: endcaps and the tailpipe
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Oct 1996 18:38:11 -0400
  ...Fisher) writes: << Anybody ever have the tail pipe burn a hole in the plastic bumper end cap just above? Chris >> Yes! tailpipe is either...
• Smoke, acrid smell from new muffler
  Historical mailing list - John Koloen
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 20:34:06 -0600
  I just installed a new muffler and tailpipe on my 87 Westy. I drove it for a five minutes and noticed smoke and an...
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:40:32 -0400
  ...You might also consider getting the new muffler and tailpipe ceramic coated to help prevent rust in the future. Depending on where you get...
• Re: Tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:10:58 -0700
  Terry Kay makes a great looking stainless steel replacement tailpipe. I've been ogling it for a while now........... On 7/26/07, Kim...
• Re: Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:04:04 -0400
  ...next week and have not been able to repair the little tailpipe that comes out of the muffler. It basically rusted off and now...
• Re: Tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:39:37 -0700
  ...All of the tailpipes I've seen on the aftermarket side of availability for the past 18 years or so have been Dansk/Denmark...
• tailpipe residue
  Historical mailing list - insyncro
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:31:38 -0400
  Hello List, I have a 91 Syncro that has been showing a slight build up of black residue on the tailpipe. It is not...
• Proper Position of Tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 15:42:18 -0800
  Hi volks, Last winter in Mexico I hit an unmarked "tope" (speed bump) & as a result my tailpipe popped it's welds. This morning...
• Friday F/Water in Exhaust of Air-Cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:17:54 -0500
  ...Should I be concerned if, when running, large volumes of water comes from the tailpipe of this air-cooled engine? Thinking about this, should...
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Yoel and Tina Crane
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:59:54 -0700
  ...You might also consider getting the new muffler and tailpipe > ceramic coated to help prevent rust in the future. Depending on where > you get...
• Re: 87 vanagon ansa muffler
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:09:10 -0800
  ...Also, the flange for the tailpipe side is more "rounded" to conform to the shape of the tailpipe's flange. -- Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia...
• Re: Chuff, Chuff, Chuff
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:22:11 +0000
  <BTW, my brand-new exhaust system already looks like it's 4-5 years old, complete with a rusty tailpipe. What's up with...
• re: Chirping -Reply
  Historical mailing list - sean bartnik
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 11:48:00 -0500
  ...The chirp is made by the chrome tailpipes. Remove them, and it sounds like a bus. Put 'em back in, you get the chirp...
• Re: Tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 12:50:58 -0400
  ...All of the tailpipes I've seen on the > aftermarket side > of availability for the past 18 years or so have been Dansk/ > Denmark...
• Tail Pipe?
  Historical mailing list - David Thayer
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 09:46:51 -0800
  ...I recently purchased a '90 Westie and found in my search many including mine have a rusty tailpipes. The exhaust system seems to be...
• FS: syncro muffler &tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Deepak Kumar
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 12:05:38 PST
  I have an excellent quality brand new in the box, aftermaket muffler and tailpipe for '87 syncro for sale. Idiots at VW said I...
• 1.9L cat/muffler/tailpipe in Federal air-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 19 Apr 2003 19:08:53 -0700
  ...Has anybody made the substitution of the 1.9L water-cooled catalytic converter, muffler and tailpipe for these items in a Federal air-cooled...
• Muffler repairs
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Calvin
  Sun, 22 Apr 2001 20:11:26 -0400
  ...The road salt of two Canadian winters had completely destroyed the tailpipe and the end plate of the muffler, leaving me with a very...
• Tailpipe Position Question Settled
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:17:51 -0800
  Thanks Unca Joel!
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:11:33 -0500
  ...Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy Thanks, Joe - who would we go to for this ceramic coating work? On Fri, 15...
• FW: Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - AJordans
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:19:26 -0400
  ...10:04:04 -0400 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Tailpipe repair Driving like this long distance will melt the plastic bumper end...
• Re: Hints re tail pipe removal
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Mon, 24 May 2004 20:38:00 -0400
  ...I've never been able to get all three out correctly / completely so have reattached the tailpipe to the flange using just 2 bolts...
• Tailpipe repair
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 06:35:00 -0400
  ...haven't, you're lucky! Scott Grillo '91 Carat Subject: Re: Tailpipe repair --- Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET> wrote: > Driving like this long distance...
• 5:30PM Friday...The 1.9 L TD lives...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Fri, 8 Aug 1997 18:05:55 -0700
  ...Also, with a short stub of a tailpipe and no muffler, it made little noise as the turbo absorbes a bunch. Starting monday, the...
• Re: Water from tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:17:32 -0500
  ...Water from tailpipe I noticed a strange thing this weekend. When I first fire up my van I see condensation coming from the tailpipe...
• Re: Smoke, acrid smell from new muffler
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 23:12:42 -0800
  John Koloen wrote: > > I just installed a new muffler and tailpipe on my 87 Westy. I drove it for > a five minutes and noticed...
• Re: Need to replace Muffler and Tailpipe on '91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:14:48 -0400
  ...You might also consider getting the new muffler and tailpipe > ceramic coated to help prevent rust in the future. Depending on where > you get...
• '71 bus running too rich?
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Mon, 18 Mar 1996 12:22:53 MST
  My '71 bus is running rich (black electrodes, tailpipe, bumper above tailpipe...). According to St. Muir, my fix is to go with a smaller...
• Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:40:54 EST
  ...The upside is that the loss of the tailpipe caused me to get off the dime and to fabricate a proper tailpipe from nonmagnetic...
• Re: 87 vanagon ansa muffler
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:09:11 -0800
  ...And like I said before, the tailpipe flange is more rounded than the opposite end. -- Jim Thompson 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" 73...
• Re: Water from tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 07:24:22 -0600
  ...When I first fire up my van I see condensation coming from the tailpipe, both as steam and small droplets. The condensation does not...
• Re: black tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Reeves
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 02:40:00 -0400
  ...Now with my Vanagon, and I suppose my 81 Honda before that, the inside of the tailpipe is always black. Even after a long...
• endcaps and the tailpipe
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Oct 1996 19:25:45 -0600
  Anybody ever have the tail pipe burn a hole in the plastic bumper end cap just above? Chris
• Re: Chuff, Chuff, Chuff
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 15:36:06 -0400
  ...The tailpipe looked so old when it was all done (everything was brand new), that people dont believe me when i tell them "seriously...
• brakes done (right this time)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:04 -0600
  ...So today I'm going to order a new muffler and tailpipe. I would like to have stainless steel, but the cost is prohibitive...
• Best Muffler Price?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Doniach
  Sun, 30 Mar 1997 16:02:58 -0800 (PST)
  Who has the best price on a muffler and tailpipe for an '86 Westy? Thanks, Joe Doniach jdoniach@pacbell.net
• Re: Muffler & pipe patches
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:25:31 -0700
  I think VW wants about $80 for the tailpipe -- real steep. California (up in British Columbia) wants something like $25. I went to a...
• Re: Aux. heater questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Oct 94 09:26:13 MDT
  ...Here's a "picture" of it, though: --------\ | | <- tailpipe | ---\ | | | ------ <- end of the tailpipe | | <- two iron "straps" on either side ------ <- flat "cap" If the purpose of...
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:03:17 CST
  ...why do all the emissions tests that the states do stick it up the tailpipe? likewise, the gas tester you can buy from those...