Volks, I've tracked down a rattle that's been driving me nuts.  I was thinking
motor mounts, but it was instead an exhaust problem.  I have a rattle caused
by insufficient clearance where the exhaust coming off the left head passes
over the whatchamacallit-engine-hanger-thingy.  (You know the brace that runs
behind the engine- braces the engine via motor mounts to the bus.)  

A short piece of wood from a paint stir fits, but of course falls out in a few
miles of driving.  

Hate to take the hammer to my new (probably made in China) exhaust manifold. 
A thoughts of how stick something (wood, rubber, etc.) in there and make it
stay?  Someone else said use a worm clamp to do the opposite-- hold the
exhaust against the engine bracket.  Seemed like a bad idea as the engine and
body move independently...

TIA
Thanks In Advance or Temporary Ischemic Accident (why I bought a vanagon!),
herr Kaptain

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