I had to replace the muffler on my '85 lately since my catholic converter,
ahem, committed suicide and dumped itself into the rusty original muffler.
This effectively clogged the exhaust system.  I fixed that with a hammer.

I went to the local muffler shop armed with the knowledge gained from this
wonderful list.  I was looking for a Dynomax muffler.  Did not find any.  I
did find a glasspack-type muffler.  This muffler looks like a larger
glasspack, but it does have some internal baffling.  This makes it quieter,
it still flows good, and gives the engine a nice, deep, mellow sound, with a
hint of throatiness when accelerating -- it is not too obtrusive.  As matter
of fact, I like to roll my windows down just to listen to it! At 70 and
above I can barely hear it.  The muffler is tucked in nicely under the rear
apron and gives plenty clearance for those off-road escapades.

If you'd like a picture, I can take one with a digital camera and p-mail it
to you.

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 5:06 AM
Subject: STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Muffler News

>     Just to let you all know that it has recently come to my attention
that
> the STEBRO/Vanagon muffler will not fit on Vanagons with the 1.9 litre
> waterboxer engine.  Changes have been made to the <A
> HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm">STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless
Steel
> Mufflers</A> webpage to reflect this.  The <A
> HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/reviews.htm">STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless
> Steel Muffler Reviews & Comments</A> webpage has also been updated with
new
> comments from other customers.
>
> Cheers
>
> Frank Condelli
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains
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