Richard,
Having just crawled out from under my '84 yesterday [replacing part of
exhaust manifold] this is fresh in my mind.
The rear strap that attaches to the muffler is made up of several pieces. I
doubt that you lost them all. Try to determine what you are missing. It
could be just a nut/bolt. The rest of the individual parts should be easy to
find at a local junk yard.
The fact that you heard a change in the sound of your motor would make me
suspect that you may have a crack in the system somewhere. Better check it
out.
Good luck.
Doug@shirewood.com
'84 Van-Go
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Bias" <rbias@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:08 AM
Subject: Muffler Strap...

> Good morning All,
>   I have been noticing a slightly different tone coming from my Van for
the
> last 2 days...  I looked under this morning and saw that my muffler strap
> broke and my muffler is flapping in the breeze.  Does anyone have an
> ingenious way to fix it or does anyone have a good used strap I can take
off
> their hands?  Thank you for your time and concern.
>
> Richard and Annemarie
> 85 GL "Buba"
>
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