Marshal;
        DON'T DO IT!!! There is no such thing as a generic muffler for
the Vanagon. Many years ago I let a shop try it. The "generic" muffler
had a slightly wider diameter so they cut and welded on my muffler
hangers until they were useless. The piece of crap lasted about a year
and a half. The weight of the muffler and cat caused the elbow upstream
to fail. You get what you pay for.

Good Luck and Drive Safely
Ken Lewis
86 Crewcab,60 356
http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 02:12:44 -0500 Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA> writes:
> Hi Volks:
>
> I wonder if any of you have experience using a generic muffler in
> place of the stock.
>
> I'd think that the inlet and outlet sizes need to be the same as
> stock, and the body of the muffler should be about the same
> shape/dimension as the stock.
>
> Suppose the above parameters were met in a generic muffler - could
> it be used?
>
> TIA,
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy 1.9 litre
>
>
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