Excuse me ............. I would assume that you are going to buy a used
catalytic converter instead of a new one.
I have always found the Vendors parts pages the faster route to getting
the part number, the price and see if the part fits a range of vehicles.
I just see you taking the long route to a short answer ........... I'll
be watching the list to see if anyone can reply to your inquiry faster
than the one minute that would be required to check a vendors site.
Since I'm an Air Cooled guy I seldom reply to Wasser Boxer postings. I
have deleted 84 so far this day.
I sure hope you aren't this testy when someone directs you to go search
the archives.
I don't know anybody that can navigate that archive of hell and survive
for more than five minutes.
So at this time I'll put a block on your Jeff Lincoln E mail address and
you won't have replies from me in the future.

Stan Wilder
(If you don't spend your purchase price again within a year for parts and
labor on that Vanagon, we'll all be surprised.)

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 13:46:50 -0500 Jeff Lincoln <jtlincoln@PORTCITY.COM>
writes:
> Well - If you must know, some of us haven't a clue at this point. I
> don't
> know the part numbers, don't have a manual, and signed up to this
> list so
> that I could get answers like these from folks that know. I
> understand that
> some of you have answered questions like this a million times and I
> am sure
> it gets old however doesn't this fall into the "just hit the delete
> key"
> category if you don't want to answer? I am not a gear head - I have
> never
> cared about more that where to put the gas and how to change the oil
> until I
> owned this Vanagon. So being not only a Vanagon novice but also a
> mechanical
> incompetent (at this point) I turn to the list to ask such
> questions.
>
> Not trying to rag on you either Stan but I am befuddled as well. Why
> is it
> such a chore for some of the long time list members to answer some
> simple
> questions from us "newbies"? It certainly doesn't hurt you at all.
>
> Sorry if the tone of this message is a little harsh but I'll be
> quite honest
> in saying you did tick me off a little. I signed up here so I could
> gain a
> little knowledge from those that have "been there and done that" and
> because
> I thought it was cool that there were people out there who loved
> their Vans
> as much as I do. Not to be looked down on or commented about because
> I ask
> questions that you don't deem worthy of asking.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jeff
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@juno.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:06 PM
> To: jtlincoln@PORTCITY.COM
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Exhaust parts
>
>
> I am befuddled!
> Why is it that people can't go to Bud Depot, Impex, Vanagain or
> other
> site and compare part numbers ?
> That seems to be the most practical way to see if an 85 part will
> fit an
> 86 or visa versa.
> Not ragging on Jeff but list members are sometimes overly
> enthusiastic to
> give a reply and they aren't always right.
>
> Stan Wilder
>
>

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