Ok I think you got the right canister, sounds as though the Bus owner did
some bending and you just got to restore the original bends.
I've found that a combination of wood blocks nailed down to a big board
and a rubber hammers works good for bringing bends around.
Let me know if you need other pipes, EGR valves, I've got some.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:53:03 -0700 "Tom Young" <tomyoung1@attbi.com>
writes:
> Nope.  I've got a California vehicle so I know exactly what these
> filters
> look like.  Very different from the Federal.
>
> The filter I got at the junkyard was attached to a TypeIV motor out
> of an
> older bus, not Vanagon, but the number written on it was the same
> number as
> the one called for on Federal Vanagons.  Someone had put a very
> funky
> replacement on the "donor" engine for the port off the crossover
> pipe, but
> the crossover pipe itself looked just like the crossover pipe for a
> Federal
> air-cooled Vanagon.  Perhaps it is the wrong filter for an
> air-cooled
> Federal Vanagon, but it's very definitely not a California filter.
>
> It's not something I can "correct" in place.  No amount of loosening
> of
> flanges, attachments, etc. will get the flange on the filter lined
> up close
> enough to the flange on the crossover pipe so I can "muscle" it into
> place.
> Plus, I'm pretty sure any attempts to force it into place in situ
> will
> result in torn tin.
>
> What I'd really like, if any body knows, are some thoughts on how to
> correct
> the majority of the discrepancy off the engine so I can get things
> "close
> enough" so I can do the final "fine tuning" on the engine.  I'm
> thinking
> that I should get myself a couple of pieces of fairly strong iron
> bar.  One
> bar, drilled so I can attach the top flange to it, would go in the
> bench
> vise.  The other bar, longer and drilled to match the lower flange,
> would be
> my leverage bar.  I think this set up would work fairly well to
> correct the
> "cock" in the flange, but not as well to correct the fact that the
> lower
> tube is effectively too long right now as I need to move the lower
> filter
> flange toward the front of the engine a couple of inches.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> tte, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@juno.com>
> To: <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:39 PM
> Subject: Re: How do I get this EGR filter on???
>
>
> > Without seeing the EGR square canister I'd say that there are CA
> only and
> > Federal Exhaust only.
> > You got one or the other.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:35:46 -0700 Tom Young
> <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
> > writes:
> > > Hi all:
> > >
> > > I found a perfectly good EGR filter - probably an aftermarket
> piece
> > > - at a
> > > junkyard.  It still had a "VW" part number written on it in
> black
> > > marker,
> > > which was the same part number as specified for my Federal
> vehicle.
> > > The
> > > only problem is, it doesn't seem to fit, though I think there
> must
> > > be a way
> > > to "make it" fit.
> > >
> > > With the filter installed properly against the engine tin and
> the
> > > tube
> > > leading up to the EGR itself, the lower flange of the filter
> misses
> > > its
> > > mating flange in the crossover pipe by a wide margin.  It looks
> like
> > > the
> > > flange needs to move toward the front of the engine by about
> 1.5" -
> > > 2", down
> > > by about .75", and the flange needs to "rotate" (looking down on
> the
> > > flange
> > > from above) by about 30 - 40 degrees.  This is all a lot more
> than
> > > the usual
> > > little bit of persuasion exhaust pieces typically need and the
> piece
> > > is
> > > sturdy enough I know I can't muster the muscle, with the part
> in
> > > place, to
> > > get things properly aligned.
> > >
> > > Any words of wisdom out there on how to get this thing to fit?
> > >
> > > TIA.
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> > > Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> >
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