That was my thinking when I bought my replacement muffler from VW a few
years ago for my 85 Westfalia.  Seems that now VW no longer supplies
mufflers for 85's.  So they replaced it with a Dansk unit.  Goodbye lifetime
warranty.  Never even got a VW replacement out of it.

Jeff
85 Westfalia GL
Winnipeg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: muffler for 88 WBX

> The list price at the dealer is ~$200. If you get a 20% discount, that
> brings it down to ~160. It will carry a lifetime warranty that you can
> collect on if you still have the in 100K miles or so if you need it. You
> will also encourage VW to keep supplying these things.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Warren.K.Lail-1
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 4:40 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: muffler for 88 WBX
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I changed the tranny fluid in Billy Bones today.
> No, I did not put my fancy Redline MT90 in there,
> but I did use generic GL-4.  I've got a leak
> and I aim to repair it before I put in my
> Redline (parts ordered today).  However, while
> under there I decided that my muffler was bad -
>  those holes were a dead giveaway.  How did
> I miss them when I had the engine out??? So
> now I have the muffler and catalytic converter
> off.  I purchased a catalytic converter at
> O'Reilly's, but their muffler is more than
> about 5 and 1/2 inches in diameter, meaning it
> won't fit my hangers.
>
> Who sells a muffler that will not only bolt
> up, but which will alsol fit the brackets?
>
> Any good prices out there?
>
> Dang, I got ole Billy running but I've yet to
> leave the driveway with him because of one
> thing or the other.  I'm afraid to run him
> without a muffler.  Don't want to burn something
> up.
>
> Warren
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
> 87 GL
>
>