And you don't drive long distance ether....

Karl Wolz wrote:

>I haven't had a tailpipe on my van for over two years.  No problems.
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>Karl Wolz
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Eric Zeno
>Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:04 AM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Tailpipe repair
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>Driving like this  long distance will melt the  plastic
>bumper end.  It will also melt/burn off the under
>coating  in the rear body section.
>                                        Eric
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>Royston, Jerry wrote:
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>>I will be going on a 1200 mile trip next week and have not been able to
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>repair the little tailpipe that comes out of the muffler.  It basically
>rusted off and now there's just a little nub of rusted metal sticking
>out of the muffler.
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>>Two questions:  1) Is it OK to drive like this?  Doesn't seem to affect
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>the noise level; and 2) Will I have to replace the muffler when putting
>on a new tailpipe since the clamp seems to have rusted away.  And can
>Midas repair this kind of problem or is it beyond their capabilities?
>Thanks
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>>Gerry Royston
>>Bethesda, MD
>>'87 Westy
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