I had a bracket welded from the end tip to the frame, bolted right up to the frame. seems solid
at this point.  ohh i used some nice dyno tested 500 degree paint on my strebro to take some heat
off it.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
Sent: Aug 8, 2005 10:44 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Broken Stebro Muffler Bracket / Malcolm's trip

>The only van troubles were the previously mentioned: 1) oil buzzer went off due to elect problems
>behind the dash, duct-tape provided a temp fix; 2) Speedo cable broke;  3) had to tighten one
>coolant hose clamp; 4) had to clean & lub the sliding door latch; 4) Metal brake-line had to be
>replaced, but that was a pre-existing problem 5) Stebro muffler bracket broke off, and I wired
>that up with a coat-hanger (again pre-exisitng problem).

Malcolm,

Sounds like you had a fabulous trip!  Interestingly, I also suffered a broken Stebro muffler
bracket.  They'll send you a free replacement (same design, but they say a tougher alloy)
but you have to pull the muffler and get it welded locally.  (It cost me $15 for the welds
which is cheap but pulling the muffler was a major pain)  I've only had to do that once.
I've had lots of trouble with the required fiber gaskets though -- do yours start to leak (and
then burn up) after a few weeks or months?

tabe johnson/87 Westy/xtabe@yahoo.com

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