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Subject:Re: Fw: 87 vanagon 2.1 muffler install used bd parts
From:Max Wellhouse
Date:Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:02:55 -0600

Sears sells a cable clamp remover for about $0... don't have one but WILL!!

Permatex anit sieze available at most any FLAPS.  Big plastic can(20
yr. supply)  for like $6

DM&FS

At 05:44 PM 12/28/2006, Sudhir Desai wrote:

>i just use the anti-seize that comes in the tub, silvery paste-like
>consistency.
>
>small hands are good for removing hard to reach hose clamps :D
>
>sudhir
>
>On 12/28/06, Jeff Clayman, MD <jclayman@massmed.org> wrote:
>>Does anybody have experience using any type of high temperature
>>anti seize on the threads?
>>
>>Another question,  does anybody know of a good device for removing
>>hose clamps that can work in tight, remote spaces on vanagon?  I
>>saw one recently that had a cable mechanism to squish the clamp.
>>
>>Jeff
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Jeff Clayman, MD
>>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>>Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 6:12 PM
>>Subject: 87 vanagon 2.1 muffler install used bd parts
>>
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I just finished installing the new muffler and rear pipe and now
>>have an exhaust leak around the right head connection.  Which way
>>do you install the gaskets with the metal end toeard the heat or
>>vice versa?  How much tension is tolerable in the rear pipe?
>>
>>Jeff
>>
>>Jeffrey Clayman, MD
>
>
>
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