In a message dated 29/12/2006 7:18:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Re: Fix  for Stebro Muffler Bracket breaking?

I would like to make a comment here on the  continuing story of the breaking
brackets of the _STEBRO/Vanagon 2.1 Stainless  Steel Muffler_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)  I sell.  This muffler was designed by STEBRO PSD
LTD. eight years ago at my request and investment and they at that  time
thought the brackets they designed were correct and infallible.  In  actual fact
they did not hold up for several reasons some of which were related  to undue
vibration of the engine caused by out of tune engines and worn motor  mounts.
Regardless of this situation, STEBRO redesigned the brackets over  one year ago
and all STEBRO/Vanagon 2.1 Stainless Steel Mufflers being shipped  since over
one year now have the newly designed brackets and they have not nor  will not
break.  I know the picture on the website still shows the old  brackets, this
will change very soon.  From our records it seems there may  be about 100 of
these mufflers with the old style brackets out there and only  about 10 of them
have been repaired with new brackets thus far.  Why  the others are not
breaking is what we cannot understand. I personally have two  of these mufflers
with the old style brackets on my personal vans and have  never had a broken
bracket.  So why they are breaking for some and not  others we're not sure.
Regardless of this dilemma I have decided to take  the following action.

    Anyone with 2.1 mufflers with the old style  brackets please contact Dan
Petschenig, owner/operator of STEBRO PSD LTD,  on his toll free line,
888-878-3276 and/or _sales@stebro.net_ (mailto:sales@stebro.net)  and ask him to send
you  a set of the new brackets.  Then you can have the old brackets removed
and  the new ones welded on by a local welder.  The cost of the welding will be
reimbursed to you by STEBRO.  This is much more efficient to repair this
problem in this manner rather than you shipping the muffler back to STEBRO for
repair and then shipping it back to you.  Sending out new mufflers to  everyone
is out of the question and cannot be done.  STEBRO will not do  this as I
have asked numerous times and I cannot since I do not keep a  supply of new
mufflers around for this purpose as I cannot afford that cost,  Bill Gates I am not
!  If you have any problems with this arrangement  please contact me
immediately at 613-256-6763, leave a message and I will call  you back on my dime
and/or _Fkc43@aol.com_ (mailto:Fkc43@aol.com) .   I am very sorry for  this
inconvenience and I am doing my best to resolve this issue to everyone's
satisfaction.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy, '90 Carat, '87 Wolfsburg  (Forsale) & Lionel Trains (_Collection
for  sale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
_Vanagon  Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 07 ~ 10,  2007