Now THIS is an excellent thread hijack!

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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Mike Collum typed:
> FWIW, I use the newer type distributor cap (with posts inside the plug
> wire sockets) on an older type '84 distributor in my '84 7 pass.  It
> works fine.
>
> Mike
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>
> Geza Polony wrote:
>> Unless your present muffler is really bad, a new one won't help. I got
>> one a
>> few months ago from Bus Depot and it actually made the sound louder than
>> before. Not a complaint, though, as I like the resonance of it.  There's
>> something appropriate about hearing the engine in these old cars, in my
>> opinion, but to each his own. I find that the rear mattress deadens the
>> sound a lot in itself--do you have a mattress in there?
>>
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