No, they are different.
  An ACVW PR tube is the same size on both ends, where a WBX PR tube is
larger on one end.
  I'm not sure, but the length may also be different.

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris S" <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......

> Push rod tubes absolete?  Can't you use air-cooled push rod tubes which
> are
> plentiful?
>
> Chris.
>
> On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 05/07/2008 10:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
>>
>> Exhaust  hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Well, not exactly, I have  all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my
>> _Vanagon
>> Items  Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm)  webpage and
>> will
>> soon
>> have a replacement muffler bracket  that will resemble and replace the
>> OEM
>> one.  Stay tuned.......an  announcement will be made to the List when
>> it's
>> ready
>> for sale.
>>
>>    AND, those push rod tube tins are still available  from VW.  Get 'em
>> before they go obsolete !  I know, EXPENSIVE,  but where else you gonna
>> get
>> 'em ?
>> I POR-15 them which lengthens their  life considerably but not perfectly
>> as
>> it's near impossible to get the POR-15 in  between the two stupid layers
>> of
>> metal, why they built them that way will always  be a mystery unless we
>> can
>> find
>> the design engineer at VW who came up with that  plan !  Also the tabs at
>> the
>> exhaust stud mounts will not stay POR-15ed for  long and getting the
>> POR-15
>> to
>> adhere to the new galvanized or whatever it is  metal they are made from
>> is
>> a
>> tough nut to crack.  I've found sanding  them rough or sandblasting them
>> helps considerably.  Shooting Krown  rustproofing oil in between the two
>> layers
>> seems to help also.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Frank  Condelli
>> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
>> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
>> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_
>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html
>> )
>> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
>> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
>> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
>> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
>> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008
>>