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Subject:Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
From:Old Volks Home
Date:Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:16:43 -0800
Oh and BTW, it's Bosal, not Bolsa :)

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On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote:
> David -
>
> I would go with the Ansa muffler and the corresponding tailpipe. �I've
> been running this setup on my Westy since 1997 with several trips
> coast to coast and she's still going strong, no reason to change it
> out yet.
>
> YMMV
>
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> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> 75 914 1.8 "Nancy"
> Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> Find me on Facebook:
> http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Thompson/100000710343835
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> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>> ---- T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello All,
>>>
>>> I appreciate the comments. I guess this type of fail is not too
>>> uncommon then? I would have expected the tail pipe to have rusted, but
>>> not for the welded flange at the muffler tail pipe end to have gone
>>> bye-bye.
>>
>> it is the end plate of the muffler on the opposite end from the tailpipe that has failed. �I think the muffler is just that old, that it is time.
>>
>> A local shop has offered to put a "universal" muffler on including tail pipe, everything welded, for $150, or an Ansa muffler, with new pipe and flange, bolted, for $288. �Opinions? �Any functional difference? �Oh, with the "universal" muffler, which is 4" shorter than the Ansa, �he would weld the muffler to the pipe coming from the catalytic converter, too.
>>
>> Scott, I already know your opinion, but if you can provide anything that will help me to understand the whole matter better, I'm listening.
>>
>> mcneely
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tony
>>
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>> David McNeely