I've got a German muffler I think is called Ernst (maybe I'll get under and
look tomorrow), or something along those lines.  Supposed to be hard to get.
It's heavy and a bit loud, quite stout and offers pretty good gas mileage.
Quite hasppy with it.

Karl Wolz
 
 

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|Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 10:17 PM
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|Subject: Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
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|Oh and BTW, it's Bosal, not Bolsa :)
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|84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
|72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
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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
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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
|>>
|>> --
|>> David McNeely
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