

| Subject: | Re: Catalytic converter and muffler, how do they join? |
| From: | Karl Wolz |
| Date: | Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:38:35 -0700 |
He's in Aridzona, so it might. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus On Jul 12, 2013, at 3:53 PM, "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Since it was installed by hack and slash, you are probably going to need a > new connector pipe (before the cat) and a new muffler and tail pipe (after > that cat). Did you order a new oxygen sensor along with the cat? That old > one ain't coming out unless it has only been in there a month or two. > > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:29 PM, David M <covrambles@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> I finally got my Borsal cat from the Bus Depot. >> When I looked under my van at the current cat, I cannot see how I can fit >> the new one or even how a muffler shop could do it. >> The last place to replace the cat appears to have cut the existing cat >> pipe and welded the (generic) cat on. So on the nearside I have the >> three-bolt flange from the previous cat and part of its pipe then a weld >> for the new cat pipe (which has no flange at either end just a round pipe), >> then the other end of the cat pipe is either welded directly to the muffler >> or some remnant of a previous cat pipe. There is no flange on that side to >> mount the Borsal cat. >> What do I do now? Do I need a new muffler too? I'm not sure how this is >> all supposed to go together. I think fixing this is going to be beyond my >> expertise. >> >> >> -David (1987 Wolfsburg) >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> > > > > -- > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com
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