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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
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> 
> 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)
>> 
>> 
>> 
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> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com