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Subject:Re: Muffler - Carat - 2.1 L WBX
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Sun, 15 Mar 2015 09:04:50 -0400

The ETKA picture is wrong. Straps go on top.

Dennis,
From my phone.
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From: John Rodgers<mailto:jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Sent: ‎3/‎15/‎2015 12:24 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM<mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Muffler - Carat - 2.1 L WBX

I'm changing the muffler on my '91 CARAT and see the retainer and the
tensioning straps are in reverse or upside down from what is shown in the
ETKA. On the CARAT, the retaining strap is on the BOTTOM and the retainer
on top.  If they WERE like ETKA, seems the muffler would be a WHOLE LOT
easier to remove and replace.

Did at some point the PO get it wrong on the last muffler change, or was it
installed backwards at the factory?

What's the deal?

John