Unfortunately, if you advised him of his error to help all those who follow
he'd not react favorably.

I never considerd mounts so appreciate your response!

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 6:41 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> The volume inside a Vanagon can be helped by a very careful assessment of
> how the motor, transmission and exhaust are connecting with the chassis.
> It's not widely understood, even by exhaust pros, how a little it takes to
> get a lot of noise inside. It's similar to using something against the
> motor and against your ear to listen....
>
> I just replaced my muffler...same mounts but the guy who welded for me
> snugged up a "redundant safety-only" exhaust hanger...one that was
> purposely slack... rubber even....  the noise inside was bad.... I knew
> exactly what he did, and when I slacked-off on that....again quiet!
>
>   Motor mounts, transmission mounts and also the floor is a big source of
> noise....
>

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'82 Diesel Westfalia (Ducky)
'86 Vanagon (SaVannah)
'08 170" 2500 Mega Roof Sprinter (Moby)
'90 Westfalia Subagon
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