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Subject:Re: Installing rear poly suspension bushings
From:Jim. Felder
Date:Wed, 24 Jul 2019 20:59:04 -0500

Yep that’s it all right. But now my bushing install is done.   
  

  
Jim
  

  
  

  
  
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> On Jul 24, 2019 at 8:56 PM,  <vw_van_fan_Mark (mailto:madvws@cox.net)>  wrote:
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>  You can buy the funneled pipe piece easily enough for small money.  
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> https://www.amazon.com/Merrill-MFG-SMA200-Steel-Adapter/dp/B000DZBKRE/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=SMA200&qid=1564019556&s=gateway&sr=8-2  
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> Jim. Felder wrote:  
> >The shop called today at lunch to tell me  
> >  they had given up on installing my bushings. When I went by to pick up my  
> >  parts, they showed me a $40 GoWesty tool made for the job. One of the  
> >  mechanics who once was in the commercial landscaping business recognized  
> >  the tool, which is essentially a steel pipe that has been drawn into a  
> >  slight funnel shape to connect two different hose sizes, as a landscaping  
> >  product. Whatever the part was actually for, nobody in the shop thought it  
> >  could be purchased locally. With GoWesty I figured it would cost another  
> >  $20 to ship andI wanted to be done this weekend anyway.  
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