I guess the gerry sdsc address doesn't work  any more so I had to forward
this.

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> To: lcarter@COWICHAN.COM
> Subject: Re: The F**d muffler fix
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 1998 5:04 PM
>
> > Hello;  I recently had my 87 GL's muffler blow apart at the inside
seam.  I
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> > didn't like the cost of the OEM part so I phoned around finally finding
one
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> > guy who would put a F**d muffler in there for me in place of the VW
part.
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> > Noe I thought this was a pretty good deal, because he gave me a
lifetime
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> > guarantee on the muffler, and we all know how these vans eat mufflers.
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> > What he did was cut off the old muffler about 5 inches from the cat
flange,
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> > and weld the F**d muffler on to the pipe.  He used the original band
clamps
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> > around the muffler body, and even the bend at the tail pipe looked
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> > original.
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> > Two weeks later, and I'm climbing Hill 60, a 5 mile hill that gets
steeper
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