Other than stock parts I know little about any alternative exhaust
replacement parts. I replaced my  exhaust a couple of years ago and got all
my parts at a local junk yard. I lucked out and caught the guy a couple of
days before he was going to mash the junked van. Got the entire exhaust
system for $35 (minus the catylatic converter which is illegal to sell
used). Pipes were in excelent shape.
   A couple of calls to some local junk yards may be worth your while. You
too may luck out. Exhausts are a simple enough part to tell if they are in
good shape or not and pulling them yourself will give you some practice on
other people's vans before you get into your own.

Just a thought.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Peter Noto
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 1999 10:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:

Hi all,

Just a quick follow up to thank everyone for their advice.  I have decided
to bite the bullet and do the proper fix.  I ordered remanufactured heads
and a gasket kit from Bus Depot yesterday.  I have read Boston Bob's article
on the fix, and even talked with him (he was out of remanufactured heads and
I am in a time crunch or I would have placed my order with him, he was very
nice and truly helpful.)

My only concern on doing this is my exhaust system.  It is in very sad shape
and I am concerned that it will not survive removal and reinstallation.
Therefore I am considering replacing it.  Any advice on replacement systems
would be appreciate.  I will be living in San Francisco very soon and
understand they have strict emissions laws.

If anyone has advice on the doing this job or can direct me to any
information on it, I would be thankful.

Thanks for all the help.

Peter Noto
peter_noto@bigfoot.com
305-292-1484