Raul-

You probably would want to avoid welding the two together. A very important
part, the "metering gasket" is sandwiched in the union between the EGR
filter, and the crossover tube flange. The metering gasket has a tiny 2-3mm
hole in it to restrict flow. Without the metering gasket, TOO MUCH exhaust
is routed into the intake. Bad.

Sorry, I don't have an EGR filter for ya. However, I wrote a comprehensive
explanation of EGR Service for another listee. It is on our site here...
http://www.bulley-hewlett.com/EGRFIX.html

Cheers,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

-----Original Message-----
From:   Raul Barreras [SMTP:raulb@IGLOU.COM]
Sent:   Friday, August 06, 1999 8:52 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        EGR Filter (82 Westy)

Fellow listees,

 First of all, it is great to have the list back (the normal way) and I
would like to thank all the people involved in the maintenance of the list,
past and present. Thank you, very much!

 Now, to the point. A previous owner welded the tube from the EGR filter to
the Crossover pipe. The whole system from the crossover pipe to the
tailpipe
is toast. I have the necessary parts to exchange the system except the tube
from the EGR filter to the crossover pipe. This is an original engine.

 The price is pretty high for an EGR filter and since I still have a good
one:

 1.  should I just weld both ends together?
 2. get another EGR filter
 3. or, if someone has a bad EGR filter with the connector (two holes for
screws and one for flow) that wouldn't mind letting go and sell it to me in
order to get the end of and weld it to my current EGR filter.

 I would like to try #3 if at all possible. I am needing this part
desperately. If anyone has a bad EGR filter, contact me through p-mail.
Thanks!

Raul
82 Westy
56 Standard