Hi Volks,

I had the day off work today and spent some quality time in the driveway
with my VWs...

The Vanagon got treated to a new #4 exhaust gasket with fresh bolts and
a nice goopy slathering of copper RTV. It was a real PITA to realign the
exhaust flange with the head, but with two ratchet straps and a bumper
jack I was able to pull it off once I removed the oil filter. Now it's
nice and smooth... Can't quite call it quiet with a cherry bomb muffler
back there, but at least the sound is smooth and uniform and there are
no more backfires or popcorn sounds back there.

Eventually I will change out the whole works for a better system, but
for the next month or two I think I'll be OK with the way it is now.

I also finished off treating the seam rust on the driver's side front
fender.. I treated the area weeks ago with rust-killer, then on Monday
this week I smoothed the groove a bit with spot putty. Today I masked it
off and applied a light coat of colour-matched lacquer, and the result
turned out pretty good.

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

>  I like all studs with nuts.
> You can't just move the exhasut pipe back a quarter inch to sneak in a
> port gasket that way ...........but it's a more solid installation and
> much easier to deal with rust-wise a few years later.

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Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop
www.busesofthecorn.com
www.pottsfamily.ca