In a message dated 05/07/2008 10:03:05 P.M. Central Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

Exhaust  hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......

Well, not exactly, I have  all the rods in Stainless Steel, see my _Vanagon
Items  Forsale_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/sales.htm)  webpage and will soon
have a replacement muffler bracket  that will resemble and replace the OEM
one.  Stay tuned.......an  announcement will be made to the List when it's ready
for sale.

    AND, those push rod tube tins are still available  from VW.  Get 'em
before they go obsolete !  I know, EXPENSIVE,  but where else you gonna get 'em ?
I POR-15 them which lengthens their  life considerably but not perfectly as
it's near impossible to get the POR-15 in  between the two stupid layers of
metal, why they built them that way will always  be a mystery unless we can find
the design engineer at VW who came up with that  plan !  Also the tabs at the
exhaust stud mounts will not stay POR-15ed for  long and getting the POR-15 to
adhere to the new galvanized or whatever it is  metal they are made from is a
tough nut to crack.  I've found sanding  them rough or sandblasting them
helps considerably.  Shooting Krown  rustproofing oil in between the two layers
seems to help also.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
- Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
_Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008