[T3] Type 3, Complete Stock Exhaust Replacement
Keith Park
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
Wed Aug 29 18:16:00 PDT 2018
Im glad to hear your keeping the 73 going! From what I remember seeing 15+
years ago, Im surprised you still CAN put it up on a lift!
so how many miles does this virgin engine have on it?
Keith
Topnotch Restorations
topnotch at nycap.rr.com
http://www.topnotchresto.com
71 Squareback "Hothe"
65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
93 RX7 "Redstur"
95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirfogsalot"
"hanging out at the tail end of the bell
curve, and loving every minute of it!"
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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Adney
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 8:55 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: [T3] Type 3, Complete Stock Exhaust Replacement
Today I had planned to replace the complete exhaust system on my '73
Square. That includes the muffler, damper, and all 4 heat exchangers.
Things went much better than they could have, but not as well as I had
hoped.
The good news is that I didn't break any exhaust studs. I got the car up on
the lift around 10 AM and by 1 PM I had everything off.
The bad news is that I discovered that the right lower heat exchanger that I
had prepped to be the replacement, was the wrong style. So I had to quit
and find a correct one.
I also discovered that both of the metal flex tubes for heated air were
toast,
and I hadn't brought replacements. I did manage to save the heater cable
and one of the small fresh air tubes.
I'll start again tomorrow morning and hope to be done by noon or so. Putting
things back together is SO much easier than trying to get rusty parts apart.
All told, this is the very worst job there is on Type 3s, but it made a HUGE
difference to have a lift to do this on, and an oxy-acetylene torch for
those
reluctant, 45 year old, nuts. That's right, this engine is a virgin, never
been
touched. The muffer had been replaced a few times, but the lower heat
exchangers were held on by the original steel nuts with the stainless
helicoil
inserts. That probably helped them come off. I have brass nuts to replace
them.
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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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