[T3] I've got another question , same one I asked a while back.

[William Jahn]

I don't recall what the stock muffler looked like . I do recall since both
muffler piped are fixed at the muffler.  Then add in the small rear HE .
Seems to me one would need to remove the clamps from both sides in order to
gain enough room to insert anything . Seems the reason for the larger od on
the empi header where it then becomes the od of the rest of the header
pipes is to create a stop . Perhaps the stock muffler pipes don't go over
the HE pipes as far can't tell from photos I see. Yes as Bob said welded
flanges is best yet I don't have that option now.
On Jul 21, 2018 10:49 PM, "Jim Adney" <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 21 Jul 2018 at 14:46, William Jahn wrote:
>
> > Last time I looked at this leaky connection I could see the metal ring
> was
> > already as far forward as it can possibly go with the clamp off and the
> > mesh so called sealing /packing is as far forward as it can go . I can
> only pull
> > the header back enough to see about 1/4" of the HE pipe , if let go it
> goes
> > right back into place. I would need to find a way to pull it back
> further and
> > hold it there to even attempt to fit the aluminum sheet in there .
>
> Okay, this fitting is not quite the same as stock. What I've done
> sometimes is cut the sealing ring in 1 place, spread it, and take it
> off. I don't know how hard that might be with the metal mesh seals.
>
> With the seal out of the way, you can fit the alum shims and the
> muffler cement, then reinstall the split seal. Use some of the cement
> to mend the seal, maybe fill the whole seal with the cement.
>
> Sounds like the flange on the header pipe is also a problem. You'll
> need to do something about that or nothing is going to make this
> problem go away.
>
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