<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3525">So....is it that a Two Piece tail pipe-damper (never heard "damper" word before) from who-knows-what-year, will be compatible with another Two Piece tail pipe-damper on the muffler? It LOOKs like it lines up to put on this '73 muffler.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3604"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3605" dir="ltr">Only thing is...the rusty old (but still solid) parts replacement I hope to use is narrower than the one on the car now.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3619" dir="ltr"> That's about "flow restrictive"? If so...what's that mean?<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3550" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3567" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3568" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_3579" dir="ltr">On 5 Oct 2014 at 23:29, J. Jonik wrote:<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">> 71 FI T-III...?? Tail pipe's gone missing. Got rusted or banged off a<br style="" class="">> while ago...about when we noticed exhaust fume smells.?<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">There are 2 different generations of Type 3 tailpipes: up thru '71, <br style="" class="">and '72-3. They do not interchange. They must be used with the <br style="" class="">matching muffler. Note that the inlet ends of the dampers are <br style="" class="">different in diameter; that has to match the outlet on the muffler.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">If you have an early style muffler, you must use the early 2-piece <br style="" class="">damper & tailpipe. If you have a late style muffler you must use the <br style="" class="">1-piece late damper/tailpipe.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">If you want to swap the whole muffler and tailpipe assy, you can do <br style="" class="">that. They are the same on the engine side, but the early one is <br style="" class="">slightly more flow restrictive.<br style="" class=""><br style="" class="">-- <br style="" class="">*******************************<br style="" class="">Jim Adney, <a style="" class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1412570726355_2864" href="mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org">jadney@vwtype3.org</a><br style="" class="">Madison, Wisconsin, USA</div><div></div></div></body></html>