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Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:18 am

What are the studs on the header for the rear cylinders for? Mine don't seem to have anything attached to them.
Stock header pipe for cylinders #2 & #4 part number: 025251172G

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:26 am

Are we talking 1.9 ? Short hanger brackets often missing. can be found at Van Cafe.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:28 am

Yes, 1.9.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:33 am

Brackets? Maybe that's why the current header is badly cracked. Those are some expensive brackets.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:36 am

I found that my 1.9 was missing the same two hangers as yours when i installed new exhaust manifolds. Some one here on the Samba suggested using a adjustable turnbuckle from the hardware store. has worked well for me for over ten years now.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:48 am

Yep my original headers were badly cracked as well, PO had tried to weld the cracks. but without the support brackets just cracked more. Just had to replace the muffler i installed all those years back. The flange that the tail pipe bolted to had rusted off. When i removed the cat to replace the muffler i noticed i had put the cat on backwards. Big dummy me. Drove that way for years.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 11:57 am

torchmonkey wrote: ...Those are some expensive brackets.

I made some out of 1/2" conduit. Here is one that uses one of those empty exhaust studs you may be speaking of:

Pretty easy to smash the ends in a vise -- ground to a neat edge and painted black they look very similar to the originals.

Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:13 pm

Van cafe sells 5 brackets, is there a diagram somewhere illustrating where they all go? I apparently have zero of the five on my rig.