Bertie_64 Casual Dubber
25 posts · joined Nov 2006 ·
CAn the heater box be removed and replaced off the exhaust pipe for repairs to exhaust for a 71 bug?
can the heater box be removed off the exhaust?
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4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
yep you can just run j tubes if you dont want the heater anymore
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Mr and Ms Vdub Commited Dubber
62 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·
yes, 5inch angler grinder does the trick, they are only attached inside by to strips, careful not to cut the exhaust though, easy if you can feel properly with a grinder, i say 5inch because the 4inch didnt quite cut deep enough around the inside of the curved section.
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MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
The heater boves can be "removed" but not replaced as they are destroyed when removed...Might be a better option to buy some J pipes to fix the leak,or if you need heaters buy some new/seconhand heater boxes. :thumbBertie_64 wrote:CAn the heater box be removed and replaced off the exhaust pipe for repairs to exhaust for a 71 bug?
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
depends what kind u have
there are 2 kinds 1 are just J pipes with the sheetmetal casing around them those are cool to just cut off and turn into J pipes
but tthe other kind have alloy fins all thro the inside built around the J pipe so they cant really be turned into jpipes
u can cut the sheet metal off but all the fins are still on the pipe
but i have seen that done b4 tho
as too which u have... my 71 superbug had the original heaterboxes and they had fins
but my 2 74 beetles were also both original and didn have them
all the rest are bitsa's and nothing to go by
just look down the hole where the heater hose conects if u dont have a standard muffer and u'll see if u have them or not
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-Joel
there are 2 kinds 1 are just J pipes with the sheetmetal casing around them those are cool to just cut off and turn into J pipes
but tthe other kind have alloy fins all thro the inside built around the J pipe so they cant really be turned into jpipes
u can cut the sheet metal off but all the fins are still on the pipe
but i have seen that done b4 tho
as too which u have... my 71 superbug had the original heaterboxes and they had fins
but my 2 74 beetles were also both original and didn have them
all the rest are bitsa's and nothing to go by
just look down the hole where the heater hose conects if u dont have a standard muffer and u'll see if u have them or not
GL
-Joel