Help! Need Exhaust Crossover Pipe for 79 Bus Exhaust Syst

flyawaydesigns · Post by **flyawaydesigns** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:54 am

Help!! We are looking to find a good used Exhaust System Crossover Pipe (039-251-497A) for our 1979 VW bus (2L, FI, Calif Smog). The original one has a crack in it and we need a replacement part. Internet searches have led me to believe the Crossover Pipes are NLA. Does anyone here have one they would be willing to part with for a reasonable price, or do you know someone who may have one??

Let us know....

We need to get this repair done to get Bob back on the road!!

Thanx

Rick at Fly Away Designs

satchmo · Post by **satchmo** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:05 am

Give these guys a call:

http://www.interstateusedparts.com/

I was there several months ago to get a crossover pipe for a 78. They had some 79 pipes that looked to be in good shape.

Tim

airkooledchris · Post by **airkooledchris** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:15 pm

looks like someone in TS came to the rescue with a super super low price

flyawaydesigns · Post by **flyawaydesigns** » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:45 pm

Yes, a fellow on TS did have a used one for a very reasonable price. Will be contacting him soon!!

Rick

Fly Away Designs

flyawaydesigns · Post by **flyawaydesigns** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:29 pm

Well, after some digging, we discovered what we really need is the "Federal" Crossover Pipe....NOT the Calif version after all.

Sooooo.....anyone know where I might find one of THOSE in decent shape?

If you or someone you know may have one...please give me a holler.

Rick
Fly Away Designs

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 8:41 pm

You can't have it welded?

flyawaydesigns · Post by **flyawaydesigns** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:32 am

Bleyseng wrote:You can't have it welded?

The crossover is still on the bus right now, and I haven't seen the damage personally, but the mechanic we use says the crack is in a place that, in his his opinion, cannot
be welded. So until I get it off the bus, I won't really know if it is repairable....I was just thinking a good used one would be less hassle to deal with.

Thanx

Fly Away Designs

Post by **Amskeptic** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 9:35 am

flyawaydesigns wrote:Help!! We are looking to find a good used Exhaust System Crossover Pipe (039-251-497A) for our 1979 VW bus (2L, FI, Calif Smog). The original one has a crack in it and we need a replacement part. Internet searches have led me to believe the Crossover Pipes are NLA. Does anyone here have one they would be willing to part with for a reasonable price, or do you know someone who may have one??

Let us know....

We need to get this repair done to get Bob back on the road!!

Thanx

Rick at Fly Away Designs

It is getting more desperate out there. Can you weld the crack? Replace the pipe section between the cast iron flanges?
Colin

flyawaydesigns · Post by **flyawaydesigns** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 10:56 am

Amskeptic wrote:
flyawaydesigns wrote:Help!! We are looking to find a good used Exhaust System Crossover Pipe (039-251-497A) for our 1979 VW bus (2L, FI, Calif Smog). The original one has a crack in it and we need a replacement part. Internet searches have led me to believe the Crossover Pipes are NLA. Does anyone here have one they would be willing to part with for a reasonable price, or do you know someone who may have one??

Let us know....

We need to get this repair done to get Bob back on the road!!

Thanx

Rick at Fly Away Designs
It is getting more desperate out there. Can you weld the crack? Replace the pipe section between the cast iron flanges?
Colin

Yes it is....as these are NLA now, there seems to be a need for a good aftermarket replacement part. But until I can get the crossover pipe removed and inspected, I won't know if the one we have can be repaired. I understand the crack is near one of the exhaust flanges in a very tight spot that a welder may not be able to reach. Will be dealing with this next week...so in the meantime I will search for a used replacement if there is one out there. If ours can't be repaired and there are no used ones availaible, I may just look to build a new one from scratch.

Thanx for your help!

Fly Away Designs

Post by **Amskeptic** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:59 pm

flyawaydesigns wrote:I understand the crack is near one of the exhaust flanges in a very tight spot that a welder may not be able to reach.

There are no tight spots when it is all disassembled.
Like here in Texas at the end of a dirt road . . .

56ovalbug · Post by **56ovalbug** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:23 am

Amskeptic wrote:
flyawaydesigns wrote:I understand the crack is near one of the exhaust flanges in a very tight spot that a welder may not be able to reach.
There are no tight spots when it is all disassembled.
Like here in Texas at the end of a dirt road . . .

Seeing this pic makes me appreciate my '72-'74 set-up even more...

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:20 am

That's why I went to the 72-74 set up....too many freaking parts that leak.

Itinerant Air-Cooled

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