Hardware & Gaskets

This exhaust hardware kit contains everything you need to mount the exhaust in your van.  Fits aircooled 2.0L, and WBX 1.9L and 2.1L. This kit includes: 4 exhaust studs, 26 various length bolts, 24 washers, and 21 nuts. At cylinder head, use 4...

Install your Vanagon tailpipe with the factory correct hardware.  Includes everything you need to get to attach your tail pipe to your muffler. Fits 1980-91 Vanagons with air cooled and WBX 1.9L and 2.1L motors. Note: The threads in your OEM muffler...

This is the cap that screws onto the test tube on the exhaust elbow before the catalytic converter. This outlet allows you to test the exhaust before the catalytic converter. When analyzing emissions to set mixture or diagnose a running issue, it can be...

Catalytic converter to muffler gasket.  Fits 1.9L and 2.1L watercooled and all air-cooled Vanagons. Fits both CARB-compliant and Federal-standard emissions. Ref ID: 443253115B

This is the gasket that lives between the muffler to tailpipe on 1980-1991 Vanagons. Fits aircooled, watercooled, and diesel (except for turbo-diesel). Ref ID: 025251235

This M8 exhaust bolt is used in few places in the Vanagon exhaust system. Affixing the exhaust header to the cylinder head Bolting the catalytic converter to the muffler Bolting the header to the intermediate pipe We highly encourage you to purchase...

These M8X38mm exhaust manifold studs attach the header pipes to the cylinder head. Van Cafe recommendation:  If the studs on your motor are in good shape then leave them alone, but if they are stripped, corroded, or broken off replace them with...

Wave washers are used in conjunction with regular nuts, while flat washers are used in conjunction with the copper lock nuts. This washer is mainly used in the exhaust system when used with an M8 nut.  Also used to attach the thermostat housing.Ref...