my bleepin cat converter just broke off. what kind of damages am I looking at? Can I weld this?
09-20-2002, 06:49 PM
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It won't be easy finding an honest shop...most would rather charge for a new cat...
I had the exact same problem on someone else's car. I drove around the whole day trying to find someone who would weld it up. Not a single shop in the area wanted to do it. Midas laughed at me when I asked if instead of their $500 bill, they could weld the old one up.
I ended up driving farther away to a shop I've dealt with in the past, they welded it up w/ a new gasket for a grand total of $80.
It most likely fell off because there's so much heat down there, and it look like it broke off at the weld.
Good luck!
I ended up driving farther away to a shop I've dealt with in the past, they welded it up w/ a new gasket for a grand total of $80.
It most likely fell off because there's so much heat down there, and it look like it broke off at the weld.
Good luck!
09-21-2002, 06:22 AM
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Same thing happened to me..
It seems like so many people are having this same problem. I Just brought it to a local muffler shop and they welded it back together for free. Its a b!tch getting the downpipe un-bolted off the catalytic converter. If you have any questions if you are doing the work yourself drop me an e-mail.
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