Have You Seen My Catalytic Converter?

outrider58 · Feb 25, 2015

Imagine my surprise when I got to my shop this morning, jumped into my work truck, cranked it up to hear the roar a Sherman tank. At first I thought, well, that old muffler has finally given up the ghost (1998 original factory muffler). So, I got out to survey the damage and so see if it would make it to my mechanic's shop around the corner. That's when I realized there was something missing. Someone had gone under my truck and sawn off the CC along with the Y pipe and snipping the sensor wires. :sad20:

Thank God for rechargeable sawsalls, I guess? When I talked to my mechanic moments later, he told me I was the second call he'd gotten this morning of this nature.

I thought I'd dodged a bullet in that the converters in this model truck had frequent issues requiring replacement but, having made it 17 years without any problems, I thought I was safe. Not the case. It's been a few years since I've been 'hit' so, I guess I was due. The timing really sucks, having missed over two months of work this winter but, I guess there is never a good time to get ripped off. Talk about a :kicknuts:

montoya32 · Feb 25, 2015

Junkies selling the platinum inside. Nice, huh? Try to have something and dome lowlife literally rips it away.

Traveler · Feb 25, 2015

Clearly a case of undocumented shopping. Better call Holder.

outrider58 · Feb 25, 2015

Traveler said:
Clearly a case of undocumented shopping. Better call Holder.

llkoolkeg · Feb 25, 2015

Tweakers will steal anything, nailed down or not. After just getting a brand new HVAC system, my in-laws small church had it all stolen to the tune of thousands of needed dollars for the blasted copper scrap. Mutha-effers!

tailboardtech · Feb 25, 2015

Sad to say but my old man gets at least one in his shop every couple months from the SOB's

ibanez320dx · Feb 25, 2015

When I worked at the dealer, a crew stole the converters off of a fleet of Chevy Express vans from a rental company. Easiest money I ever made. One still had a single converter left because their saw blade snapped off in the pipe.

1time · Feb 25, 2015

These guys are pretty bold. The 2 we've managed to catch had inverters with several battery chargers/batteries waiting to go.

Caeb75 · Feb 25, 2015

Good news is that insurance should cover it under comprehensive.

Gcs7th · Feb 25, 2015

Never any fun, my coworker had his window on an unlocked crv smashed for both air bags. Could be worse, just make it into a race truck. Get an x pipe long tube headers and some flow master 40's :-D

outrider58 · Feb 26, 2015

Caeb75 said:
Good news is that insurance should cover it under comprehensive.

Comprehensive on a 17 year old work van...not.

Half-cocked · Feb 26, 2015

Where do they sell them? Seems like a visit by the SA's office to these places might put a damper on the demand side of this equation.

Devonian · Feb 26, 2015

I had mine cut off of my 4 runner at the park and ride at the end of 70.
Some junkie made $50 and it cost me $500 to fix.

Trbo6gn · Feb 26, 2015

I sold the cats off my Mustang and made $180 from the local scrap yard. It was easy money. Now they require you to have a business license in order to sell them the cats which screws over the people who are legitimate. The theives will simply sell them for less to a middle man.

Caeb75 · Feb 26, 2015

outrider58 said:
Comprehensive on a 17 year old work van...not.

Eh....figured i would bring it up. Most people don't even know comp would cover something like that. Sorry it happened. I do understand, though. There IS a reason I know comp covers it.

pwoolford · Feb 26, 2015

Too bad they didn't catch the broken sawzall blade into their eye socket. I guess then we would all pay their health care costs! :mad54:

Jegs sells replacement cats pretty cheap (< $125) if your muffler shop will use a universal that is.

pwoolford · Feb 26, 2015

1time said:
These guys are pretty bold. The 2 we've managed to catch had inverters with several battery chargers/batteries waiting to go.

Ummm, no sir we are doing exhaust inspections and repairs...yeah thats it.

outrider58 · Feb 26, 2015

Caeb75 said:
Eh....figured i would bring it up. Most people don't even know comp would cover something like that. Sorry it happened. I do understand, though. There IS a reason I know comp covers it.

Nope, I totally appreciate the help. :thumbsup:

pwoolford said:
Too bad they didn't catch the broken sawzall blade into their eye socket. I guess then we would all pay their health care costs!

Jegs sells replacement cats pretty cheap (< $125) if your muffler shop will use a universal that is.

Just think, if we would all paid for their well being, they might stop ripping us off! Uh hu, right.
My mechanic has kept my trucks going for over 37 years. He won't hurt me. He's a good dude.

Bertfish · Feb 26, 2015

Can you make any kind of insurance claim for this?

protegeV · Feb 26, 2015

ibanez320dx said:
When I worked at the dealer, a crew stole the converters off of a fleet of Chevy Express vans from a rental company. Easiest money I ever made. One still had a single converter left because their saw blade snapped off in the pipe.

yep, we've seen that a time or two :sad20:

in fact, we also had a plow truck stolen right off two sundays ago...

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