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boho
PostPosted: Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:22 pm 
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So the platinum inside my catalytic converter is shot and now it just rattles around as i drive - PITA. :evil:

How are the catalytic converters made? Could i unscrew it, open it up, get the crap out then seal it up again and Bob's your uncle?

If i can't open it, can i get the crap out some other way?

Cheers in advance! een.
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or take it out and chuck it and put some straight through pipe in instead.

You can take them apart and take out the honeycomb or buy a new refill
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You shove a length of heavy angle iron up it, HARD.
Repeat as needed until the bits stop falling out... :lol:
So the post on www.minimania.com said...

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naughty naughty :twisted:

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BIAM wrote:
or take it out and chuck it and put some straight through pipe in instead.


I thought i'd heard that was illegal for rego. or something? :?

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You shove a length of heavy angle iron up it, HARD.
Repeat as needed until the bits stop falling out...
So the post on www.minimania.com said...


Thanx, Doc. Thought that was an option but wasn't sure. :)

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naughty naughty :twisted:


Doc's comment or my question?
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BohoMini wrote:
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or take it out and chuck it and put some straight through pipe in instead.


I thought i'd heard that was illegal for rego. or something? :?


It is for any car that was complied in Australia with them. If the car wasnt it isnt.
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Blokeinamoke wrote:
BohoMini wrote:
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or take it out and chuck it and put some straight through pipe in instead.


I thought i'd heard that was illegal for rego. or something? :?


It is for any car that was complied in Australia with them. If the car wasnt it isnt.


The BOC was complied on import, therefore...
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The BOC was complied on import, therefore...


therefore you don't tell anyone that you've done it...

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Every time someone destroys a catalytic convertor, a baby harp seal dies from carbon monoxide poisoning.

How could you harm this?
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Mick wrote:
every time someone does that, a baby harp seal gets dies from carbon monoxide poisoning.

You wouldn't want to harm this would you?
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Surely you jest....
I've seen footage of baby harp seals getting clubbed to death annually, but not seen them die from pollution in such numbers... :lol:

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Oh, maybe it's a hump back then.

Here's one, note how it's gone blue all over from lack of oxygen:
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Good thing your Mum was there to protect it then :D
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Mum wears combat boots.

ha ha, I like the broken seal photo, I may use that.

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benoz wrote:
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The BOC was complied on import, therefore...


therefore you don't tell anyone that you've done it...


Except to everyone reading Ausmini.... :lol:

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