Hey everyone, just wanted to tell everyone how i got rid of my cat-crap

after unhooking the rear section of the exhaust, took a long drillbit and put a bunch of holes in the ceramic material in the CAT, then took the biggest Hole-saw that fit in the opening, put the drill on hammer mode, and let it rip.

I kept the engine running so that everything would keep flying out as it was broken off.

after the hole-saw went trough, I took a breaker bar and broke everything up in there.

Then a quick Italian tune up while the muffler is still unplugged to get rid of all the chunks in the exhaust.

Hook everything back up and done.

Turbo spools so much faster now and im loving it.


Tools used:




Chunks that came out:
These are the ones i found, rest flew all over the parking lot after blowing them out.








Testing it and blowing the rest of the chunks out:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSYX1seVkc

Nicely done!

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

... that comb is worth $$ to recyclers...

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

Does the diesel cat have precious metals in it? I thought it didn't....

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

This one i destroyed was ceramic core coated with palladium(currently at $815 per OZ) the cheap stuff comparing to Rhodium and Platinum, but there is some other metal wool that was in there that i cant figure out what it is, its not very malliable like the plattinum group, so i think its just steel... anyone have an idea how to test that?

if you scrap it, take it in, they have a thing there called a mini-sort (X-ray or Laser gun) Tells what the metal is.

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

The mini-sort is a $25k gun that any recycler worth his metal will have. It uses a nuclear source and when it is held up against a sample and the trigger is pulled it will tell you all of the components that make up the sample.

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Jim

So is it worth the trip? Knowing I don't know what is in mine do I want to make the effort?

Anybody know the Potential value range?

Thanks

I've heard of people buying cat's from the local junker for hundreds of dollars. Someone bought 2 or 4 of them off a Cadillac for $500. Just the Cats!

Not sure what ours are made of. I would at least check it out and report back to us . I tossed mine out not knowing better

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1987 300TD 147,000 miles- Palomino leather interior, 1995 facelift and body cladding, E350 wheels, Rebuilt suspension and sport springs, rebuilt turbo, New Monarch injection pump and injectors....and the list goes on and on...

I went to a metal recycler here in San Antonio they didn't have a mini-sort and they told me that they only buy full cat converters $5-$50. so i decided not to bother with it.

Glad you removed it, I have been telling 603 people to do this for YEARS.

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

try a scrap iron place dont give up.

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hum.....
1987 300TD 311,000M Stolen. Presumed destroyed

i scrap cars and cut all cats off to sell to a cat guy .he pays from 10 $ for aftermarket cats to 600$ for a bmw 700 series cat, mercedes gas car cats are 250$ to 500$.toyota and small foreign cats are 90$.american cars are 75 to95$.lots df people are buying and most dont pay high prices,ill see him this friday and ask about diesel benz cats.