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English Bulldog 06-02-2011 01:26 PM
Value of Catalytic Converter
 
I imported a gray market MB a while back, and I had to pass California emissions. So a cataytic converter was welded on.

After I passed, I had a mechanic take it off and remember him wanting it and I said I wanted it because I thought it was valuable.

So cleaning out my garage, I found it, unused. Anybody know if these are valuable and what they go for. ????

The car was a like a 1984-87 380SEL sedan. Foreign model.

TX76513 06-02-2011 01:37 PM
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lorainfurniture 06-02-2011 02:01 PM
I scrapped an old converter and pre cats for a 87 300e and got $75 bucks

English Bulldog 06-02-2011 02:08 PM
Mine is unused. I think it is worth more to put on a gray market car than scrap.

yeah i look at some websites. Selling some, but says not legal in California. Mine is a Californian.

Thank you.

Jeremy5848 06-02-2011 02:09 PM
Caution is advised. The auto dismantlers here are forbidden by law to sell catalytic converters and I don't know if the law is nation-wide or California only and if it applies to individuals also. You don't want to accidentally walk into some sheriff's sting operation and have the local DA decide to make an example out of you. Given the value of the precious metals in the cat, there has to be someone in your area who will take the thing off of your hands, just be careful who you talk to about it.

At the moment there is a wave of catalytic converter theft here in northern California. Thieves saw them off of cars and trucks right on the street; apparently they have found someone who will not ask questions when they bring in the goods. The thieves especially like Toyota pickups because it's easy to crawl under them, being high off of the road, and the cat is easy to get to.

Jeremy

75Sv1 06-02-2011 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848 (Post 2728118)
Caution is advised. The auto dismantlers here are forbidden by law to sell catalytic converters and I don't know if the law is nation-wide or California only and if it applies to individuals also. You don't want to accidentally walk into some sheriff's sting operation and have the local DA decide to make an example out of you. Given the value of the precious metals in the cat, there has to be someone in your area who will take the thing off of your hands, just be careful who you talk to about it.

At the moment there is a wave of catalytic converter theft here in northern California. Thieves saw them off of cars and trucks right on the street; apparently they have found someone who will not ask questions when they bring in the goods. The thieves especially like Toyota pickups because it's easy to crawl under them, being high off of the road, and the cat is easy to get to.

Jeremy
I think Toyotas also have a higher content of platinum, so they are more valuable. A few years back, I heard of two that were sawn off in the companies parking lot.
Tom

Zacharias 06-02-2011 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848 (Post 2728118)
Caution is advised. The auto dismantlers here are forbidden by law to sell catalytic converters and I don't know if the law is nation-wide or California only and if it applies to individuals also.
It is my understanding that it is against federal law in both the U.S. and Canada to sell used emissions control devices for vehicles.

EDIT: to sell for reinstall into another vehicle

Doesn't mean it doesn't happen....

whunter 06-02-2011 06:53 PM
FYI
 
Diesel engines do NOT use catalytic converters.

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http://papers.sae.org/850015/

http://subscriptions.sae.org/content/910137/

http://papers.sae.org/910137/

amosfella 06-02-2011 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Zacharias (Post 2728224)
It is my understanding that it is against federal law in both the U.S. and Canada to sell used emissions control devices for vehicles.

Doesn't mean it doesn't happen....
It's illegal to sell them for reuse, but not for recycling in alberta...

Skippy 06-02-2011 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by amosfella (Post 2728317)
It's illegal to sell them for reuse, but not for recycling in alberta...
Same here. When I worked at a junkyard, I recall hearing a manager say we got about $100 per cat on average. We sold them to some outfit that extracted the precious metals.

amosfella 06-02-2011 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Skippy (Post 2728389)
Same here. When I worked at a junkyard, I recall hearing a manager say we got about $100 per cat on average. We sold them to some outfit that extracted the precious metals.
I've done some extracting on a hobby level...

gozapper 06-04-2011 11:18 PM
I've done some extracting on a hobby level...

How hard is that to do?

amosfella 06-05-2011 12:08 AM
depends of what you call hard....

scottmcphee 06-05-2011 11:05 AM
So there you have it... these things are worth about $10/lb in a world of $1500/oz gold prices.

My muffler guy would not hollow out the "catoxidizer" (or whatever you want to call it) leaving it in place, but he would remove it completely. Says doesn't want his guys breathing the particles resulting from debris of reaming the unit.

The price of the 20 min job of replacing it with a section of straight pipe was $35. Which barely seemed to cover costs, so I know he is piling these things up to help pay. But I'm glad he's passing the savings on to the car owner.

sjh 06-05-2011 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy5848 (Post 2728118)
Caution is advised. ...

At the moment there is a wave of catalytic converter theft here in northern California. ....

Jeremy
Where in the Bay area?


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