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A lot of factors depend on this. I heard the AUTOSAVER88 cats on Amazon are pretty good quality for the money for about $200. You do pay for what you get. My truck (2000 Silverado 5.3 z71 4x4) isn't probably worth even 5k and it's got about 215k on it and I'm pretty sure one of my CATS is failing. No way I'm dropping more than a couple of hundred bucks to fix it.

It's a PITA. Getting off all the bolts and removing the cross member to hold up the transmission is a major pain and getting off all 4 o2 sensors as well. Just quote out the labor from a shop. Probably will take them less than 2 hours. If you don't have their tools and little to no experience a few hours. I have to replace mine and the labor involved isn't worth the time value.

@@buzztruckerpb blaster jack, Jack stands, ramp.

When you have bad CATS your engine can misfire. It's a symptom of bad (or going bad) CATS.

Yeah both states are shit holes

Not that I noticed. It helped with the check engine light for a while but that was it. There wasn’t a significant increase in power or anything like that.

@@chefonzy1What do you mean for a while?

I can’t fully remember but I think when you pull the code it will tell you. Someone correct me if I’m wrong though.

Long term, probably not worth it. The catalytic converters actually had to be replaced (professionally) a few months ago because it continued to throw codes. I’m not sure if it would do that with another truck, but it didn’t solve the problem long term with this one.

@@chefonzy1damn well I was thinking of a high flow catalytic converter from MagnaFlow universal

That might be fine. These were probably just some cheap ones that were bound to fail.

@@chefonzy1 that sucks. Sorry . You waisted all that money

Well I at least learned something, I guess. Good luck with your endeavor!

What a pain! I’m not 100% sure what that would be. My first thought would be some thing sharp in the pulley as well. But since you’ve already checked it, my next thought would be that the belt is too tight in there and the pressure is causing it to fail.

If anyone else has had this happen, leave a comment so we can try to help get this figured out. Thanks!

@@chefonzy1 thank so so much! No one seems to be able to figure it out .. we also checked the crankshaft pulleys to make sure the little pulley pin was there .. but so far still a mistery..

Well hopefully you can get it figured out soon. Good luck!

For me it did for a while. The light would then come off and on. Once I was able to get the light off for a while, it did pass emissions.

Thanks for that information, hopefully that will help someone with their project.

I actually got them on Amazon. I looked recently to see if they had them still but it said they were unavailable.

@@chefonzy1 Thanks

​@@chefonzy1 I live in CA. and having a rough time replacing mine for my 2005 Chevy Colorado 5 cylinder 3.5. Any suggestions? Every place I call says they're discontinued. Dealers can't help me😢

It was just some grease from the engine. Luckily I didn’t hurt my finger.

Sorry for the slow reply, just saw this. If i remember right there are two belts, one for the A/C and then the serpentine.

If you have power steering there's a separate belt for that. So two.

The belt was squealing and when I looked at it, I noticed it had cracks in it and it and appeared to be old So to avoid any issues I changed it out.

If only I could! Where I live, the County requires emission testing and vehicles will fail if they don’t have the cats on them.

You’re welcome. Glad to be able to help.

You’re welcome and good luck!

Awesome! Glad it was helpful

@J Solo my check engine light did come back on a while later. I actually sold the truck a few months back though.

Glad it helped you out. And thanks for the info, hopefully that will help someone else that needs to do this as well.

Do you think this would be available in California?

@@Jimmy213west I can’t recall what the label stated about California, sorry about that.

@@Jimmy213west not shure check out local junkyard hear called pull a part

Dominic Villarreal Im not sure about doing a bypass. My car always had issues with the A/C as well and I could never figure it out. I wish I could offer more suggestions to get it fixed. Sorry about that. Good luck!

Try rotating the round dial several times until it changes from PM to AM.

Forgot to mention before rotating the dial, make sure it’s on the hour part of the clock. Then rotate the dial and it should get you to the desired time. Hope that helps.

Alex K It’s possible, depending on where the dent is. Just be careful when hammering it out because you might actually chip off your paint and then down the road it will start to rust out. Good luck!

Che Fonzy thanks. Appreciate your reply. I have to re-paint the panel anyways so I’m not too worried. Hoping it’ll work.

Alex K If you align it correctly, it should pop right back into place fairly easy. Don’t force it or you risk breaking the clips. Just give it some light taps and you should be golden.

I think I actually misread your message. What is the door arm?

Che Fonzy thanks for your response. Sorry, I might not have been clear. I was referring to the window crank (the piece you rotate to open and close your window).

Oh, gotcha. That metal clip should slide up and then pop right into place if you align all the teeth on the handle correctly with all the teeth on the door.

J4UH0 oh good! Glad it was helpful.

elvis vergara Thank you. I had good results for a while. Just recently I had the check engine light come on again for some reason. I’ll have to get it diagnosed because it would turn on and then go off and this would happen multiple times. Wish I knew the issue because I’ve also replaced the mass airflow sensor along with the catalytic converters.

Abasolo Gto check on Amazon, that might be your cheapest route. Plug in your vehicle info and they should be able to set you up. If I remember right, it cost me around $250 for that whole setup.

Unfortunately I don’t speak your language, but I hope the video helped! Good luck with it all.

Joe Leazott hopefully you’re able to get it running properly. It was suggested in the comments to clean the throttle body as well. Let me know how if you have any success with doing that. Then hopefully we can pass along what you did to help the next person. Good luck!

Che Fonzy I’m gonna change the thermostat and see if that fixes the problem first! I’ll keep you updated

Joe Leazott I think that’s a good place to start. I did that on mine but it didn’t seem to solve my issue. Hopefully it’s an easy fix and works for her car though. Definitely keep me updated. Thanks buddy.

Che Fonzy no problem👍🏻

wajahat ali I’m sure it could’ve used that to be done. I didn’t end up keeping it long after this video. Thanks for the idea on how to make it run better.

Reckless40 You’re welcome. Glad it helped.

California residents can buy catalytic converters from Amazon. To pass smog the cats must be CARB approved ones. Your state referee will give you the list of approved cats.

Darren Lawlor if I remember right, the reason it wasn’t locking is because the locking metal bar came apart from a plastic clip. You might just have to dig into it and it just might be the same scenario when the clip is about to fail, which is an easy fix. Good luck buddy and good question!

Che Fonzy cheers mate, I’ll give a go at getting the window winder handle off tomorrow for a third time 🙄 it definitely feels as though the problem is in the plastic lock button or in the linkages.

Darren Lawlor If you get a chance, let me know how it goes. Then we can possibly help someone else with the same issue. Good luck with it all!

Che Fonzy well, it only took 4 months but I finally got the window winder off 😂 the locking clip is very difficult to reach being buried so deep in the door. The plastic clip was intact, and I could hear the central locking motor when I turned the key in the door, so I believe a plastic gear to be stripped within the actuator 😐 no simple fix for me I’m afraid

Darren Lawlor I guess we can’t get lucky all the time like i did on my fix. Thanks for the update and i hope you’ve been able to get it taken care of.

Sorry bro, crappy technology and doing it by myself. Hope it helped either way.

@@chefonzy1 no problem, it's a great video, sorry to be negative. Still helped a lot, thank you.

I am definitely going to try and do better with the videos I post. I have already bought a video editor that should help with the weird screen that is going on here. Thanks for the comments, anything helps make it so I can improve on the videos I post. Good luck with getting the car fixed!

@@chefonzy1 Thanks man! Turned out it was the OTHER belt that was squeaking. Now I'm waiting for that part to come in.

Seems like that is always how it goes! Well at least you’ll have new belts and won’t have to worry about them, so that’s good.

chronic malady you bet, glad it helped!

@@chefonzy1 it sure did even though i have a different model Alpine. Thanks!

lukelem It wouldn’t work to have it cocked. It’s a snug fit without it being cocked back. I really like the holster though and would buy another one.

jafar alkoot My catalytic converter was making a rattling noise because it had broken apart inside. So unfortunately I had to replace the whole unit, instead of just cleaning it. But thanks for the comment and suggestion.