Welcome to the club.It's a 97 Tacoma. Looks like it had one before and after.
Welcome to the club.
Our cat was stolen from our '98 4Runner. We clamped straight pipe in and it ran just fine. We had a constant "check engine" light because of the O2 sensor issue, but it did not affect the operation of the vehicle itself. Ran it for something like 2 more years (and would have been longer had it not been totaled in a collision).
Here's the thread I posted about it. Scroll down a bit and you can see the pics of the straight pipe we clamped in. No need to weld.Thanks ! That the answer I was looking for .
Thieves were dong this by me and from what I understand, there is some kind of precious metal in certain ones that have a high scrap value now. So, they do not have to bring the entire unit to the scrap yard, they just need to remove what they were after and sell it.
Catalytic Converters | Scrap
but I did find 87 cents that must have fell out of his pocket while he was under there. Always a bright side.
They caught guys out in our work parking lot during the day trying to steal one. Hooked up some kind of device and tear the thing right off the friggin vehicle. Appears the same group has been responsible for a number of cat thefts in Porter/Lake counties. Lock em up and throw away the key.
If you think that's a bright side after what just happened, you are a better man than me! I'd still be pissed off!
Wonder if the proper placement of superglued fishing hooks would be an appropriate detriment to this sort of underbelly activity?