Beware of Catalytic Converter Thefts

[Torvy]

Everything which I've owned in the last 40 years or so did.

The O2 sensors really don't like it.

I guess I don't consider latches to be locks. Those are mainly just to keep the hood from flying up whole in motion.

 

[Fixastuff]

Yall know opening the hood has nothing to do with stealing a convertor right?

 

[5030]

Maybe they wanted the battery???

 

[PILOON]

Maybe they wanted the battery???

Yep, lead is another recyclable metal, LOL

 

[Jstpssng]

I guess I don't consider latches to be locks. Those are mainly just to keep the hood from flying up whole in motion.

You need to get into the passenger compartment to open the hood, so I consider that locked... assuming you lock your doors. If not, then why would you want a separate lock on the hood?

 

[Torvy]

You need to get into the passenger compartment to open the hood, so I consider that locked... assuming you lock your doors. If not, then why would you want a separate lock on the hood?

It takes a thief mere seconds to get into a car cabin. It's all moot as any lock would just add time. With catch and release, there is no way to stop someone determined to steal.

 

[Torvy]

Yall know opening the hood has nothing to do with stealing a convertor right?

I do now! So, what is the solution?

 

[Jstpssng]

It takes a thief mere seconds to get into a car cabin. It's all moot as any lock would just add time. With catch and release, there is no way to stop someone determined to steal.

At one time Ford offered a locking hood release as an option... similar to what's in vehicles now except that it needed a key to lock/unlock it.

In answer to your most recent question; the easiest solution is to always park in a locked garage. This has been going on for years now, and the invention of the cordless saw makes it easier. Funny, I always thought they would be a great moose poaching tool. I guess that I don't set my sights high enough. (Not that I would poach, but if I did that would be the first thing I bought.)

 

[Torvy]

At one time Ford offered a locking hood release as an option... similar to what's in vehicles now except that it needed a key to lock/unlock it.

In answer to your most recent question; the easiest solution is to always park in a locked garage. This has been going on for years now, and the invention of the cordless saw makes it easier. Funny, I always thought they would be a great moose poaching tool. I guess that I don't set my sights high enough. (Not that I would poach, but if I did that would be the first thing I bought.)

Hahaha..."New from Makita, the Moose Poacher 2000! Didn't get a tag this season, no problem. Need meat out of season, no problem. Bulls, Cows, Calves, who cares? The Moose Poacher 2000 can make all of the disappear. It's like Magi...kita!"

 

[Fixastuff]

I do now! So, what is the solution?

Beat em to it and sell your own cat

 

[Yogi05]

I put aftermarket cats, which have no expensive stuff in them, on the truck I bought.
I'm thinking of putting a sticker on the fenders saying
"Aftermarket Catalytic Converters.
No rare metals inside - no value"

 

[PILOON]

LOL, deflate your tires at night so the perps can't crawl under to remove the Catalytic Converters.

 

[Torvy]

LOL, deflate your tires at night so the perps can't crawl under to remove the Catalytic Converters.

Is that why the kids take a perfectly good truck and put tiny wheels/tires on them?

 

[MossRoad]

Back in the 80’s when I was still 135# I could slide under my 70 Nova and drop the manual transmission out with no jack stands. Now I know modern cars are a bit closer to the ground, but I’m guessing skinny kids can still get under a lot of vehicles, especially SUVs and Crossovers, without any jacks needed.

 

[Yogi05]

Is that why the kids take a perfectly good truck and put tiny wheels/tires on them?

No. That's clearly a parenting issue

 

[MossRoad]

Back in the 80’s when I was still 135# I could slide under my 70 Nova and drop the manual transmission out with no jack stands. Now I know modern cars are a bit closer to the ground, but I’m guessing skinny kids can still get under a lot of vehicles, especially SUVs and Crossovers, without any jacks needed.

Got curious and found this link for dimensions of Nova’s of many years. 1970 had rocker panel clearance of 7.6” at the front and 8.4” at the rear. Frame to ground was even less. Man, I was skinny.

NovaResource - Nova Dimensions

www.novaresource.org

 

[lman]

Got curious and found this link for dimensions of Nova’s of many years. 1970 had rocker panel clearance of 7.6” at the front and 8.4” at the rear. Frame to ground was even less. Man, I was skinny.

NovaResource - Nova Dimensions

www.novaresource.org

Man, that must have been a skinny transmission to pull it out after you dropped it.

 

[Gator6x4]

So that pretty much means that scrap metal dealers can't accept them anymore? Auto wreckers would stockpile them until their vendor came around to collect them, that should take the tweaker element out of the market.
What would be far more effective would be to have the criminal friendly DA's personally liable for all repairs when one of their clients is out on his 17th PR bond for cutting cats.

Is the Criminal Justice problem a DA problem or a COVID-19 problem?

Courts across the US have back logs of people awaiting trial numbering in the thousands. Detention facilities are also not large enough and available to hold the criminal element of society of today either While awaiting trial.

It is going to cost tax payers billions to enlarge the US Justice System to insure a quick and speedy trial to provide deterrence to criminal behavior in order to accommodate the large number of individuals choosing criminal behavior as a career path today instead of gainful employment

 

[MossRoad]

Man, that must have been a skinny transmission to pull it out after you dropped it.

It was just a 3 speed. As I recall (it’s been 40+ years) I’d disconnect the drive shaft, remove the cross member, remove the bolts holding the transmission to the bell housing, then drop it onto my chest, then roll it off to my side, then drag it out.

 

[Fixastuff]

It was just a 3 speed. As I recall (it’s been 40+ years) I’d disconnect the drive shaft, remove the cross member, remove the bolts holding the transmission to the bell housing, then drop it onto my chest, then roll it off to my side, then drag it out.

No car transmission that I've seen less <7.5" tall. You must have jacked it up.