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Old Jun 11th, 2004, 11:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by lewjr
the wife's 1996 sentra gxe 150 k daily driver good all around car just getting to the TLC days of its life . odometer stopped workinng but the spedo still works no biggie I hope but the bottom heat shield on the Cat/converter broke from one side ...the tack welds that is ....So I inspected it and removed it but now it rattles like heck and I am considering replacing it and the whole exaust back ......
I just need some words of advice and experience to tackle thewse issues and some way to tell when a cat is bad ....? they are pricy ...
And why the odometer is dead ... but the speedo works?


thanks in advance

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Lewjr
Well if the cat was bad it could make the car run like crap and/or smell like sulfur. If it is not bad I would just remove the entire heat shield and let it be. Otherwise use the classifieds to buy a used cat for cheap.
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