Re: 505 Wagon, Catalytic Converter
Steve MARGOLIS (sim1@cornell.edu)
Fri, 10 Oct 1997 13:53:04 -0400
Last winter, I had my catalytic converter replaced at Midas after getting a
price of around $750 USD plus installation for a genuine replacement. The
cost at Midas was $200 USD including installation (and a lifetime
replacement warranty, if I remember right). The car has been running fine
ever since, although there is definitely a hot smell (and I can feel the
heat rising when I open the door) that I don't remember from before.
Actually, I hope that's from the converter, and not from something else. I
wonder if that lifetime warranty refers to my lifetime, the lifetime of the
car, or the lifetime of the catalytic converter.
>The catalytic converter from our 1984 505 Wagon is somewhere on a Toronto
>expressway. A quick call to Bieri Automobile indicated that a replacement
>would be $1186, if available at all!!!
>
>I am seriously thinking about a universal fit catalytic converter. Anyone
>with similar experience? Any other suggestions?
>