Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2006-01-01 Thread redghost
Maybe I need to snag a cheap harbor freight battery power sawzall and go to town at the pick and pull. Then again, it may not be cost effective On Friday, December 30, 2005, at 03:29 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: Well I cant explain that but used cats are valuable for the metal inside, think

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2006-01-01 Thread Mitch Haley
redghost wrote: Maybe I need to snag a cheap harbor freight battery power sawzall and go to town at the pick and pull. Then again, it may not be cost effective I've been told that there are STEEP fines for selling used catcons to the public. I found a 40k wreck at a salvage yard, wanted to

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-31 Thread Karl Wittnebel
Perhaps the OEM ones have some resale? Or they have differing amounts of platinum catalyst in them. My guess. Karl Wittnebel Washington DC (currently in the Black Hills, tho) 85 300td 135Kmi Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While on the subject, I am curious what it was

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-31 Thread LT Don
D'oh. I thought Hans was talking about REAL cats, as in, here, kitty kitty kitty. No wonder the mental imagery was so confusing to me! By-product of having two cats (the meow variety) I guess. Don On 12/30/05, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would make sense. Do they recycle

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-31 Thread Hans Neureiter
Sorry LT. Didn't mean to put you through this. On 12/30/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D'oh. I thought Hans was talking about REAL cats, as in, here, kitty kitty kitty. No wonder the mental imagery was so confusing to me! By-product of having two cats (the meow variety) I guess.

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-31 Thread OK Don
So, Lt., are your cats named Platinumn and Rhodium? On 12/31/05, Hans Neureiter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry LT. Didn't mean to put you through this. On 12/30/05, LT Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D'oh. I thought Hans was talking about REAL cats, as in, here, kitty kitty kitty. No

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-31 Thread LT Don
Jasper and Muffin -- but I had nothing to do with naming them. My cat was named Slug, he he has passed on to kitty heaven. He was named Slug because he accelerated at about the same pace as my 240D. On 12/31/05, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, Lt., are your cats named Platinumn and

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Mitch Haley
Hans Neureiter wrote: There they all were, gathered around a pile of cats. One guy was handed one piece at a time, looked it over, called OEM or Generic and tossed it in one of two bins. I wonder if the core buyer was paying lots more for OEM cats? Maybe the factory cats had more platinum in

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Hans Neureiter
That would make sense. Do they recycle the catlyst (extract Platinumn and Rhodium) or charge for disposal? -- Hans Neureiter, Houston, TX '82 300SD, '95 E300D On 12/30/05, Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if the core buyer was paying lots more for OEM cats? Maybe the factory cats

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Tom Hargrave
This may provide some insight. One of my database clients refurbishes catalytic converters for a living. What they really do is receive scrap exhaust, cut out the cats and inspect / test them. Those that pass the OEM test are painted, badge as refurbished and sold. Here's why they sort them.

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Hans Neureiter
Whow, I didn'r realize the price of that stuff. Platinum $ 1,000/oz Rhodium $ 3,000/oz On 12/30/05, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may provide some insight. One of my database clients refurbishes catalytic converters for a living. What they really do is receive scrap exhaust,

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Dave Wakin
Anyone know what a used OEM cat for a 420/560 is worth? I have one from a parts car that also has a new o2 sensor in it. Been sitting in the barn a few years, and I don't have a gasser 126 anymore. This talk of them being worth something reminded me I had it. Dave W Depending on what's

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Tom Hargrave
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.) Whow, I didn'r realize the price of that stuff. Platinum $ 1,000/oz Rhodium $ 3,000/oz On 12/30/05, Tom Hargrave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may provide some insight. One of my database clients refurbishes catalytic converters

Re: [MBZ] Cats (was the enterprise looses.....)

2005-12-30 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Well I cant explain that but used cats are valuable for the metal inside, think its platinum?? Not sure. Had a dude offer me $40 each for any used ones I had. Hans Neureiter wrote: While on the subject, I am curious what it was that I witnessed. Several months ago I went to a bone yard