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granorpio
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1998 Silver Facelift Cosworth
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Spurious CATS
« on: May 9th, 2005, 11:47pm » |
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Would you Adam & Eve it, 5 months into Scorpio ownership my n/s CAT decided to croak and die  discovering that they had a life expectancy of approx. 6years I decided to change them both and this is where the fun began 
Original spec Ford CATS are mounted onto the manifold by a series of studs both mounted on the manifold AND on the CATs themselves.
Aftermarket ones DO NOT and no fixing kit appeared to be on offer either I managed to obtain after some effort some standard exhaust bolts which were able to be used along with geniune gaskets and manifold studs and nuts, 2 clamps were also needed in order to connect them to the flexy pipes as the original clamps are welded on and required cutting off.
Parts list complete I then gave the car to my local garage (trusted) where the whole process took nearly 5 hours to complete due to as expected siezed nuts and broken studs.
A job not for the faint hearted and certainly not a cheap one either - Ouch my wallet!!!! 
OddJob
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So nearly said "goodbye" but now Scorpio will see another day, alongside the replacement! eek!
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SaveTheNight
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Re: Spurious CATS
« Reply #1 on: May 10th, 2005, 7:03am » |
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Hi OddJob and sorry to hear your problem mate .. you didn't need too look too far though as we have cats ..fitting kits .. lambdas etc .. in fact anything Scorpio exhaust related on our dealer pages here on the site :
http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/traders.htm
and what we don't have we cam make for you .. cats are either genuine or pattern and some are on special offer .... sorry again though and glad to at least got resolved .. as you say ..it's not the best job in the world to do .. it can go easy but usually a pain ..... regards ..... STN
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