• pezhore@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    There’s a question that has always bothered me. Wtf do you do now that you have an obviously stolen, used catalytic converter? Find an unscrupulous junk yard? Take it to a pawn shop?

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      9 months ago

      They’re sold for scrap. Just gotta go to a scrapyard and say “There was something wrong with mine, I replaced it, here’s the old one I’m selling for scrap.”

      That or extract the previous metals yourself and sell them directly.

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        9 months ago

        Many states now have laws that prevent scrap dealers from buying a catalytic converter without paperwork identifying the vehicle it came from.

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    9 months ago

    I actually need to replace the catalytic converter on one of my cars, I wonder if they’ll think I stole it when I get rid of it