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48 thoughts on “Nissan altima catalytic converter – replacement”
  1. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeffery Bye says:

    Ahole looking for a freebie freakn con artist..cant make this sh.t up..lol

  2. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Ozzy Krahn says:

    poor air?, so breathing the smog filled air is better?

  3. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars All Slimed up says:

    Love your videos. Your family are good sports, including your pets.

  4. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Alan Todd says:

    Since Moby Dick was a Sardine!!! Lmfao

  5. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars David Gharat says:

    Awesome video….the narration is very interesting

  6. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jason Fromm says:

    Where are u located buddy

  7. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Michael Berry says:

    "Had this since Moby Dick was a sardine." Does Rodney Dangerfield write this stuff for you? ( – :

  8. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Johnny Sechrist says:

    I stopped using a torch under the interior after it cost me some carpet and a front seat.

  9. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Automotivated says:

    Wow that’s the first time I heard a complaint of FREE AIR!..: Yeah I can do something about it… Send that air nozzle where the sun don’t shine! Sorry for the vulgarity, but come on people. As a small business owner myself I know how people can look at you and say to themselves… “I bet that guy has money… I think I’ll try to sue him!” It’s like welfare to some people!

  10. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Nichol Moore says:

    Exactly what I need done! Same car. I am having an issue of no acceleration and when it does she is very sluggish! Almost to the point of wont go. Hope it's just the one converter. Isnt there 2? How did you know which one it was?

  11. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars awlabord says:

    how much should a new converter cost these days? 9/30/21 thanks

  12. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Chris yaritz says:

    Great video….
    Curious….with all the cheap CATs out there…..are there brands you recommend that work decent, and don't reset the dreaded P0420.
    Seems to be there's an awful lot of them out there on the market that are made in Canada.

  13. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars dan Gatto says:

    Bad air- do you use California air?

  14. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Todd Miller says:

    "Because all three tires leaked profusely"

    Uh huh….

    Should have told the guy to lay off the fix a flat and try actually replacing tires instead. That stuff is notorious for eating alloy rims if left in there for an extended time. All of that stuff is just meant to get you to the shop to replace the tire, but people consider it liquid tire in a can and just carry on like everything is fine.

    I run a residential remodeling business and one time after taking a number 2 at the client's house the toilet clogged up. I'm not unaccustomed to this happening and am quite good with a toilet plunger, but for some reason I could not clear this clog. Now after 2-3 days I knew whatever I put in there had dissolved at this point so I was a bit perplexed. Then I remembered that when I was clearing out the bathroom for the remodel there was a pack of wet wipes that was sitting on the back of the toilet and there wasn't any in the waste basket.

    LIGHT BULB MOMENT

    So then I compiled some information and a few video links and showed the client that in fact she was the reason her plumbing was clogged. Obviously she was unhappy that she now had to call and pay a plumber to come snake her pipes, but later apologized when in fact it turned out I was right. So yeah you gotta watch people man, if you even touch their stuff (or in your case they touched yours) and something goes sideways, they will ALWAYS be quick to blame you.

  15. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Tjia Cab says:

    Torch them nuts off, of the cat converter thieves that is.
    Thanks for your videos.

  16. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Frankish says:

    Wait I'm confused.. Why did you need a CARB compliant cat in NY?

  17. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Scott Huntsman says:

    Air omg that's funny like was that air for winter or summer

  18. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars notrut says:

    Y'What? A Cal-Cat in NY State? $25,000 Fine?
    Those Democrats have stuffed you … just like Labour stuffed us in the UK

  19. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mike White says:

    guy for the free air sounds like a gold digger….lol

  20. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Floyd ervin says:

    Eric o
    U know the air out of ur hose made cracks in tire. Hehaha. Too funny.

  21. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars pullimgsm says:

    I bet the guy at the body shop that told the customer it was bad air is still laughing !!

  22. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregory Thomas says:

    Every time you say "torch the nuts off" I cringe!

  23. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Gregory Thomas says:

    I just hate how so many people try to take advantage of someone doing something nice for another person.

  24. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Mentology Health Awareness says:

    “Cut the nuts off?” Ouch. 😂

  25. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Timothy Barrett says:

    Must be that New York air I love your show great stuff.

  26. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars wes c says:

    I can't believe you didn't help that guy with his rim rot. It was all caused by giving him air that was industrially agitated so that the electrons didn't know which direction to orbit the protons!

  27. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars LeewardStudios says:

    If they do the same job but cost less that automatically makes them better in my book.

  28. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bob Edwards says:

    Anothergreat video. Thanks.

  29. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars zr1sparky1 says:

    The problem with the air is that it's free If you start charging like everyone else nobody will complain anymore

  30. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Stephen Sturges says:

    How much did this job cost?

  31. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Paublus Americanus AMERICANUS says:

    We had a saying at work that fits your air situation perfectly. No good deed goes unpunished. I had this happen to me with a niegbor crazy woman. I was trying to keep her young children from drowning in the river and for 5 years she attacked me at any and all opportunities. She thought I was hot for her till my wife finally told her she was not my type and my wife commiserated with her over the poisoning of her puppy. Antifreeze I think from her property.

  32. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars george tissot says:

    Eric, just when you think that you have seen and heard everything, some idiot will come along and blow your mind. Either he's dumb as a rock or a STUPID CROOK.

  33. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jefster says:

    Do you know the difference between a parts hanger and a Mechanic? If ya don't your a parts hanger……Rally on Mechanic

  34. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars thomas wray says:

    been in the auto repair industry for 45 years now….thought i herd it all….died laughing at the "dirty air" guy….i swear people are always looking for a free ride

  35. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars NOpainNOgainJUSTdoIT says:

    sounds like a grift to me

  36. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Scott Reynolds says:

    What are gonna do about your bunk air man? "Nothing" what a dipshit people are these days. Its the "pointing finger" generation. Everything and anything wrong is Everyone else's fault. SMH

  37. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Persaud Anthony says:

    What size bolts are those you bolted on the resonator?

  38. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Kwok Fai Ng says:

    Torqued to spec… with the impact… Lol

  39. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars rem group says:

    I have a p0420 code so i have to replace the converter. Although the only videos i find is changing the exhaust manifold.. is this the same thing because your video your replacing the downpipe.

  40. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars W.S. Soap Company says:

    Gawd! On quiet nights up there, can you stand outside and hear the cars rusting?

  41. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars John Baker says:

    i’m just saying…if your rims corrode from 3 gallons of air, how thin of a metal could you possibly have on your vehicle lol if chloride can last a decade soaking a rim and some free air ruined yours i think you may have bigger problems lol

  42. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Pete Nebber says:

    I think you need a full-time employee just to sweep up rust from the shop floor.

  43. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Bill Groel says:

    That ass hole messed with your head. Thank you for sharing stay safe

  44. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Yellow Jacket says:

    Eric Did You happen to let the guy know you were using 30 weight air and the 10 weight air would be ready to use in a few months We always have to change the air when you hit the air change intervals

  45. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Panther Platform says:

    Just replaced all the stabilizer bar links, rear shocks and the torque strut mount on a 2008 Altima. A cut off wheel sure makes quick work of those rusted on nuts by splitting them in half and knocking them off. Way faster than trying to unscrew them…

  46. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars BIG TD says:

    PEOPLE are crazy

  47. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars Jeff Tidaback says:

    Since Moby Dick was a sardine!!!

  48. Avataaar/Circle Created with python_avatars bender42 says:

    why would he need air if his rims were fine before

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