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07-11-2009, 07:30 PM
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Waaaa IS it?
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I use and talk about, but don't sell Amsoil.
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06 4.7 Tundra replaced a 98 Dakota 3.9.
623,000 miles on original engine and transmission, using Amsoil by-pass filters and lubrication.
+Everybody knows something you don't know.
+Artists prove truth can be in forms you don't understand.
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Retired Pro-Hunter featured in; 'African Hunter', by James R. Mellon III. and listed in; Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game.
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07-11-2009, 08:01 PM
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Looks like the inside of a catalytic converter.
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07-11-2009, 08:07 PM
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from the side view, it looks like a hornets nest of some sort.
but you can tell from the top view that it is too perfectly made for that to be true and the color is too uniform
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07-11-2009, 08:51 PM
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cat converter catalyst material.
mine did this (got the car like that):
then somehow the converter cleared itself out. (don't worry, eco nuts I've got half a dozen extras from scrapped cars)
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07-12-2009, 05:06 AM
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At first, I thought the first picture was it resting on someone's fingertip, but the "fingertip" looks hairy so maybe not...
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07-12-2009, 08:38 AM
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it's the work of intelligent termite-like aliens planning to take over our world!
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07-13-2009, 12:51 AM
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Careful with this stuff. Any dust from a catalytic converter core is very hazardous to health.
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07-13-2009, 01:05 AM
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I don't know if the new cats do this, but I remember back when I was little, my dad and grandad would make lanterns out of that stuff. They would hang a piece up, point a blow torch on it and it would put off a bright white light.
I wouldn't recommend trying it, because like markweatherill said, it wouldn't be very healthy, or safe for that matter.
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07-15-2009, 12:22 AM
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Standing slightly taller than two inches, that is a chunk of the Dakota's Catalytic Converter.
It broke because of the backfiring caused by the burned valve.
Strangely, this is the only photo I have of the truck I lived in for 623,000 miles.
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I use and talk about, but don't sell Amsoil.
Who is shatto?
06 4.7 Tundra replaced a 98 Dakota 3.9.
623,000 miles on original engine and transmission, using Amsoil by-pass filters and lubrication.
+Everybody knows something you don't know.
+Artists prove truth can be in forms you don't understand.
Low-Risk Option Trader
Retired Pro-Hunter featured in; 'African Hunter', by James R. Mellon III. and listed in; Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game.
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