It's not that bad a job. You're working in some close quarters, but the heat shield is flexible and not too difficult to remove and replace. It took me about an hour to do the job. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Jaeger" <sjaeger@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: [DML] Cat Heat Shield. > > > While I have the car jacked up for my trailing arm bolt replacement, I figure it is time to do a job I have been > avoiding. Replacing the heat shield under the catalytic converter. Previously, I figured I would have to raise the > engine up to replace the shield. But looking at it this weekend, it appears that if I raise the engine, the cat would > raise with it and thus not give me the room I need. Now it looks like, if I remove the muffler and brackets I might be > able to slip the shield in from the end. Am I headed in the right direction? I hope someone could save me some time > on this project. > > Thanks > Steve > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/