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How to Install 1988 Dodge Daytona Catalytic Converters

The catalytic converter is an emissions device that prevents unburned fuel in the exhaust from escaping the vehicle and entering the atmosphere. Catalytic converters first hit the market in the early-1970s, but the U.S. Government made them mandatory on all cars starting in 1976. When a catalytic converter goes bad, it is not only bad for the environment, but it can also lead to you vehicle running very poorly. Fortunately, it is relatively easy to replace the catalytic converter on the 1988 Dodge Daytona.

Instructions

1

Raise the front of the Daytona, using the floor jack. Support the vehicle by placing the jack stands beneath it, perably under the sub-frame or another secure part of the vehicle. Slowly lower the Daytona until its weight is held only by the jack stands.

2

Crawl beneath the Daytona until you reach the exhaust system. Locate the heat shield, the metal cover over the exhaust, near the underside of the front seats. Loosen and remove the four bolts holding the heat shield in place, using the ratchet and socket. Pull the heat shield from the underside of the vehicle, exposing the catalytic converter beneath it.

3

Trace the catalytic converter toward the front of the vehicle until you locate the flange where it bolts to the front exhaust pipe. Loosen and remove the two nuts holding the catalytic converter to the front pipe, using a ratchet and socket. Pull the converter towards the rear of the vehicle, until it is clear of the studs on the front pipe, and pull the front of the converter down.

4

Trace the converter toward the rear of the exhaust until you locate where it is clamped to the rear exhaust pipe. The clamp is a basic U-shaped clamp. Loosen and remove the nuts at the bottom of the exhaust clamp, using a ratchet and a socket, and pull the clamp off. Pull the catalytic converter toward the front of the vehicle until it is free from the pipe. A light tapping on the pipe with the rubber mallet may help the removal.

5

Trace the catalytic converter until you locate the rubber hanger on the passenger side of the converter. While holding the converter, pull the rubber hanger from the converter. Once removed, lower the catalytic converter to the ground.

6

Place the new converter under the vehicle and place the rubber hanger on the passenger side of the converter, just as it was on the old catalytic converter.

7

Place the exhaust flange gasket on the end of the front pipe of the catalytic converter. Push the converter into the front exhaust pipe and hand-tighten the nuts on the studs.

8

Insert the rear pipe on the catalytic converter into the rear exhaust pipe, place the new exhaust clamp over the rear exhaust pipe and hand-tighten the nuts.

9

Tighten the front pipe nuts with a ratchet and socket, until the flange gasket is slightly crushed between the catalytic converter pipe and the exhaust pipe.

10

Tighten the exhaust clamps nuts until the rear catalytic converter pipe and the rear exhaust pipe are held together.

11

Place the heat shield back in place and tighten the bolts, using the ratchet and socket.