The *******s got the catalytic converter off my 2009 Ford E350 Super Duty! Is anyone making a pipe with flanges to replace a converter that just bolts on? Or even a flexible steel pipe so I can replace the cutout section? No sense in replacing it since they will just steal it again. Thanks.

 

Not sure if you are in an emissions-testing area, but you probably will have to weld in a new catalyst. Thieves stole the one from my truck before I bought it while it was in a storage lot in FL - no inspection in FL (where I bought the truck), so the guy had a straight piece of pipe welded in. HOWEVER, he tried to drop the Y-pipe to effect repairs and snapped studs on the back of the manifolds (one replaced by drilling through putting a nut on the backside), and again to fix those, he attempted to remove the manifolds and snapped of a couple of those bolts in the heads. Leak city! All fixed now!

I, on the other hand, was required to replace the catalyst because I DO live in a testing area, and they visually check for the presence of the catalytic converter, so I had to cut out his 'repair' and weld in a new catalyst. To discourage thieves, bolt a steel plate under the cat.... I had something bent up out of hardened steel plate that bolts to the frame like a skid plate... Anything that can deter the thieves so they pick on somebody else/ easier target.

 

You could probably get a section of pipe pretty cheap from a muffler shop. Harbor Freight has pipe expanders for cheap. A little welding and/or clamping and a little creativity and you're in business!