Originally posted by Terry Haines:
Still can't scrape the mat of the walls of the can,its silica and will plug the main cat if you leave enough behind,I've gutted em too .
Two words, "long screwdriver". With a hammer drill it all basically turns into "cat soup" anyway and flies into the air unless you have a shop vac taped to the end of the manifold while drilling. A helpful hint if anyone tries this, use a resperator (SP?) to be able to live and tell about it.