In <BA72E275.2467%msutts@earthlink.net>, on 02/14/03
   at 06:14 PM, Matt Sutton <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET> said:

>Well, besides rusty, no idea. From the PO service records I have, it
>hasn't been replaced. The pressure at the tail pipe is pretty weak... Is
>there a simple back pressure test?
> Thanks for your reply, I hadn't thought of the cat. Should've though-
>it'd been having that accelerating-through-cold-molasses feeling that I
>experienced on an old dodge van.
>                                    -Matt

Many muffler shops will do a cat test for nothing. They just drill a small
hole ahead of the cat, and measure the input vs the output. Of course,
with a vanagon exhaust, who knows where they will drill :-) but if you
keep an eye on em, it should be okay to let em test it.

John