I have a ford contour 4cyl 1996 over 100,000 miles on it. nothing but
> trouble with the check engine light has been diagnosed as having bad
> catalytic converter took it to a muffler shop nothing wrong with the
> converter how do i disconnect the light ford will not help me i live on
> a pension and ford wants $75 per hour to look at it they won't tell me
> how many hours it's going to take i do like the car bought it new it's
> my last car at my age thanks
How did they tell it was not bad? I bet it probably is, if the puter is flagging the code. I'm not sure how to turn off the light. You "might" be able to reset it by unhooking the battery for a few seconds and reconnecting, but not sure on that model. But it will probably trip again. I'd try to find the real problem, so the light doesn't come on. I'm curious why they think it's not the cat, if the puter flagged it as bad. If you don't want to get a cat, I'd just ignore the light, or stick some tape over it...MK