soulpatchfr
goat herder
oh yeah.. seems to me that FTF has the simplest fix for the fuel fill prob - swap to the diesel fill neck sounds easy enough?
um... what about 'The Moose Caboose' ?The frame and rear axle are destined to become another trailer. Can you say Stang Tale?
I'm not so sure on that one...I've never lived outside of CA, so I don't know how in-depth these vehicle inspections you guys have to go through are. But, at least the last time I checked, passenger vehicles in CA only get checked for emissions on a regular basis. They make sure you have all the factory-equipped smog equipment and make sure you pass the sniffer test, and that's it. Since diesels are (at least at the moment, but it's likely to change soon ) exempt from smog-testing, they don't even look at them at all. I had to take the Benz to a DMV when I first brought it here from Texas in '02, just so they could make sure that the vehicle was what the VIN said it was, but other than that, neither of my vehicles have ever seen any sort of official inspection.Agnem said:As Joe, Nick and others who have read the DMV web site know, PA seems to be somewhere between Arnifornia, and Bamy in it's draconian vehicle laws.
tim-The Warden said:I'm not so sure on that one...I've never lived outside of CA, so I don't know how in-depth these vehicle inspections you guys have to go through are. But, at least the last time I checked, passenger vehicles in CA only get checked for emissions on a regular basis. They make sure you have all the factory-equipped smog equipment and make sure you pass the sniffer test, and that's it. Since diesels are (at least at the moment, but it's likely to change soon ) exempt from smog-testing, they don't even look at them at all. I had to take the Benz to a DMV when I first brought it here from Texas in '02, just so they could make sure that the vehicle was what the VIN said it was, but other than that, neither of my vehicles have ever seen any sort of official inspection.
How deeply do your guys' state vehicle inspections go?
Really...if that's the case, someone at the DMV lied to me. About a year ago, I was toying with the idea of dropping an OM616 (for those who don't follow the M-B board, that's a 2.4l 4-banger diesel out of a 240D) into an '83 Toyota pickup that had a 22R that had died. I called a number on the DMV website and got a hold of a representative and asked about the legality of this. He told me that all I needed to do was, after the swap, go to a DMV station to get the vehicle inspected to verify that it did in fact have a diesel installed, and they would then change the title accordingly and I would be home-free. I even asked if the new engine not being a factory option would affect this, and he said no. That project never got off the ground for other reasons (specifically, the reality of the costs and time involved hit; too bad, though; it would have been a fun lil' runabout), but if the guy was BS'ing me, I guess it's all the better that nothing materialized out of it, eh?towcat said:mel went from gasser to diesel.....in Kali, that is a flat out nono. That is why I am playing with a diesel blazer. for a 6.5td conversion.
Are they going to exempt older engines like they did with pre-'74 g@$$ers, or are they going to start sniffing my '84? OTOH, if I have anything to say about it, I'll be long-gone by October '07 (when my truck's registration comes due)...btw...rumour has it in '07 all diesels will start gettting tested