The '82 failed its emssions test preventing me from even registering the car. It failed every category, except the gas cap test. It has single exhaust and was missing one of the two cats.
For the second attempt, I put methyl alcohol in the tank, reset the timing, and allowed the air pump to push air directly into the exhaust. It passed CO with flying colors, but hydrocarbons were still failing.
I decided to go for the wiaver by spending $150. so I took it to Bill's Tune-up near Lincoln HS, Tacoma. Bill was a great guy who was generous and skilled, but even with an exhaust analyzer and a dyno, he could only get the hydrocarbons close to passing. He filled-out my waiver and I headed back to fail another test. I planned to get inspected for the waiver as soon as I demonstrated an improvement. As I drove, I hoped they would not notice the missing cat.
Right up front, I told the technician that I had a waiver and asked him the procedure. He directed me to pull forward for the test. By this time, I knew the drill. The test they gave me was a fraction of the duration of the other two tests. The shocker was, the car passed! My interpretation is that they didn't want to bother with jumping-through-the-hoops of the waiver procedure and the technicians knew a way to get cars through. Anyway, the '82 has done its last emissions test.
Time to get to work! It will be simple, carbed, and old.
For the second attempt, I put methyl alcohol in the tank, reset the timing, and allowed the air pump to push air directly into the exhaust. It passed CO with flying colors, but hydrocarbons were still failing.
I decided to go for the wiaver by spending $150. so I took it to Bill's Tune-up near Lincoln HS, Tacoma. Bill was a great guy who was generous and skilled, but even with an exhaust analyzer and a dyno, he could only get the hydrocarbons close to passing. He filled-out my waiver and I headed back to fail another test. I planned to get inspected for the waiver as soon as I demonstrated an improvement. As I drove, I hoped they would not notice the missing cat.
Right up front, I told the technician that I had a waiver and asked him the procedure. He directed me to pull forward for the test. By this time, I knew the drill. The test they gave me was a fraction of the duration of the other two tests. The shocker was, the car passed! My interpretation is that they didn't want to bother with jumping-through-the-hoops of the waiver procedure and the technicians knew a way to get cars through. Anyway, the '82 has done its last emissions test.
Time to get to work! It will be simple, carbed, and old.
