I would plug the air holes and remove all the emition parts except the cats or cat for now to clean up the engin bay.They installed the pump to pass strict fed imitions limits when new but no longer needed.Im still a little fuzzy on what you have.Is it a 70 or 88?If it a 70 or 84 and older you need nothing at all not even a cat.If its an 88 you still need at least a cat for now.
money.
all factory BTW.Theres the intial cost of installing it and the later cost of maintaining it when something goes bad.Its always about money.My 84 has 2 cats and leagaly I dont need them because no more imitions for me.But when 1 goes bad Im taking them both off and selling them to the scrap yard.
Move to CT._I know in mass they still do safety inspections_(sucks to be you) still but in CT, no safty inspection unless just bought at a dealer._Thats not to say you cant be pulled over for a safety violation and issued a fix it ticket, but my cars are all safety compliant so I dont worry about that.Vin verification only if bought out of state._No emitions testing after 25 years is a federal law so who is gona inspect for the presance of factory items if your not required to go to an inspection station and there no longer required?_And the reason these items are no longer required is because cars 25 and older are hard to find_(hardly any on the raod any more) and the cost of these items usualy is more than the value of the car, so its not imposed._Is there an emitions police force Ive never herd of that enforces laws that dont exist?_You must be thinking of Cali where you cant remove anything for any year, no mater how old._That is the law in that state and all states are differant._Cat and gas cap is the only thing checked for during a required emitions test._Ive been modifying my cars and trucks for the last 23 years since Ive had a licence, so I am very familiar with the laws._And dont forget as I stated earlier, I lived in mass for more than half my life at this point and was a cirtafied state emitions inspector, so I know the laws there very well as well._Hell Mass now has a new law where you cant drive with your ball mount in your hitch because people cant walk through a parking lot without wacking there knee on it._$250 fine what a joke._And please dont hug a tree and say its the right thing to do next._And your coment about cars today not having air pump is wrong._They have pumps operated by an electric motor which does exactly the same thing but is computer controled._GM is that way anyhow._You seem to be missimformed in every way._So no, its just you thats wrong.
)I was a Mass State Vehicle Inspector also, although I have let it lapse since I stopped working on cars for a living a little more than 10 years ago. The rules haven't changed, they've only gotten more strict.
No, I will. The 4x4 sport and our vehicles are under constant scrutiny by people who don't have a clue. Land closures, lift laws, and our rights to modify our own vehicles (trucks, cars, whatever) is a constant fight. Prius driving hippies are trying to make it so all we can do is get in our trucks and turn the key, no more mods, no more tuning, just driving... on pavement.
I didn't say all cars today, I said "those cars not originally equipped". This was to inform the original poster as to what different types of converters are out there and to make whatever decision based on being informed. I didn't feel it was necessary to get into all the different types of AIR pumps out there.
Ill never claim to be an english major but I can turn a wrench.LOLwho's wrong??
Electric air pumps?? never seen those, and as stated previously by myself, I have TWO trucks that DO NOT have air pumps installed on them, FROM THE FACTORY. NO A.I.R. tubes on the manifolds, just EGR's and Cats.
anyways, i was just havin alittle fun,,, did i get everything (everybody else
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Let me know where to send the aluminum foil so you can reinforce your hat.Here's a good read for you...
http://www.epa.gov/otaq/cert/factshts/catcvrts.pdf
I was not eluding to some "emissions police" just stating a fact. If you were to get pulled over, lets say for too much lift, and a trooper really wanted to bust your cajones he could start looking at your vehicles mechanical systems. If they saw no cat/cats you could get a fine for it. Hypothetical and unlikely, yes, but it could happen.
I was a Mass State Vehicle Inspector also, although I have let it lapse since I stopped working on cars for a living a little more than 10 years ago. The rules haven't changed, they've only gotten more strict.
No, I will. The 4x4 sport and our vehicles are under constant scrutiny by people who don't have a clue. Land closures, lift laws, and our rights to modify our own vehicles (trucks, cars, whatever) is a constant fight. Prius driving hippies are trying to make it so all we can do is get in our trucks and turn the key, no more mods, no more tuning, just driving... on pavement.
I didn't say all cars today, I said "those cars not originally equipped". This was to inform the original poster as to what different types of converters are out there and to make whatever decision based on being informed. I didn't feel it was necessary to get into all the different types of AIR pumps out there.
Any more winners you want to throw at me?
The government is watching you so close your shades.
Move to CT.I know in mass they still do safety inspections(sucks to be you) still but in CT no safty inspection unless just bought at a dealer.Thats not to say you cant be pulled over for a safety violation and issued a fix it ticket but my cars are all safety compliant so I dont worry about that.Vin verification only if bought out of state.No emitions testing after 25 years is a federal law so who is gona inspect for the presance of factory items if your not required to go to an inspection station and there no longer required?And the reason these items are no longer required is because cars 25 and older are hard to find(hardly any on the raod any more) and the cost of these items usualy is more than the value of the car so its not imposed.Is there an emitions police force Ive never herd of that enforces laws that dont exist?You must be thinking of Cali where you cant remove anything for any year no mater how old.That is the law in that state and all states are differant.Cat and gas cap is the only thing checked for during a required emitions test.Ive been modifying my cars and trucks for the last 23 years since Ive had a licence so I am very familiar with the laws.And dont forget as I stated earlier I lived in mass for more than half my life at this point and was a cirtafied state emitions inspector so I know the laws there very well as well.Hell Mass now has a new law where you cant drive with your ball mount in your hitch because people cant walk through a parking lot without wacking there knee on it.$250 fine what a joke.And please dont hug a tree and say its the right thing to do next.And your coment about cars today not having air pump is wrong.They have pumps operated by an electric motor which does exactly the same thing but is computer controled.GM is that way anyhow.You seem to be missimformed in every way.So no its just you thats wrong.
