A rant

[chim]

................. wrap a thin rag around the end and spray the rag with WD40 and push and remove a dozen times...............................

Sounds more like something you'd use KY Jelly for.

 

[lynnmor]

All my vehicles are now exempt from emissions testing. (over 25 years old)

Over 4 years old they start wacking you for the $20.00 cash grab.

I understand that you need an antique plate to be exempt.

From the PA website:

Vehicle Type Exemptions

• Motorcycles
• Motor homes
• Vehicles over 8,500 lbs gross weight
• Most diesel vehicles
• Farm vehicles
• Electric vehicles
• Classic/Antique vehicles (25+ years with special plates)

 

[D2Cat]

When I was a “budding mechanic” we had emissions testing here.

Man, “some people” made a lot of extra cash by passing people that failed (for an extra 20 that is )

The inspection consisted of hooking the “computer” up to the #1 plug wire, then stuffing the “sniffer” up the tailpipe and raising the rpm to 2000’ish for 30-45 seconds or so…….

Then it would print out a “pass or fail” report…...


Well, as rumor has it, there were “people” that figured out a “work around”.

I “heard” that if you pulled the sniffer out, and waved it in the area of the tailpipe, it would give you a “glowing report”.


On a totally unrelated/different topic, I sure wish I had bought silver/gold bars instead of Marlboro’s and Jack Daniels with my “extra cash” when I was younger……………..

I remember Dandy Don Meredith saying (when announcing a football game) "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, oh what a Christmas this would be"

 

[D2Cat]

Sounds more like something you'd use KY Jelly for.

We had a Mercury Mariner that had that type of fuel cap. It took a lot of digging to find the solution to the code. Several dealer techs didn't have a clue. I eventually found the answer on a Ford forum, posted by a tech who had experienced it in his shop.

When we first bought the car I was surprised to discover no fuel cap, and thought it had been stolen! That was 2011.

 

[Splinters and Sparks]

I understand that you need an antique plate to be exempt.

From the PA website:

Vehicle Type Exemptions

• Motorcycles
• Motor homes
• Vehicles over 8,500 lbs gross weight
• Most diesel vehicles
• Farm vehicles
• Electric vehicles
• Classic/Antique vehicles (25+ years with special plates)

For an "attempt to save the planet" that is a lot of exempt vehicles!

Thanks for the info @D2Cat I will keep that trick in mind.....