I've got the same concern with my 77B. I bought an extra year by
getting it inspected in December. My hope is that the mechanic that
inspects it won't have any idea of what the car should have on it. The
only tell tale sign is the thermostat cover that has the mounting for the
air pump on it. To get around this I plan on putting an older model cover
and plead ignorance. I also plan on taking a copy of the Haynes manual
page that says not all cars have all the same equipment.
...Art
On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Nory wrote:
> On an automobile tech call-in show over the weekend, I heard some
> details about New York's new emissions requirements (outside of NYC).
> It appears that my '71 is exempt (over 26 years old), but the '74 is
> not. From what they were saying, it doesn't sound like I need to put
> back all the pollution equipment (air pump, etc.). Apparently all it's
> required to have is a PVC valve (has anyone else heard this?).
>
> Now for the dumb question. This car was de-smogged before I got it, so
> I don't even know if it has a PCV valve. If it does, it's certainly not
> where it is on my 'murican cars. Does it still have one, or would it
> have been removed with the rest of the smog stuff? If it should still
> have one, where the heck is it installed? If it doesn't have one, can I
> buy a $3.00 PCV valve at Autozone and splice it in to a hose somewhere?
> Or am I looking at big bucks just to put one in? Maybe I'm better off
> parking it until 2000, when it will be exempt, and putting the '71 back
> together to use now? By the time I put the '71 back together the '74
> will probably be legal!
>
> -NORY
> Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found the
> ONLY problem.
>
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