ok so my trucks been out of date on the inspection sticker since i think Nov. 1 i didnt get a new sticker because my horn didnt work. well i fixed that wednesday by installing an air horn. so i took it today to get it inspected and found out that my back right tail light doesnt work, i have a leak in the exhaust, i dont have a thermostatic air control, or the air injection hose, but worst of all i dont have a catalytic converter.so needless to say im a little frustrated, the guy we bought it from must have good 'ole boyed his waythru an inspection. so instead of buying a brand new cat, which the guy said it had to be and not a junk one, i was thinking of buying a junk one and welding it on, fixing the other stuff and taking it to a different station for the inspection. my older brother says he knows a guy that does drag racing that would help us get it to pass and maybe overlook a few smaller things as he isnt too keen on rules and regulations. hopefully i can save myself some money as my budget on this is very limited.
and on top of that today was my first day back in school.

ik here in wisconsin just here in the south ur required to go thru emissions but way up north u dont have to so ik some friends that dont pass emissions that registar their vehicles up north so they dont have to deal w/ emissions. i would say do that to buy u some time or something if theres an area around u like that

You can pick up a new cat for $60... Just put a universal in and weld'er up. Since you have an exhaust leak as well, fix up the rest of the exhaust while you're under there.

Tail light is easy, but the air injection lines can be a pain. I should know! Went through that with my old '85 2.8L S10.

that sucks, they did away with inspections here 2 years ago.they only ran our cars on a dyno with metal things in the tail pipes to read the levels.

My GTA failed the inspection the first time around. had a kid i went to elementary school do it. He told me to bring it tomorrow since you can only get it ran 1 time a day and he would fix it.

It had dual exhaust, so he only put one of the metal thing in the pipe. Needless to say i passed.

only time inspections are needed here are if a vehicle is 10 years old, out of province, or if it was written off then fixed. guess were lucky, lol.

sure glad i dont have to go through inspections, my blazer should pass but my grand prix definatly wouldnt.

wow! guys thanks for the advice. and swartlkk i asked the guy what i was probably looking at spending and he said 2 or 3 hundred bucks however i believe you over him so thank you for the pleasant surprise this morning. :D
and as far as you canadians well you all suck![:@] just kidding. ;)

ORIGINAL: woodsballr

and as far as you canadians well you all suck![:@] just kidding. ;)


I'm not Canadian, I'm American lol, i live in michigan bud.

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only time inspections are needed here are if a vehicle is 10 years old, out of province, or if it was written off then fixed. guess were lucky, lol.


Hey a fellow Albertan and Calgarian!

Howdy..

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ik here in wisconsin just here in the south ur required to go thru emissions but way up north u dont have to so ik some friends that dont pass emissions that registar their vehicles up north so they dont have to deal w/ emissions. i would say do that to buy u some time or something if theres an area around u like that


Its because of milwaukee AND chicago being so close together. Im almost an hour away from chicago(nw) and Ive had to get tested since 1999. However there are such things as afidavits and exemptions with the EPA.

Idk about were you live but in the state of connecticut it is illeagal for a junk yard to sell you a used catalytic converter

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Idk about were you live but in the state of connecticut it is illeagal for a junk yard to sell you a used catalytic converter

yea here too but then again i know some places that might (i stress might) sell you one but probably not. i figure its worth a shot though.
and for the muffler i'm lookin at either a cherry bomb glasspack or cherry bomb extreme.

lol

at least you didnt end up paying what i did $3000 no joke, almost entire front end was replaced, new cat, new bearings, new tires(4), o and new balls(ball joints)

o and my peeps just loved this, we had a nive long peacful chat afther this....

yea tippman that's pretty bad man. i feel your pain kinda ya know?
oh and is your username related to your actual name or is it related to the tippman paintball company? (i prefer spyders :D)

Yikes! How long ago did you purchase the truck? Sounds like the guy who sold it to you snowed you over... that he didnt want to repair the problems so he sold it fast before his inspection was up.

Sorry dude... I hope you can get everything squared away before ya get any tickets. I'm in NJ, so my options are either repair the problems... or.. repair the problems! :(

Slip em a twenty next time. :D

ORIGINAL: BLK85

Slip em a twenty next time. :D


Haha....Yea. I'll 2nd that!

my parents bought me the truck in May of last year for my B-day. it was only $2200 and the work shouldn't cost too much. i'm looking at dual exhaust now and having it vent out the sides instead of paying to bend it over the rear axle.

we bought mine from a private auction(u have to buy like 5 cars or somethin g to join idk really) we got it for 6500, the guy who bought it for use, who is my moms uncle cleaned it up, i gues it was pretty nasty and thats all i no, i do know he never changed the cooling fluid, casue it was black and hard like rocks, we ahd to flush my system out twice, and i had to rewash the collant tank a couple times

ORIGINAL: cliro

only time inspections are needed here are if a vehicle is 10 years old, out of province, or if it was written off then fixed. guess were lucky, lol.


Yeah, but passing an emissions test isn't part of that :D

And it's 12 years now. I got a piece of paper mailed to me from my insurance company when I got my '85 S10, and it said vehicles 12 years or older must get inspected...

Maybe the provincial minimum is 10 years... But you only have to get inspected if your registering it to a new name.

My '85 passed inspection with pretty much all factory parts :D

ORIGINAL: drperry

ORIGINAL: cliro

only time inspections are needed here are if a vehicle is 10 years old, out of province, or if it was written off then fixed. guess were lucky, lol.


Yeah, but passing an emissions test isn't part of that :D

And it's 12 years now. I got a piece of paper mailed to me from my insurance company when I got my '85 S10, and it said vehicles 12 years or older must get inspected...

Maybe the provincial minimum is 10 years... But you only have to get inspected if your registering it to a new name.

My '85 passed inspection with pretty much all factory parts :D

man yall got it easier up there. we gotta get an inspection every year down here. its a pain in the @$$

Here in AZ we have inspections and emissions in maricopa county but if you register it outta county you don't have to do emissions at all!!!

Here in Kansas city MISSOURI we got friends that work at shops that do inspections. We just give them the info on the car over the phone and go pick up the inspection sticker for $25.00 its illegal but noone will ever know, lol its not that big of a deal.Thats how i ALWAYS pass! Also got a friend at the DMV so thats how i take care of my no insurance when i get my cars tagged. Across the line in kansas they only inspect your vehichle 1 time, when you buy a new car or the vehichle changes owners.

out of an 84 Cadillac eldorado 2 2000 pontiac grand ams and a 1994 blazer with no title and soon to be no cat(ITS PLUGGED).and my homeboyz POS ford tempo i got him for $200.00 Ive never passed a inspection legitly, I hardly know anyone around here who does. Besides the emmisions tests I can never keep a rearview mirror (music knocks it off evertime) and i dont think ive ever owned a car without a crack in the windshield,lol

Another possibility is to register it as an "Antique" or "Historic". Here in Maryland an inspection, without emissions cost about $100.00 and takes two hours!. I failed for numerous things, brake pedal cover, windshield wiper blades needed to be replaced, goofy crap. Then you get to go for emissions.

But the low low price of $50.00 extra and $25.00 every renewal, 2 yrs, you don't need any of that crap!. BUT you can only drive it 7,000 miles a yr.

Makes me happy I live where I do! Trumbull county Ohio, no emissions, no inspections walk in once a year with old registration or title pay $50 walk out with the new sticker for your plates and your done for a year (well now you can get 2 years at a time and eliminate the registrar fee for the one of the years)

Shoot, here in Cali they were trying to tell me I had to buy a new cat from the dealer when it got plugged. I called around first, but every shop said the same thing (had to buy from dealer) so I called the dealership I almost had a heart attack!!! The guy said it was ONLY $900 (USD) I said to hell with that and bought a straight pipe @ Pepboys and had my pops weld it for me for a total of $7 (USD) the cost of the pipe. FYI in Cali you only do inspections when buying salvaged vehicle (CHP checks the #'s) and smog inspections are every other year. When I deleted my cat, I wasn't do for a smog till a whole year later but then I sold her, so the new owner had to install a cat. Technically I was suppossed to get it to pass smog before selling it but the new owner and I agreed on it. Anyone from Cali correct me if Im wrong.