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‘82 FJ40 CA smog check question
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An idea… put drive plates on front instead of the hubs and remove 4x4 lever so they can’t put it in 2wd? Do they have treadmill for full time 4x4? If not they might only do basic idle and 2500 rpm static test? Just an idea.
Sometimes, the 'It's full-time four wheel drive' gambit works. Axe me how I know.
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That brown goo on the bottom is flux left from original fabrication. I use alcohol in a spray bottle to remove it then rinse with DI water and blow dry with low pressure oil free air. I also remove the brown glue on the top side used to hold the caps in originally during wave soldering. It can become conductive over time.
Several of the connector solder joints show signs of cracking. I usually remove the old solder then resolder, but you could probably get by with reflowing them. I would reflow all the connector solder joints, sometimes hard to see.
A fully functioning Computer Emissions board makes a world of difference when trying to pass smog in Kalif. Particularly in the areas where testing is most stringent, like L.A. AQMD and pretty much the areas where one finds an abundance of nose-rings.
Engineer8000 sells repaired ones, part 89550-60130, 81-87 FJ40-60, if you didn't know. I think he replaces components, too, as necessary.
Engineer8000 sells repaired ones, part 89550-60130, 81-87 FJ40-60, if you didn't know. I think he replaces components, too, as necessary.
Blue Light Special. I don't have decent cases for these so am just selling the board at a discount. $60 shipped for the one on the left. $50 shipped for the one on the right. (Shipping to lower 48) It has some oxidized circuit traces but is fully functional. As always these are electronically refurbished and fully tested.
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I found a couple extra emissions computers with the same part number in my parts stash... The second one in the photos below looks really good to me, but what do I know...
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Cracked connector solder joints on both.
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Off course! Thanks for looking!
No, when I take my 80 series in they just do some static testing.
here in MT, I thought it was any rig over 10 years qualified for permanent plates, pay about double yearly registration and you're good until it is gone, all my rigs have permanent plates
I thought CA was cracking down on out of state registrations?? or is it just the high dollar rigs and rv's. it is good for MT as we get the registration dollars and never see the rig
I thought CA was cracking down on out of state registrations?? or is it just the high dollar rigs and rv's. it is good for MT as we get the registration dollars and never see the rig
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I think the odds of getting caught are low if it is not a daily driver. Several friends have gotten away with it for years. Half the high end cars at the local cars and coffee have out of state plates and the cops that are there don't seem to care.
California actually relies on jealous neighbors dropping a dime on vehicles with out-of-state plates that don't see out of state very much.
I bit the MT bullet for my 82 FJ43. It works, it was easy, and I don’t feel too bad about it. I was thinking recently I’d maybe go for the newer model smog plan in a few years. From what I’ve read, I can swap in a 3FE and as long as I keep all the emissions gear from the 1989 FJ62, I should be able to register it in CA. The 3FE was already in the plan, the smog stuff was not.
The only upside, other than following the rules, would be resale value. I think.
The only upside, other than following the rules, would be resale value. I think.
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Thought there was more to it than just Historical Plates. I haven't registered a non OBD2 vehicle in the parts of AZ that require emissions for over twenty years. Think that predated the classic registration. Remember my 89 FJ62 was two year but my 68 FJ40 was annually when I had to emission them. Now the cost for them is right around $60 for five years.
Around 1989 or 1990 Arizona had a rolling twenty years for emissions. I remember having a year or two on my 68 with no emissions in Phoenix. In 1993 I got an historical plate when it turned twenty-five. I still had to go thru emission. In 2002 the 68 left Phoenix and hasn't been back. Gave up the historical plate after a couple years to save the $25.
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so as long as you don't piss off a neighbor, you'll be good.
what out of staters are doing, is registering a LLC with the state, get an address, and register the vehicle under the LLC,
I was at DMV 1 day a year ago and there was a lady inline who knew most everybody who worked there. She got to the counter, was all done, then got back in line. I chatted with her a bit, she was registering rigs for LLCs. She could only do 3 at a time at the window. She spent most of a day there once a week or 1 day every 2 weeks. This is just in 1 county, we have 56 counties in the state.
I know some of the smaller counties, less staffed, were getting overwhelmed with the amount of title work.
I know CO was starting to crackdown on out state registrations with large fines.
Just not sure how it being an LLC versus personal gets handled.
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Are you required to have a mailing address beside a PO box to have an LLC in Montana? Could be wrong but to house vehicle in California with a company from another state the LLC would have to be licensed to do business in California. Not sure but think in Arizona vehicles owned by a company are required to have commercial plates.
no commercial plates are not required here
as I don't know, renewals need to be sent somewhere, maybe the company helping set up the LLC does all that along with the paperwork.
if a person has a "company" car and with the age on the web working remotely, is the company technically doing business in another state.
very grey area, and some states are playing catchup
they may get more hits on the out of state plates if there was a bounty on them, but trying to get money back from a broke state could be futile
as I don't know, renewals need to be sent somewhere, maybe the company helping set up the LLC does all that along with the paperwork.
if a person has a "company" car and with the age on the web working remotely, is the company technically doing business in another state.
very grey area, and some states are playing catchup
they may get more hits on the out of state plates if there was a bounty on them, but trying to get money back from a broke state could be futile
Lord knows what they would do to you if you're caught driving it there with Montana plates.
I vote for moving yourself and that beautiful 40 to a free state.
I vote for moving yourself and that beautiful 40 to a free state.
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Fines could more than pay for the bounty as long as some judge decide not to follow the fine structure.
Also by your reasoning we all need to worry. US has been in the red as long as I can remember. Just this last year over a trillion dollars of new debt has been added.