Just bought an FJ60 looking to see if anyone “knows” someone that is good at helping smog it.
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I think we need more of the story. In California, sellers are expected to provide a passing smog test within the past 90 days.
Is your truck from out of state? Does it have all the smog equipment? Has it been tested recently? If so, what are the numbers?
Yeah, my 60 is complete desmogged. In a big boat of crap right now.I think we need more of the story. In California, sellers are expected to provide a passing smog test within the past 90 days.
Is your truck from out of state? Does it have all the smog equipment? Has it been tested recently? If so, what are the numbers?
My 60 is straight up desmogged. Even if it passed numbers it would fail visual. Looking to see if anyone knows any good shops.I think we need more of the story. In California, sellers are expected to provide a passing smog test within the past 90 days.
Is your truck from out of state? Does it have all the smog equipment? Has it been tested recently? If so, what are the numbers?
Or, I need to completely REsmog it. In which case I am in over my headMy 60 is straight up desmogged. Even if it passed numbers it would fail visual. Looking to see if anyone knows any good shops.
The real challenge with putting all the smog stuff back in is finding the smog parts to begin with. Most of it is NLA or used/rebuilt and expensive. Best bet is to put a wanted ad in the classifieds
I don't know if this will apply to you, but Calif has a 'Consumer Assistance Program' (if you meet the financials), where they will pay up to $1200 to get your truck compliant. First, you have to fail the test and get an estimate of repairs...
Thanks everyone for the replies, I think I’m in way over my head unfortunately. I guess what I’m not understanding is, why can’t I resmog it? Why is there not another way to resmog it besides finding pieces that are 30+ years old and probably broken?Not to pile on, but I can attest to the above. Needed to get back some of my smog parts and its not a trivial task to collect them. I did not even need to return mine to full smog capability (no smog check here), but was simply trying to return things to improve drivability. It was challenging enough to find parts for that, let alone a return to full smog. So much so that it would give me pause on buying a desmogged truck again. If I lived in Cali, no way I would own one of these dinosaurs. My hats off to those that do. Seems like a beat down of the highest order. GL here.
I guess what I’m not understanding is, why can’t I resmog it? Why is there not another way to resmog it besides finding pieces that are 30+ years old and probably broken?
There’s nothing ‘modern’ that can be done?
I’m basically looking at one of these options.
- Try and find the parts to resmog and gamble they may work/may not.
- Find a hot smog and use it every two years.
- Swap a new diesel engine in it.
- Register it out of state.
Pretty gutted because I love the 60 and want to keep it as a lifelong vehicle and am not sure which path to go down.
Yeah, sounds good online, but realistically if you were to get pulled over and your drivers license doesn’t match where the vehicle is registered it just opens up a can of worms.Just register it out of state.
VT makes it easy, ask me how I know.
The Vermont Loophole.
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- Swap a new diesel engine in it.
There’s nothing ‘modern’ that can be done?
This is the most likely scenario going for me at the moment. I want to swap an H55 in too so it may just be a large upfront cost. I’m wanting to meet up with some local San Diego cruiser owners who have a better base knowledge than I do who can look at my truck and tell me the cost and I can decide if it’s worth it.What modern could be done is a different engine. I'll let the Californians comment on how an engine swap works there in terms of smog compliance because I am actually curious how this goes. I am selfishly curious how this works in Cali in terms of visual inspection. Assume with swaps its based on the current engine in the vehicle?
Unless you are completely in love with the stocker 2F, and based on everything said here, why wouldn't this be option one? Will cost a bit more but you most likely will have a better truck in the end which you can actually use there. I love my 2F but its a purely nostalgia-based affair. If I couldn't drive the truck because of a situation like this then the 2F would be gone for something else, and I would happily embrace all the increased performance that goes along with it. Again my hats off to the Californians that own these trucks.