NorCalDoug said:
whatever...
What's with all the scare tactics and paranoia Eric?
Its called SOP for paranoid individuals Doug.....

Didn't you get the memo.

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NorCalDoug said:
whatever...
What's with all the scare tactics and paranoia Eric?
reffug said:Its called SOP for paranoid individuals Doug.....![]()
Didn't you get the memo.![]()
e9999 said:you are missing the point, Doug.
Assume that the truck has cats that are illegal by Calif standards but passes the "smog test" upon sale because the tech didn't check the cats.
Then 2 years later, at the next inspection, the other tech, says "sorry, these are not OEM cats" and fails you. Then what? You say "it passed the test 2 years ago" and you think ARB will say "oh, suuuure, sorry, our mistake, you can keep them..." ?
as you say, "whatever"....
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Beowulf said:Forget asking. Check for bubbles in the overflow at 3k RPM as described in many posts. If it's good then don't worry about whether it's the original or a replacement. You'll never be lucky enough to find a nice truck with locks and a properly replaced HG.
Romer said:Do you actually know anyone this happened too? Does seem a little paranoid to me as well. You could take this same thought process to the extreme and they can say the headgasket was replaced like you were talking about, but it fails a year later because they used a non Toyota 2 piece gasket. You have no recourse there either.
e9999 said:Assume that the truck has cats that are illegal by Calif standards but passes the "smog test" upon sale because the tech didn't check the cats.
Then 2 years later, at the next inspection, the other tech, says "sorry, these are not OEM cats" and fails you. Then what? You say "it passed the test 2 years ago" and you think ARB will say "oh, suuuure, sorry, our mistake, you can keep them..." ?
ed97fzj80 said:Nobody should underestimate the fascism of the California Air Resources Board. It sounds like you already know to take no chances with those monkeys. They are worse than the IRS.
justagirl said:Believe it or not-- The fire that totalled it occurred before I bother to find out the cost to fix it.
Heather
AMMO said:Justa,
I'm one town over from the "Truck" in question... If you like I could check her out for ya, or get one of the other "cruiserheads" around here to look into her for ya.
Just an offer. PM me if you like.
-Matt
AMMO said:Justa,
I'm one town over from the "Truck" in question... If you like I could check her out for ya, or get one of the other "cruiserheads" around here to look into her for ya.
Just an offer. PM me if you like.
-Matt