AAAHHHH ENGEENERS Who need them!

[Challenger RTA]

I kid you not. I have had to do this. Remove a starter from an excavator on one mountain top then take it to an other mountain top and put it in. The high for the day was 8. The mechanic I was working with was 6' 5" 350lb a good old WV miner. There was no way he was going to fit. He looked at me. He said if I get stuck he would put me out. Your only about 185lb and 6' you can reach it. The operators were told not to park the equipment in the middle of the right away. It keep a crew of about 50 from getting to work.

 

[Challenger RTA]

I was state vehicle safety inspector here in Virginia.

About that. Things are getting crazy here in PA. WAIT they have been! I have used a number of garages for inspections over the decades. 99% of the time they would look my fleet over. Then check what needs to be checked. If there was something close to being a problem they would tell me. The 1% of the time it just can't be seen with out tearing the car apart. They know I keep after my cars. I do appreciate the input. He caught a ball joint and idler arm going bad on my plow truck. Nothing like a truck broke down with a plow in it!

SFGHTU^&TR%E^#$R!!! Good that didn't happen! YET!!!

The 3 of us would each drive a car to the garage twice in same the day. He would slate a day for us if need be.

So any how in the last few months. The garages I go to and have gone to. There being shut down for infractions. I know of 6 right of the top of my head in my area and a number of them elsewhere.
The garage I have been going to misplaced a sticker. So the state set up a sting. What I understand. They sent a car (not a state car) there for an inspection. He went through the inspection and every thing was good. Brakes, tires, exhaust, cats in place excreta. Did the emissions gas cap check. Then was sent a letter to show up in court. They said he missed a plug that was unplugged for the emissions control that they unplugged. His defense was that the car has to be torn apart in order to find it and it wasn't showing a code.

Case and point: Has anyone worked on the newer cars! It takes hours to take thing apart and put back together. Then if something breaks it has to be fixed. Who pays for that! Not to mention the time for inspection. He won on those statements. But they still suspended his license for a few months. Just to make a point.

When I go to an other garage. The first thing I ask is. What Are you going to do with my car. I know what's done to it. I don't want it taken apart.

Back to the misplaced inspection sticker. Before they came and got everything he found the stick under the mouse pad where he does the emissions test.
When the person showed up he showed it to her and the numbers matched the missing one. She rudely said: THAT'S NOT IT! They went thought with the suspension. By the way. She is the same one for the other shut downs. There's are a lot of garages in the woods here. Just saying. Don't go in the woods here! They still haven't found a state official here after decades. They found his laptop! Not implying anything just saying.

I have a real sore spot about the emissions inspection in PA. Back in the mid 90's PA built 84 emissions stations across the state for that use. The cost was 1 million each and they were never use! Do the math in todays dollars. I work on a dozen or so in western PA. Sorry about the soft language but it just pisses me off!
Just to line someone's pockets!
I think all of you know how that works.

 

[ceedog]

About that. Things are getting crazy here in PA. WAIT they have been! I have used a number of garages for inspections over the decades. 99% of the time they would look my fleet over. Then check what needs to be checked. If there was something close to being a problem they would tell me. The 1% of the time it just can't be seen with out tearing the car apart. They know I keep after my cars. I do appreciate the input. He caught a ball joint and idler arm going bad on my plow truck. Nothing like a truck broke down with a plow in it!

SFGHTU^&TR%E^#$R!!! Good that didn't happen! YET!!!

The 3 of us would each drive a car to the garage twice in same the day. He would slate a day for us if need be.

So any how in the last few months. The garages I go to and have gone to. There being shut down for infractions. I know of 6 right of the top of my head in my area and a number of them elsewhere.
The garage I have been going to misplaced a sticker. So the state set up a sting. What I understand. They sent a car (not a state car) there for an inspection. He went through the inspection and every thing was good. Brakes, tires, exhaust, cats in place excreta. Did the emissions gas cap check. Then was sent a letter to show up in court. They said he missed a plug that was unplugged for the emissions control that they unplugged. His defense was that the car has to be torn apart in order to find it and it wasn't showing a code.

Case and point: Has anyone worked on the newer cars! It takes hours to take thing apart and put back together. Then if something breaks it has to be fixed. Who pays for that! Not to mention the time for inspection. He won on those statements. But they still suspended his license for a few months. Just to make a point.

When I go to an other garage. The first thing I ask is. What Are you going to do with my car. I know what's done to it. I don't want it taken apart.

Back to the misplaced inspection sticker. Before they came and got everything he found the stick under the mouse pad where he does the emissions test.
When the person showed up he showed it to her and the numbers matched the missing one. She rudely said: THAT'S NOT IT! They went thought with the suspension. By the way. She is the same one for the other shut downs. There's are a lot of garages in the woods here. Just saying. Don't go in the woods here! They still haven't found a state official here after decades. They found his laptop! Not implying anything just saying.

I have a real sore spot about the emissions inspection in PA. Back in the mid 90's PA built 84 emissions stations across the state for that use. The cost was 1 million each and they were never use! Do the math in todays dollars. I work on a dozen or so in western PA. Sorry about the soft language but it just pisses me off!
Just to line someone's pockets!
I think all of you know how that works.

Emission inspection is no more than a money grab, why? Because 90% of the cars on the road are NEW cars where nothing is wore out yet. South Carolina has no inspections and have no problems. For the most part they keep their cars up

 

[MMoparDan]

Emission inspection is no more than a money grab, why? Because 90% of the cars on the road are NEW cars where nothing is wore out yet. South Carolina has no inspections and have no problems. For the most part they keep their cars up

There's no inspection here in the Shenandoah Valley. But they do have them in northern Va. But it is run by democrats.

 

[heminut]

I live in New Mexico, what is this "inspection' thing you speak of?

 

[ceedog]

There's no inspection here in the Shenandoah Valley. But they do have them in northern Va. But it is run by democrats.

None here in KG Va either

There's no inspection here in the Shenandoah Valley. But they do have them in northern Va. But it is run by democrats

 

[Xcudame]

The whole emissions scam is just another form of taxation. I remember many many years ago, an inspector came out to inspect the equipment and tanks in the machine shop I worked at. And as luck would have it (they do exist), he was an honest man. He passed everything because the shop was on the up and up. He told me his 69 Fury with a 383 4 bbl was just as clean as the new cars. He job was to make sure everything was correct for the benefit of everyone.

When I was using my 70 Challenger as a daily driver, it was always in top notch tune and easily passed smog checks. The nice thing about newer cars is with multi-port fuel injection and computer controlled ignition and timing, they stay in tune a whole lot better. Seriously, change the air filter, oil & filter per schedule and put new iridium spark plugs (every 100,000 miles) and you good to go on cars made in this century.

One thing I've noticed on newer cars compared to older cars is, like stated above, there's all this crap on them to save every drop of fuel possible and have the lowest possible emissions. It's government regulations that cause most of the engineering problems. A Model T got roughly 25 mpg (thank Horace and John Dodge), got you from point A to B (maybe a little slower) and was better than walking or riding a dang horse. We really haven't evolved much vehicle wise other that slicker designs and more creature comforts.

Lord, I'm becoming an isolationist on my 10 acres!

 

[heminut]

Lord, I'm becoming an isolationist on my 10 acres!

Nothing wrong with that as long as you open the gate when I show up!