Argggh, New Jersey (I grew up in Jersey City, that's the one that smells really bad)
A few years ago I was calling around trying to find a Toyota engine rebuild kit, in New Jersey. I'd been living in North Carolina for a few years at that point, and the Southeast is the Bible Belt, people don't curse at their customers, and customer service people are usually really polite on the phone. It was interesting, to say the least, to be back in New Jersey hearing the auto parts guys cussing away on the phone with customers, that's just not done in North Carolina. I found a place that might have had what I wanted. I was asking the guy on the phone about the rebuild stuff. He got kind of flustered and said something about how you can't get one. I asked what he meant. He said that I should just buy it from Toyota instead. I asked him why. he started talking about the close tolerances those engines are built to. He said something I interpreted to mean that American aftermarket parts manufacturers can't handle making kits well enough for the exacting tolerances of a Japanese engine. then he ended up being somewhat 'unclear on the concept' and blamed the Metric system. Or tried to. the problem, he said, was: Those Japanese sons-of-b***es, you see they measure everything in millionths and we measure 'im in inches. At 03:13 PM 12/14/2002 -0500, you wrote: >you can get cat converters from any auto store. or even good used ones from >a wrecking yard. Here in NJ, the state inspections stations have to >emissions inspect any vehicle, even the smartass that brought in his >electric conversion. the guy spent 5 minutes looking for the tailpipe before >the owner fessed up. > >Steve Spence >Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter >& Discussion Boards. Read about Sustainable Technology: ><http://www.green-trust.org>http://www.green-trust.org >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 1:39 PM >Subject: [biofuel] Emissions test and catalytic converter > > > > Hi. I have been running my '85 VW Golf on 100% biodiesel since this > > past August and have been chewing on some emissions issues since then: > > > > First, where can I have my car emissions checked? I have checked > > with Smog Check stations (in the SF Bay Area) and none of them want to > > touch a diesel. My car has over 200,000 miles and may need a tuneup. > > I'd like to get a baseline to see what kind of improvement I'm > > getting with biodiesel and how much improvement there would be with a > > catalytic converter. > > > > > > Which leads to the next question - where can a find a good catalytic > > converter for an '85 Golf? I understand that use of veggie fuels > > allows you to use catalytic converters that would be otherwise > > destroyed by the sulfur in petro fuel. How does this work, and where > > might I find one that will work for my car? > > > > Thanks much for your help. I look forward to hearing your replies. > > > > Bruce > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > <http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > <http://archive.nnytech.net/>http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: ><http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: ><http://archive.nnytech.net/>http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
