Aargh -- a know-it-all. Hopefully you'll get a different inspector on the
re-test.
PS I'm glad they don't do inspections in CA. Think they'd flunk me for the
bungee cord holding the bonnet closed?
on 3/31/03 1:17 PM, Steve Shoyer at Steve@shoyer.com wrote:
> To be fair to the guy, there was a decent amount of oil flowing onto their
> garage floor. He might not have noticed a few drips.
>
> Then again, when I tried to get out of it by loosening the oil filler cap and
> saying that I fixed it and must have gotten the non-vented one by mistake, he
> said no, that's what all those tubes are for, and there's a problem with the
> emissions system.
>
> On the other hand, he also wanted to fail me because he said that the car
> didn't have a horn (he didn't see it, placed in its intuitive location at the
> end of the turn signal stalk). He also said that he used to have a Datsun
> that used the same carbs and said that I needed to put 3-in-1 oil into the
> dashpots to get them to work right. I just didn't want to get into it with
> him.
>
> --Steve
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