Replacement catalytic converter
Our catalytic converter was stolen several weeks ago. And we cannot find any shops anywhere in the San Francisco Bay area that will do replacement catalytic converters on a 2002 Winnebago mini RV. Doe...
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I really feel your pain. You have a legal vehicle and have an exhaust system component stolen and the state of California makes it worse (much worse).
My dads 2002 E450 V10 Minni did not pass smog initially a couple years ago because the state software wanted to test it as OBD2. Under the hood it said OBD1 and only has two upstream O2 sensors with no downstream O2 sensor. So Ford readyness software never shows the O2 ready. After two weeks of my research driving a couple hundred miles and talking to the state referee he agreed with me and talked to the smog station that did the test. It then passed under OBD1.
Make no mistake RVers: the state of California has a CARB (California Air Resources Board) headed by a woman named Mary Nichols. She is appointed and has been there since Schwarzenegger. She is very powerful and does not care about you and especially your motorhome, boat, car, truck, lawnmower, chain saw or motorcycle. Her goal in life is to get you off the road! She has stated publicly she hopes gasoline exceeds 8$ a gallon to get people to quit driving. Her kind is unfortunately spreading though out the USA. Remember her name as most do not know her.
My dads 2002 E450 V10 Minni did not pass smog initially a couple years ago because the state software wanted to test it as OBD2. Under the hood it said OBD1 and only has two upstream O2 sensors with no downstream O2 sensor. So Ford readyness software never shows the O2 ready. After two weeks of my research driving a couple hundred miles and talking to the state referee he agreed with me and talked to the smog station that did the test. It then passed under OBD1.
Make no mistake RVers: the state of California has a CARB (California Air Resources Board) headed by a woman named Mary Nichols. She is appointed and has been there since Schwarzenegger. She is very powerful and does not care about you and especially your motorhome, boat, car, truck, lawnmower, chain saw or motorcycle. Her goal in life is to get you off the road! She has stated publicly she hopes gasoline exceeds 8$ a gallon to get people to quit driving. Her kind is unfortunately spreading though out the USA. Remember her name as most do not know her.
