What have you done to your Tacoma today? 1st Gen Edition

Awesome.

It's tied for first (with full OME suspension) for best mod I did to my truck.

 

No man you're fine they are fine though lol

 

Thanks man I appreciate it!

 

lololol are you ok? you're ok? you're fine?! K, so how bout that driver side door and front fender? Is the gas tank ok? Yea lemme get those. Glad you're ok, but you won't be ok if I don't get those as I am establishing dibs.

 

Your engine doesn't need back pressure for one. Without the cat your down stream sensor is reading there isn't a cat there, apparently your upsteam sensor uses your downstream sensor to resets your uptream sensor (the one that adjusts you a/f ratio) from time to time. So if it's not reading correctly, which it isn't, there could be some problems. So for the down stream sensor you can get a 02 simulator, which sends a signal to you ecu making it think that the cat is still in place and working correctly. That will get ride of your cel.

 

You could use an O2 simulator but its illegal. And while you may get away with it also becomes a federal crime to sell a vehicle that has had the emissions tampered with. Removing a CAT or adding O2 sensors is tampering with emissions and against federal law

The act of removing a catalytic converter without replacing it with an approved replacement (known as "tampering") is illegal under federal law and is of great concern to EPA because of the high pollution levels that are emitted by vehicles without properly functioning emission controls. The original antitampering law was part of the Clean Air Act of 1970; it applied only to manufacturers and car dealers. The antitampering law was expanded by the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments to apply to all automobile repair facilities, commercial mechanics, and fleet operators. And the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) broadened the tampering provision even further; it now applies to everyone, including car owners

http://www3.epa.gov/otaq/about/faq.htm
http://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/July/07_enrd_490.html

 

Yep

 

Finally ordered the correct rocker for the OTRATTW switches I bought awhile ago.

When I originally ordered them I had no idea they were coming with an indicator bar. Do not like.

So I called them today and told them of my error. They're sending me three new rockers (w/o indicator bar) and a tool to remove the rocker from the switch body for $8. Definitely great customer service.

 

Thanks for the heads up on the illegal part.

Where could I get a O2 Simulator at?

That actually makes sense. THanks for the detail explanation.

 

Or I should have asked a good site, link, forum, to learn how to build a one...

 

Lol @Silver02Taco
Im not a criminal mastermind, but getting in a pinch over running a truck without a cat is the least of my worries compared to an tenth of the things from my younger days...

 

http://urdusa.com/store/Electronics...2-Simulator,-5VZ-FE-3.4L-V6/product_info.html

 

@ToyRyd04
Thank you sir...

 

No problem, works great

 

Totally up to you. Its actually not illegal to drive or operate a vehicle that has been tampered with, the law only applies to actual act of tampering. So doing it and posting evidence about how you are doing the tampering are two different things its up to a $25k fine btw

 

Or you could just say you bought it that way. How would they know?

 

I wouldn't be surprised if my whole damn house is crooked

 

Funny you ask my driver side door is perfect and the mirror except the window shattered lol fender is a little dented and gas tank is fine too lol

 

That is what I am getting at posting the opposite isn't smart

 

I'll take em


I will be driving through CO in January so... yea.