Today was a milestone day. I was a bit nervous...not sure why really. I suppose it was because after 3 years of off and on work (mostly off), I ran out of excuses to get it smogged. Something in the back of my head said it might fail. After all the motor has 32 years and 250,000 miles on it with little maintenance. So I started by fixing the fuel line at the pump, checked for leaks and then replaced the splash shield.
I then hooked up the charcoal canister:
I cleaned the ICV as it was giving me a little fit when starting cold. What a difference that made! Just about the best 10 minutes of maintenance I have done:
Put some fuel in it and it passed smog! Here she sits. The blue tapes denote chips in the old paint that need to be addressed.
Now I need an alignment while I wait for the tags...! Yippee.
I few more details to take care of and then I drive the car - as much as I can.