Didnt pass inspection (Texas) :(

[West Texas Z]

My 84 Silverado Pickup didnt pass inspection. I was told I need 4 cats, a smog pump, and emergency brake cable, and new gas cap.

I can take care of the emergency brake cable and gas cap, but smog pump and cats? Thats going to be expensive!!! WTF do I do? I need to get this truck going. Any suggestions? tips or advice?

As of right now it has a set of headers with a flowmasters dumped in before the rear axle.

[harnalien]

I registered mine as an antique, no annual inspections, 50 bucks for 5 years. Of course, I only drive it in shows or for routine maintenance !

[87chevy.com]

man isnt your truck a "classic" now.... 24 years i think it is and then its a safty only. Its either 24 or 25. If it is a safty only, tell the inspector it came like that from the factgory and as long as you pass the safty portion, your set! do some searching on the texdot site about the emisssion law.. im an inspector but I rarly see anything older than 02 inthe shop.

[Zane M]

I don't know your local regs, but I can't see why you would need 4 cats. Stock would be one, and a second needed for true duals. Maybe you can do what harnalien did, and register it as a antique.

[Driveway Dreams]

I got an idea...MOVE!
Really, I feel bad for all of you with inspections & emissions garbage. But at the same time, it has good reason.

[West Texas Z]

I dont know. I might go try a different place. I've never had that much trouble on my other cars. I didnt think Texas was that hard to pass. Everything else was in order. Just those other details.

[texasfunk]

thats weird, my truck passes everytime, and both have true duals with no cats, even the 87..

[Kalashnikov46]

i know guys who live in Colorado and drive up to Wyoming to register their trucks.

[spr85gmc]

my trucks the same, I just gor to the same place all the time pay them 20 bucks the guys been there for years all the hot rodders in the area go to him.

[N2TRUX]

Go somewhere else. They can't make you add something that wasn't there from the factory.

[gchemist]

The inspector is smoking crack. Your does require at least one cat. Tell him to input a C10 not a 1500. Take it to the next county.

[Jonboy]

You don't have to take it to another county. '84 is safety only.

[SCOTI]

I agree.... go somewhere else as you should only need 1 cat.

Also, to be legal, you can't do duals w/2 cats because the factory never offered them that way (thus, that combo would never have been certified).

[texasfunk]

try prock automotive on 34th and indiana, or woody tire on 50th and q, always get mine done there...

[tommie]

Originally Posted by harnalien

I registered mine as an antique, no annual inspections, 50 bucks for 5 years. Of course, I only drive it in shows or for routine maintenance !

best answer!!!!

antique plates, no state inspection

[bigwheel15]

Originally Posted by Jonboy

You don't have to take it to another county. '84 is safety only.

This, that place feeding you a line of bs.

[rare86]

Im just a little south of you and the only thing they look for here is cats, the heat riser tube from the exhaust to the air cleaner and , the gas cap, and the e brake has to work, and the stock air cleaner, but you'd be better off goin antique tags as mentioned. No more inspections. I have two running antique tags, and am about to put them on two more, but they arent daily driven. I dont think I have even seen anything with 4 cats. Ive seen two resonaters, and two cats but never 4 cats, and definately not on any 84 and I have owned/do own many of these squarebody beauties. That inspector had no idea what he was doing.

[West Texas Z]

Originally Posted by texasfunk

try prock automotive on 34th and indiana, or woody tire on 50th and q, always get mine done there...

I think I might try those places to see whats up. Thanks

But like everyone here has said, safety should be the only thing to be looked at, right?

[Pyrotechnic]

84 and under is exempt at this point, so it's a safety inspection only.

I do remember reading a rule that 84 and up has to have catalytic converter(s) if originally equipped with them, but it is VISUAL ONLY. It just has to be there, but if whether it's hollowed out or not is none of their business. By no means do you need 4 of them either.

Find another place, the place you first went to is just trying to cause you grief or sell their repair services to you.

[West Texas Z]

Originally Posted by Pyrotechnic

Find another place, the place you first went to is just trying to cause you grief or sell their repair services to you.

Thats what we were thinking.

[dammitmitchell]

the solution brother here in TEXAS
is to NOT BRING an old chevy to the big chain places, they made me replace my steering wheel.
you gotta go to a napa or reeders or carquest and talk to the guys there and ask them who does inspections.
84 unfortunately is the year cats were installed, so that's the only real issue.

find a good down home garage with an old timer that loves these and he'll pass you, stay away from quick lube! and places like that.