If memory serves, early model, air-cooled vanagons in the 49 states required a catalytic converter but did NOT require an O2 sensor; however, California models did require both the cat and sensor. (49-state vans also used points and condenser, whereas California had electronic ignition. The sensor is in the exhaust piping, not the cat, however, so it's still a mystery to me why California models are listed as having a unique cat. I'm going to order the 22918 and assume it will work just fine. Thanks for the additional info! Dan Tom Young wrote: > When I bought a catalytic converter for my California model '81 from Ron, I > didn't know there was any difference in requirements between the Federal and > California models; the Bus Depot's web site didn't make any distinction - > though it does now! :-) > > Anyway, Ron sent me a water-cooled catalytic converter and it plugged in > just fine. It even has its own O2 sensor port so you can setup a separate > "real time" mixture sensor if you want to! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom Young tomyoung1@home.com > Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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