In a message dated 1/15/04 7:43:45 PM, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: << If I was in your California situation I would go to a wrecking yard and find a California 3A motor that has that ECU number and take the cylinder head from that motor along with the fuel injection system and install it on the setup that you have now. Put the EO sticker on it and go back to the referee station and then you are done. It's a lot of work, but I think it's the most cost effective way of solving your problem. >> There is one path which is far less onerous: buy an ECU with the necessary part number and carefully remove its sticker. Then . . . you know where this is headed. Sort of that two wrongs making a right mentality. Of course, something like that is likely in violation of the law of the land on the federal level, but, without joking in the least, the federales really don't care what you do as long as you pay your taxes. Since Californians seem so ardent in enforcing emission standards, perhaps the state attorney general's office could help in what appears to be less than fair treatment of a consumer. George |
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