red or clear???
Post Fiend
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Nutter Fort, WV
Here they use a green tube when they dip tanks.
So highway fuel makes a green yellow color when the light comes through the tube and fuel.
Any red at all makes the tube look dark or black.
The weather we had here last winter had pot holes in the roads everywhere.
This summer, all of them were either patched or repaved.
The highway use tax on fuel and gasoline is used for maintaining the roads only.
So it is one of the few taxes I don't mind paying since I do drive a lot of miles running between jobs and the house.
If I had to still be driving on what we had left for roads this spring, I would have broken/worn out enough parts like ball joints, tie rod ends, tires plus what ever else I shook loose, that the fuel tax I paid was cheaper than fixing the truck would have been.
My 97 had no cat.
Here that did not start till 03 or somewhere around there.
So highway fuel makes a green yellow color when the light comes through the tube and fuel.
Any red at all makes the tube look dark or black.
The weather we had here last winter had pot holes in the roads everywhere.
This summer, all of them were either patched or repaved.
The highway use tax on fuel and gasoline is used for maintaining the roads only.
So it is one of the few taxes I don't mind paying since I do drive a lot of miles running between jobs and the house.
If I had to still be driving on what we had left for roads this spring, I would have broken/worn out enough parts like ball joints, tie rod ends, tires plus what ever else I shook loose, that the fuel tax I paid was cheaper than fixing the truck would have been.
My 97 had no cat.
Here that did not start till 03 or somewhere around there.
Cargo Master
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Nampa, ID
Gotcha. I thought it might be something like that. I'm not the OP of my truck. I've thought about deleting the cat. I asked out EPA guys (Idaho) about doing this. I was informed that if the truck came from the factory with a cat, it needed to have one for emission testing.
My county doesn't do emission testing yet, but it sounds like emission testing will be starting soon. I'm gonna keep the kitty until I find out what the requirements will be.
I was under the impression that all '97s had a cat. I guess that impression was wrong, so that's good to know, too. I may be able to use that to my advantage.
My county doesn't do emission testing yet, but it sounds like emission testing will be starting soon. I'm gonna keep the kitty until I find out what the requirements will be.
I was under the impression that all '97s had a cat. I guess that impression was wrong, so that's good to know, too. I may be able to use that to my advantage.
Cargo Master
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From: Nampa, ID
Not sure. It was built at the Kentucky plant. I bought it used in Idaho. It doesn't have the GPR shunt that I hear folks talking about, so I've always assumed it was a 49-state truck and not a Cali model. The build sheet didn't say anything about CA emissions.
The dealer told me I'm the second owner, but you know how that goes. I trust the dealer; they've been fairly decent to me over the years and have been mostly helpful with the major stuff I couldn't do in the driveway.
The dealer told me I'm the second owner, but you know how that goes. I trust the dealer; they've been fairly decent to me over the years and have been mostly helpful with the major stuff I couldn't do in the driveway.
Posting Guru
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: West Texas
All 94-97 powerstrokes delivered for sale in this country had a cat unless it was a very very few F350's with trailer towing package and usually a cab and chassis or the f450 and bigger. If you have a 250 it came with a cat. I think the cutoff was 10000 gvwr. If you had above that then it may or may not have one from the factory.
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From: Thomasville, GA
My '95 came with a cat... at least I think it did, there was a home-made cat delete pipe welded in when I bought it.
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