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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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Question 78 Does It Need Cats

I Want To Know If My 1978 Came With Catayltic Converters And How I Can Figure It Out With Out To Oem Stickers And How I Can Convince The Dmv That It Didn't Come With Them Thats If It Didnt Come With It Please Some One Let Me Know Thanks
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:09 PM
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Some of them did, some of them didn't.

What series is your truck? Most F150s with the 6050 GVWR didn't come with one.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:12 PM
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Question 78 Cats

My Truck Is The F-150 With The Gvwr Of 6050,how I Can I Tell If It Didn't With Out The Oem Stickers On The Engine?
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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The gas gauge.

If it says 'UNLEADED FUEL ONLY' it came with cats. If it didn't, it would not say that.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:15 PM
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It Doesn't Say Anything About Unleaded Fuel Any Where On The Truck
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Not anywhere - only on the fuel gauge on the instrument panel where you read how much gas is in the tank. If it does say 'UNLEADED FUEL ONLY', it came with the cats from factory. If it doesn't, cats were not installed at the factory.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:20 PM
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Thanks Now I Just Need To Convince The Inspection Station That It Didn't Thanks Again.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 04:54 PM
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please dont cap the first letter of each word it's harder to read and annoying
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 06:26 PM
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The Fuel Filler tube hole is the key.

If it is small it means it accommodated the unleaded fuel pump nozzle and had a CC.

If it is large and could accept the Leaded fuel nozzle and wouldn't have a CC
 

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i dont cap every first letter the site did it not me
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:03 PM
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One can change text case at this site before pasting on FTE

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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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The Fuel Filler tube hole is the key.

If it is small it means it accommodated the unleaded fuel pump nozzle and had a CC.

If it is large and could accept the Leaded fuel nozzle and wouldn't have a CC
That's a good one, but not that reliable.

It could be punched out easily. My 79 was supposed to have the unleaded filler, but someone punched it out to accept the regular filler. It looks like it was never there.
 
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I havE neveR haD A caP probleM yeT witH thiS foruM
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:58 PM
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The site does not do that "Proper Caps" thing. Either your browser or the editor you are using does that.

My 1978 F250 does not require unleaded fuel or catalytic converters.
 
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