1976 fuel injection questions Options

[914incali]

Picked up a 76 out of texas that had been converted to single carb that just doesn't run very well. I decided to convert back to original FI, essentially everything is gone and I am working on understanding the system. I guess my first question is where does the fuel pump draw power from? there is a single black wire underneath the fuel tank that has no power to it but all the relays have been removed and Im waiting on those from pelican

[wonkipop]

@Ron914

here is what CARB would have on file for the 76.
its all the bits they are looking for listed with part numbers.





can't see that part number of the item mr. b has posted.
but i am sure it will be there somewhere somehow.
mr. b would know.
they are noting some items enrichment sensor and pressure sensor.
whether these are the same thing not sure.
not really up on the old D jet or the complications of CARB emissions.

i do know that all the components are shared from 75 to 76 and do not change.
ie a 75 calif = a 76 calif.
and a 75 49 states = a 76 49 s.
but the big thing is that a 75 calif and 75 49 states are different beasts.

[Ron914]

@Ron914

here is what CARB would have on file for the 76.
its all the bits they are looking for listed with part numbers.





can't see that part number of the item mr. b has posted.
but i am sure it will be there somewhere somehow.
mr. b would know.
they are noting some items enrichment sensor and pressure sensor.
whether these are the same thing not sure.
not really up on the old D jet or the complications of CARB emissions.

i do know that all the components are shared from 75 to 76 and do not change.
ie a 75 calif = a 76 calif.
and a 75 49 states = a 76 49 s.
but the big thing is that a 75 calif and 75 49 states are different beasts.

Thank you bothT for your advice ,this was not the news I was hoping to hear . I somehow assumed since this was a 49 state car that has been continuously registered and smogged for 34 years in California that as long as I had all the original equipment installed and working it would pass a smog check as it has since 1985 . I have spent more than I thought on this car than I thought to get back on the road and I'm starting to think I should just try to sale in another state and look for another one .I am going to just take it in to a star station and see what happens and if its possible to get a wavier as a 49 state car . I wish I could ask the previous owner how he was getting it to pass a smog check for 34 years but that is not possible .

[wonkipop]

Thank you bothT for your advice ,this was not the news I was hoping to hear . I somehow assumed since this was a 49 state car that has been continuously registered and smogged for 34 years in California that as long as I had all the original equipment installed and working it would pass a smog check as it has since 1985 . I have spent more than I thought on this car than I thought to get back on the road and I'm starting to think I should just try to sale in another state and look for another one .I am going to just take it in to a star station and see what happens and if its possible to get a wavier as a 49 state car . I wish I could ask the previous owner how he was getting it to pass a smog check for 34 years but that is not possible .

well i can only speak as an australian down here and of course our laws would differ significantly. but if i keep my car continuously registered i am not faced with annual roadworthy checks and we don't do smog etc. but the minute i let the registration lapse and the car goes off the road i can find myself in a world of pain getting it back on the road. likely for instance i would have to lose my original windscreen because they have a kind of blanket thing about windscreens down here, they must make you put a new one in regardless. they will use the tiniest chip to condemn it. rhe smallest trace of an oil leak etc.

so possibly if the car has been off the road and the registration has lapsed in Cali that could be a hitch. the only way you will know will be to front up at the desk at DMV and ask the question with all your documentation to demonstrate its previous registration history. as jeff suggests.

it is certainly significant that the car was registered in cali from 85 to 2019. and was smogged. and if it hasn't left the state since it went off the road and it has been only in your ownership since going off the road while remaining in state i would think that would get you listened to.

i'd give it a try down at the desk.

i dunno how it goes stateside but when you want to do something like this the best place to go here for such inquiries is a country vehicle registration office in a regional area.
not a big city office. the staff are way friendlier and more helpful.