42 of the 67 counties in the state have no emissions inspection.

It sounds like certain monitors are not completing, so the PCM flags them as "not ready" and the car automatically fails emissions inspection.

It sounds like the shops you've been visiting don't know what they're doing and they don't know the waiver requirements. If your car is "not ready for testing" it automatically fails the emissions test.

Your car should qualify for a waiver, but I can't say for certain w/o seeing your receipts. The trick will be finding a shop that actually employs a Certified Repair Technician, as those are the only people who can issue waivers. This is an additional license on top of the Emissions Inspection license, and only a small fraction of Emissions Inspectors hold both the EEIC (emissions inspector) and FIRST (emissions repair) licenses.

If you actually want to fix the car so it will pass, take a 3 hour trip to Pine Hollow Auto Diagnostics in the State College area. I used to work in Philly, so I knew a bunch of qualified guys in Philly and Delco, but I haven't worked in that area in 15 years. I lost contact with those people years ago. Some have retired. Others are dead.

Ivan at PHAD is the only person I know who is both qualified to diagnose/repair your car and honest.

PHAD contact info

Chevron acquired the Gulf brand in 1985. They sold it to Cumberland Farms in 2010. Cumberland Farms sold it to Arc Light Capital Partners in 2015.

Zinnser 123 (the original formula) is white pigmented shellac. It is not oil based. That said, it's my go-to primer in most situations.

I'm not sure if it's appropriate for OP's block wall. He should probably consult the manufacturer before using it. Or at least read the label on the can.

Absolutely. Many shops are straight ripoff artists.

Source:

I was a licensed PA SI/IM inspector 1989-2020.

Where in PA does the DMV perform safety inspections?

Because both the Commonwealth and the dealer associations are greedy.

Well, they sourced Oz's answers. Not so much with Fetterman.

Lol. I agree. Maybe that's why I've never been especially popular.

Based on my downvotes, the Karens disagree with us!

Nothing says incompetent driver like the failure to notice a flat tire while driving, then continuing to drive until the bead comes off the seat.

HP = Torque * RPM / 5252.

My first house was built in the 1930s. The guy I bought it from was an electrician. He was also a fucking hack. He replaced "all" of the original K&T wiring with romex and upgraded the panel from a 60A fuse panel to a 200A breaker panel. He did all of this work poorly, and very little of it was done to code.

All 2nd floor lighting circuits were still K&T. There were running splices in the basement and the attic. The main wire from the pole to the meter was replaced when the new panel was installed, but the penetration in the side of the house was never sealed, which meant that water collected in the bottom of the panel whenever it rained.

Over the course of 10 years, I spent countless hours discovering and repairing the previous owner's hack work.