Well, an update...
Went and took the actual test and it failed again. Not very badly (4 or 5 PPM on HC). The NOX was much lower than before.
Seeing as I have done all the repairs that got it close (and out of the
3 digits on HC), I decided to bite the bullet and get the cat tested; as was suspect by users on the group and myself, due to the rattle at idle with a load, the cat was shot. I was there when the tech removed it from the vehicle, and pieces fell out when he handed it to me. Once he got the new one put on, he was nice enough to give me a free pre-test (I make friends easily (-: ) The new readings for HC are thru the floor and in the low single digits and all the rest of the readings were very good except for the NOX; it was a bit high. I retested the EGR and transducer, and they are operating correctly (still scratching my head, maybe carbon in the combustion chamber?)On a side note; last night I decided that I wanted to take the car for a nice long hard freeway drive before I got the cat put on so I could get myself some baseline numbers. I figured a San Bernardino to Cajon Summit (interstate 15) to Chiriaco Summit (interstate 10)was in order. I had no doubts the car would be able to do the Cajon Summit trip with little effort; I was a tad worried about the Chiriaco climb as that takes you from 70 ft below sea level to 2500 ft on a pretty good grade (it's known for killing cars) . I was amazed that my car was able to sustain the climb at 70MPH. The last time I tried climbing it a few years back, I had trouble keeping it above 55. I put on 312 miles last night in 4 hours just driving the freeways. After checking my mileage, I averaged 30MPG!!! My car has not gotten that since it was new.
I forgot how much I like to drive when I am not sitting on the freeway stuck in traffic.