how to gut smog pump

[Bosko5.0]

how do i gut the smog pump since the car is down for a couple day
i was planning on eliminating smog pump lines but i would like to save money and not buy an idler pully yet since money is tight,

i know i need 2, 9/16x1" but what thread size?
they go in the heads

I have a nice write up for it so iam good there thanks guys


without this place i would be lost to the world so thanks

 

[HISSIN50]

Are you literally going to gut the AIR Pump or run a shorter belt? I wasn't sure if your title was literal.

 

[Bosko5.0]

well when i meant gut the smog pump i meant make it into a idler pulley
i would shorten the belt but i plan on running ud pulleys and unsure of the lenght and i have a tweecer so i can "turn" it off

 

[divit250r]

There's a few bolts and dowel pins that hold the front and rear parts of the case together. Mine was a little hard to knock apart, and when I got the case seperated, I had to shear the little vanes inside to get the thing completely apart. There are three vanes I think, and they oscillate to pump the air. You have to break them to get the pump completely apart, then get the little pieces out of the vane "holder". After that, I just re-greased the bearings and slapped it back together. It was really pretty simple, just took a while to figure out how to break the vanes. They're a glass-impregnated plastic that's tougher than Kelsey's nuts... I used a couple punches and chisels and a good hammer to knock them all apart. Only thing other than that was that I eliminated the little plastic impeller behind the pulley too. Good luck!

Scott

 

[HISSIN50]

Yeah, I was going to say that breaking the bakelite would be a real PITA (there are two vanes as I recall). The pump takes nothing to spin - personally I'd leave it. Then again, I have strict Smog testing and cant manage to keep a pump working flawlessly for very long (and wish I had a decent one).

You can score used eliminators pretty cheap sometimes - it'd be a cleaner way to do it.

Good luck.

 

[OrangeMustangGt]

i would just run a short belt. I run one all year then pully it back up for emmissions, because it makes noise. then if you want just remove the thing.

 

[Dan95-5.0]

There's a few bolts and dowel pins that hold the front and rear parts of the case together. Mine was a little hard to knock apart, and when I got the case seperated, I had to shear the little vanes inside to get the thing completely apart. There are three vanes I think, and they oscillate to pump the air. You have to break them to get the pump completely apart, then get the little pieces out of the vane "holder". After that, I just re-greased the bearings and slapped it back together. It was really pretty simple, just took a while to figure out how to break the vanes. They're a glass-impregnated plastic that's tougher than Kelsey's nuts... I used a couple punches and chisels and a good hammer to knock them all apart. Only thing other than that was that I eliminated the little plastic impeller behind the pulley too. Good luck!

Scott

thats exactly what i did. broke the blades on the inside, re-greased the bearing, painted the pump black and put the pump back on.

cheap and easy