smog pump removal advice
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smog pump removal advice
I have a 1981 F100 with the 302, I've got the belt off the smog pump, but I want to knowif I remove the whole thing hoses and pipe at the back of the intake will it hurt anything. Any help would be appreciated.
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NO. Does your 302 have the metal pipes going into the heads at the rear? If so you need to plug them or easier yet is to buy a piece of 1/2" hyd hose and just hook them together. Just cut them off leaving enough room to put on the hose. What ever you do don't rehook up the smog pump.
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Yeah, it's got the metal pipe going into the back, I was just thinking I would remove it and cut the hose in the middle and plug it. Also, I needed to know if would mess anything up. It's a daily driver and I need it to run so I can get to work, but as soon as the funds are available I'll be fixin that bad boy up.
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you can also remove the pipe from the heads and plug the ports with a 5/8 -11 nc bolt about 3/4 of an inch long but you also have a pipe from the catilytic converter that wqill have to be plugged
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The reason I'm removing the air pump because it's not doing anything. I took the belt off, my truck doesn't have a catalytic converter on it and I don't have to have emissions on it any more, so I would just rather have it off so I could get to other things easier.
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