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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 11:31 AM
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Air pump remove or replace?

I have a 79 F150 460 with an air pump that is going bad. It originally had a cat but the original owner removed it years ago. Has any one just taken off the v belt? I don't want to hack up the truck removing the entire system, but one missing v belt wouldn't bother me much. I'm tempted to just change the pump but its cold outside...
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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When I bought my 79 in 1984 it did not have the pump belt on it and I never used it. I removed everything that was relative to it, including the pump and it always ran fine. It is a 351M, C6 with no extras.
 
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Old Dec 15, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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At the 20,500 KM mark ...I removed every scrap of emissions parts of my truck .

Most smog pumps seize up anyway.

Yank it .
 
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Old Dec 16, 2007 | 04:41 AM
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Its just extra weight, pull it off.
 
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