| Air pump gone... |
Subject: Air pump gone... by Matatk on 2008/6/13 1:24:05 Well, I wanted to get rid of my air pump because it is so cumbersome in the engine bay and I wanted to clean it up a little. I looked into the air eliminator kits, but at $160 for two pieces of metal and a pulley, I thought that was a little steep. I then considered fabbing up my own, but decided with the time and effort it wasn't worth it either. What I did instead, was found a used air pump (I wanted to keep the original just in case) on ebay that I got shipped for $33. I opened it up and removed the fins and internal gears attached to the fins (if you open it up you'll see). The benefit to doing this it that it retains the alternator bracket in the stock location, which the eliminators don't do (causing twisting of the alternator if you don't custom fab some type of rear support). I swapped it out and removed all of the hoses and the plastic box that they connect into. All that's left is to get one more end cap for the exhaust manifold (I could only find one in my toolbox of leftover plumbing parts) Overall I think it cleans it up nicely. Matthew ps - I just zip tied the two connectors from the plastic box to another loom - is that what anyone else who did the mod has done??? Removed from inside air pump:  Cleaned up driver's side:  Cleaned up passenger's side (you can see the two connectors I zip tied):  Removed tubes:  |
