Air Pump Delete belt?
 

Hey guys and gals.

Recently my air pump decided to seize on me, and since i live in florida i do not require any emissions controls anymore. I am just curious if there is a belt out there that by-passes the air pump so i dont have to go out and spend 50 bucks on a new one.

I know this was posted once before, but for some reason the thread no longer exists.

I have an 87 mustang gt. With A/C

Short belt
 

You need an 84.5" belt to bypass the smog pump.

Go to a good parts house like a NAPA dealer, not Auto Zone or simiilar places who don't know jack. Tell the counter guy what you need and he should be able to help you out.

Heres a link to explain more and shows you the belt routing.

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2...ps/index.shtml

sweet...is there any place i can order this online since i dont have a napa here in tallahassee?

or better yet...anyone have a part number.

845K6 is the belt you need. you can go to Advance Auto, Discount or AutoZone but like Mr. 5.0 said, tell them the exact belt that I listed and either they have it or they don't(they may try to get you to tell them what its for and blab on about some bullcrap). I got mine at Advance.

Later, James

ummm i dont think so. I got that one before i made the first post and its to big by about 4 inches. Perhaps its b/c i have factory air...i dunno. Or maybe im an idiot and im putting it on wrong (which i doubt i have done this about 100000 times)

I actually have to agree with Mrshelby. i tried going and getting that belt since i removed the air pump and it was too long. Unfortunately i dont remember the size i got that worked. If you need it i can look in up in my growing pile of reciepts for the car.

if you could that would be great. But i am probably gonna be forced to get a new air pump since this is my only car and i hate asking people for rides.

I dont know the price of a new pump but why dont you just get a smog pump eliminator kit? $65 from excessive motorsports. A new pump would be more than that wouldnt it?

pump from autozone is 35.99 wiht a 10 dollar core charge...they can have the old one for all i care...but if i go your way..i wont have to worry about it ever again

Did you take a look at the link Mr. 5.0 gave you? It shows the new way you will need to reroute your belt. I have AC on my car also and the belt will work fine. Make sure you take note of the new routing method as I said. Alot easier than putting on a pointless smog pump when you don't have to pass emisions.

James

im a ******* n00b. I didnt even notice it was routed a different way... looks like something to try in the morning.

Re: Air Pump Delete belt?
 

well the diagram is different on it when you take off the smog pump