Joe

"cprice@here.com" <cprice@here.com> wrote in
news:KJgzf.257082$2k.30459@pd7tw1no:

> Joe wrote:
>
>> "cprice@here.com" <cprice@here.com> wrote in
>> news:43CC557F.5040503@here.com:
>>
>>
>>>Joe wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Buy a short belt and bypass the smog pump.
>>>>
>>>>Joe
>>>>Calypso Green '93 5.0 LX AOD hatch with a few goodies
>>>>Black '03 Dakota 5.9 R/T CC
>>>
>>> If the car is in real nice condition, just get a replacement
>>> smog pump.
>>>If its beat, bypass the pump. I say this because if it is nice and
>>>you take steps to keep it relatively original and complete it will be
>>>a better investment than a beater with 50 different half-baked fixes.
>>
>>
>> Bypassing the pump can be done for the cost of a belt, takes all of a
>> few minutes, and is easily undoable. Replacing the pump will cost
>> hundreds and take at least a day at a shop.
>>
>> Idiot.
>
> Hey asshat, what in the car is expecting the pump to be there? 85
> is on
> the cusp of the computerized era. I know my 85 GT had some sort of
> ECU. What sort of primitive engine mamangement does this car have and
> how might it be affected by removing the smog pump?

Idiot. If you had a sliver of a clue, you would realize that the smog
pump has no effect on what little computer management is on an '85.
BTW, my '93 runs just fine w/o the smog pump.

> I like your junkyard mentality. If its broken, rip it out. Do you
> fix
> rust by cutting holes in your cars too? I'll bet you have cars up on
> blocks in your yard too? Any chance you and kate are from the same
> area of alabama?

Typically, you missed the point entirely. Idiot.

> Fix the fricking thing right if its in good shape. Otherwise
> bypass the
> belt.

Whoosh! Right over your pin-shaped head. Idiot.