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Subject: [TR] TR6 air pump
From: Dave1massey at cs.com (Dave1massey at cs.com)
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:43:11 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 3/30/2012 9:22:13 PM Central Daylight Time, 
tr6guy at cox.net writes: 
> If you remove it as I did on my 75, I would recommend holding onto it as 
> some
> states require the smog equipment and I like holding onto the factory 
> parts
> for the car.
> 

And store it in a dry place.  These things like to seize up if not 
exercised frequently.  But the worst thing you can do is just remove the belt 
and 
leave it in place.  In this case small amounts of exhaust gas will bleed past 
the check valve and accelerate vane corrosion.

Dave

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