Re: 86 4kcsq vacuum pump

[Allan Jones <ampj@tiac.net>]

Ron Woods wrote:
> Yeah, the lifters will make a bit of a ticking when the oil is in need of
> replacement, but NOTHING like that damned sound the vacuum pump created! You
> could hear that a mile away and most people who ever heard it probably thought
> the car was about to throw in the towel! <grin>...

> Danke!
> I just pulled it off!
> I still have some ticking left...but I also need to change the oil.

	I have my valve cover off and can stare right at the internals of this
vacuum pump thing, so I am tempted to pull mine off too. However I do
not want to remove it just yet, because I want to see how my I-5 sounds
after my timing belt and H2O pump change is done.

1>Is the recommended procedure to remove the 4" cam-driven shaft and
lubricate with lithium grease or otherwise?

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          ALLAN    ampj@tiac.net    '86 COMMEMORATIVE DESIGN COUPE GT
          JONES    Burlington MA     169K and sitting in many pieces
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