I got a 96 trans am lt1 and I am doing an air delete! I just unbolted the air pump and went to unplugg it but there are two plugs that are plugged into each other and they are bolted to the air pump! One of the plugs goes into a wiring harness and the other side plug goes to the silenoid, but at the air pump has a black and red wire going into the pump! Do I need to just cut those wired or what? Do I take the silenoid and plugs off as well?

 

What's there depends on whether you had the AIR pump recall work done on the car:

http://shbox.com/1/air_pump_recall.jpg

Never saw the wires bolted to the pump... but in any case, you would need to find a way to unhook them from the pump, then unplug the harness connector from the AIR pump, and from the solenoid.

I wouldn't recommend cutting any wires. Just unplug them. Then you have to deal with the PCM codes and SES lights for the missing components.

 

Can you remove the bracket for the AIR pump or is it needed even after you remove the pump ?


-- Lee

 

well its not really bolted , its kinda has a clip on the air pump...the wires come from the pcm, they are plugged into another plug that goes to the silenoid, well both of those plugs are clipped to the air pump together and there is a black and red wire that come from those plugs and go into the air pump....so i un clipped the clip and cut the air pump wires right by the air pump and left both plugs plugged up, so now its wires from silenoid plugged into the plug that has the wire from the pcm.......do i need to remove the silenoid and wire and plug?

 

Yes you can unbolt the bracket, not really worth much of anyones time as the entire AIR system weighs like what... 5 lbs? Of course no clue why I'm saying that, as I took everything off as well