I am doing the TB/WP job and I have temporarily removed the air pump and in/out hoses to have some more space. I was planning to reinstall it and let it hang there without a belt(in case ever needed), because I have an X-pipe. But now I'm very tempted to just remove it all to free up space. Just put it all in a box if it is ever needed again, I doubt it.

But - what is the thing on the pic? Some kind of air distributor valve i guess? Do I remove it? Where does that thin line go? What to do with that? I presume I just plug the air box hole?

Thanks in advance for any help. I have tried searching, found a billion threads on air pump, but not what I was looking for...

 

 

Like Adam said.

You can remove everything.
Keep all parts in case you ever need to put everything back.

That's what I did few years ago.

 

Good. What is that thin line? Where do it end up? Remove that too?

 

That's a vacuum line. You will need to cap it off, or if you are doing an intake re-fresh you can can cap it off at the throttle body.

 

I forget where the vacuum line goes, but you can just plug it. You can remove the hose that goes to the airbox, and leave the connection open - wait, I just realize that would be unfiltered air - better close it off. [Edit: I was correct the first time - you can leave it open.] The metal tubing that goes down towards the converters cab be detached at a joint from underneath. The tube that continues to the converters has to be blocked off. I did it by cutting the tube to get the mating nut, inserting a coin ground down to the right diameter (a nickle), and screwing the nut onto the tube to the converters.

 

This.