I have been through 3 smog pumps in the 5 years I have owned my 84 LX 5.0.

The original and the 2 replacements i put in. I got them at Autozone with lifetime warranty. its a Cardone 32-291 and now appears to be obsolete. I was hearing terrible squealing and noticed the idler pulley jumping like mad so i assumed that the idler was bad. it wasn't. After putting on a NOS idler as soon as I started the car the belt seized and smoked up. Low and behold, the smog pump froze yet again.

So not only is this part not available at Autozone or Advance, my local parts store has one for $220. the price isn't the worst part, its the fact that these smog pumps are built like crap. I pulled off the pulley and the plastic impeller was completely melted. The smog pump was discolored golden like the whole thing heated up and the bearing the impeller rotates on was off center and froze.

So I'm kind of stuck here. I need the secondary air for my stock cats so I prefer not to do a delete kit. And I want the car on the road ASAP.

Does anyone besides Cardone make these smog pumps for our Foxbodies?