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I bought a 79 Mikado longbed recently. It is black out and red in. Box-stock near as I can tell (except it has a cd player I've yet to get working). Auto trans. AC which cools but needs charging. The rearend drips a bit from the pinion and makes a bit of low howl after a few miles of driving. I hear some clicking or rattling from the passenger side rear when driving through a slight right turn which goes away if I brake a little.
I'm looking for a grill, a smog pump (mine has a wobbling pulley) and to get the rearend fixed up or replaced...

Any of you live in the Sacramento or NorCal foothills off I-80?

Nice board BTW...

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...

Welcome ! I just moved from Walnut Creek, near concord and such in the East Bay no more than 2 weeks ago, but there are a few guys up there that can help you.

The grille is available for purchase here: http://www.partstrain.com/products/Auto ... --001.html

The smog pump just ask in the classifieds section, and the rear end can easily be rebuilt, no need to get another core. . .

Looks like you have a very nice truck there, good luck and again Welcome to the BEST LUV SITE IN THE WORLD !

-Austin

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1975 Chevy LUV Rockabilly Stepside:
Satin Black, V-8 Traditionally Named "Dean"

Thanks Austin.
Yeah I've found the grill on several sites, with shipping it's always over 50 bucks, more than I care to spend on it...
I've found smog pumps on-line too, a bit over 60 bucks. I haven't checked any parts stores yet. This is a part I'd want to see working before I purchased a used one, I'd rather buy a rebuilt. I had a buddy whos smog pump froze up while driving on a hi-way and then the belt broke and did lots of damage...
I'll be looking into getting the diff spiffed...

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...

For the smog pump , check any import car or truck from the 70's at the junk yard. My buddy had a 70 something Ford Currier and it had the same smog pump on it.

And welcome to the site! My Dad lives in Grass Valley an my sister and brother in law live in Garden Valley. ( I'm stuck down here in LA.) What city are you in?

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

I'll take a look about the pick-n-pull for matching smog pumps...
Our mailing addy is Newcastle but we're out in the hills not in town...

I like your avatard image...

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...

I have never seen a smog pump for a LUV, what do they look like?

On my car stuff, they were an a-typical unit, but I have seen some that were called a metric version, but I never determined the meaning on this, maybe some of the parts in it were of some metric thread or something...

I would be interested in seeing that system for a LUV.

Thanks. I was just goofing around one day. The camper wont even fit in between the wells. I didn't dare give it any weight. Some one here did ask me once how in the heck I go down the road like that.

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OK, I'm over it. Where's the beer?

Here's a link to the pump which I found shopping online...

http://www.rockauto.com/ref/Cardone/Det ... ?33730.jpg

I'll take some pics of the system and post them later...

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...

Ha!

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...

Snapped some pics...
The pump...

Towards the firewall and a bit below the pump is some sort of by-pass or blow-by device. It's partially obscured by the various hoses involved...

That device in the pic above has a vacuum hose that goes to the wired thingy in the upper right of this pic, it's on a bracket attached the brake master...

One of the pump hoses goes across the front of the engine to another deal that has a vacuum hose. This thingy is on a bracket between the distributer and the engine (sorry about the bad focus)...

Here's the firewall end of the air 'rail'...

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79 Black Mikado longbed with AT & AC...