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thought I should drop in and say hi, I just bought a 1981 Chevy Luv 4x4 I get to pick it up this Saturday. Stock 1.8L 4sp manual, has a custom 20 gallon aluminum gas tank in the bed, 3in body lift, and plenty of free rust. primarily going to use it as a daily driver gets better gas mileage than my 71 K20. It needs a new radiator which I will be installing on Sat and a good pressure washing. Its been sitting for about a year I drove it about 20 miles with a leaking radiator from where I bought it to my brothers. It shakes a little above 55 mph feels like tires or wheel balance probably from sitting. Here's a pic of it over at my brother's.

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1971 Chevrolet K20 4x4 350/350/NP205
1981 Chevrolet Luv 4x4 1.8L/4SP

Welcome! I'll keep my eye out for your steel colored beast out there.

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Chevy LUV: The Jesus of Trucks.

very nice. always nice to see someone who saved one instead of scrapping it
what part of WA are you in?

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Welcome. I'm a P'up guy, so that means I pay attention to 2nd gen LUVs. There seem to be a gazillion of them between you and Oregon. Down here, I go for weeks--even months between sightings. And even then it's often one I've already tagged and released.

Jack

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'83 Isuzu P'up Diesel LS - Original Owner
JoeIsuzu@IsuzuPup.com
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i live right next to portland or and i still rarely see them and 90% are the same ones. its always cool to see another on out and about but its sadly rare. i usually spot a couple a month depending where i am.

liek the luv btw. was just thinking with a 20 gallon tank you could take one heck of a road trip before needing to fill up again

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Thanks for the replies! currently living in the Issaquah area. I worked on it all weekend and drove it to work this morning. Not sure I can keep it, has a pretty nasty exhaust leak, previous owner removed the original carb and machined a plate to adapt a Rochester 2bbl carb on it. I cant get it to idle worth a damn and when I hit the brakes the engine stalls.

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1971 Chevrolet K20 4x4 350/350/NP205
1981 Chevrolet Luv 4x4 1.8L/4SP

Well I am sad to report I cant keep it. I pulled it into the shop this morning and gave it a once over, I just don't have the time and money to give this truck what it needs. could be a good project for someone who does. I can say it runs if you 2 foot it, the 4wd works great in low and high, the exhaust leak requires the windows to be down so you don't choke on fumes. the tires and brand new and worth more than the truck. could be more wrong with it, only had about 30 min of downtime to check it out.

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1971 Chevrolet K20 4x4 350/350/NP205
1981 Chevrolet Luv 4x4 1.8L/4SP

Well im keeping it. what parts i can find are pretty cheap. i need to ditch the Rochester carb its too much for it.

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1971 Chevrolet K20 4x4 350/350/NP205
1981 Chevrolet Luv 4x4 1.8L/4SP

check craislist and the like for a weber 32/36 dgv or dgev. i run the dgev on mine and it runs great
no idea why someone thru a rochester on it instead of a weber.
body parts are hard to come by but the engine parts are a lot easier to get

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

I got the truck from a family member who is a fabricator/machinist. he told me he could not get the stock carb to run so he machined a adapter from scrap aluminum to fit this Rochester he had laying around. I ran the numbers on the Rochester and its
a 2 bbl carb for v8 applications 305-460 cid. I have the left mixture screw all the way in and the right screw is one turn out. Its running terribly rich. Is a Rochester 2bbl bolt pattern same as a weber 32/36?

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1971 Chevrolet K20 4x4 350/350/NP205
1981 Chevrolet Luv 4x4 1.8L/4SP

makes a bit more sense the stock carbs are trash i had two of them that didnt work so i threw them in a box and bought a weber conversion.
i am not sure about the mounting pattern but i think they are different, redline weber has a conversion adapter to put a weber on a rochester 2 bbl manifold. makes you wish you had your own milling machine doesnt it? one off parts would be nothing but a bit of time
305-460 is just a hair away from the 110.8 CID we run

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Luvless
1980 Mikado-Sold.

1993 Lexus SC400 my Daily
2004 Yamaha WR250F my new love in life
2016 Toyota Camry my girls ride

Sorry for the late reply, but Welcome! These people here are great. Any question you need to ask, they'll surely be able to answer or send you in a direction that'll be sure to answer that said question.

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