Hey everyone, i'm new here to this forum and thought i'd introduce myself and my Luv.
For starters i had a co worker who was getting ready to clean out there barn and just out of curiosity i asked if there was any vehicles they had they where getting rid of for cheep, she had told me that there was the Luv and it was a diesel. At this point i was intrigued and asked if it ran. she got a hold of her husband and told me it was an 82 that has been sitting for thirteen years and looked a little rough but when it was parked it was running.
i picked it up and it was missing the headlights, front bumper, ac condenser, and the battery was cut out of it. the first night we figured we would see if it was seized so we put a battery in it and hot wired the truck; it fired up after sitting for that long! we called it a night and over the next five days (after removing the threat of hantavirus) we did a tune up, put fresh fuel in it, put headlights and mounted marker lights, got all the running lights working and mounted a 2010 Camaro grill.
that was two weeks ago i picked it up and i've been driving it to and from work. so far it runs like a champ but there are still issues i'm having to work on. it still doesnt have working wipers, the cv shafts are both bad, the wheel bearings coming to the end of their lives, the heater and ac doesnt work and i need to build a front bumper. but all in all i'm starting to like the truck more and more and its a work in progress.
i'll have some photos to come and i'm sure i'll have some questions in the near future. i hope you guys on here are as helpful as some of the other forums i've been on.
Thanks, RC
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) and have her back on the road. she is running great and compared to my jeep i'm getting substantially better fuel economy. i've also had the front end apart and put some new wheel bearings and ball joints!