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So, when I open up the hood from the drivers side, this part is just sitting there...staring at me. The metal piece on the end pushes in but I don't know what this is.

So many wires to nowhere! So many....

Sincerely,
your new fav pain-in-the-butt

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like fuel system accessories were often mounted in this general location, on the driver side wheel well. Mine has a spare inline fuel filter mounted in the same spot

I can't say what it is, but it looks like some sort of backflow preventer or maybe even a really weird pressure regulator. Not sure why a fuel system would need either of those things... Maybe it was a brake accessory? Now that I look more closely, is that a wire coming out the right side?

At any rate, you can tell it has been sitting isolated for a long time since the threads were sprayed blue during the repaint your truck seems to have once gotten. Given that, you can probably rest assured that it just an old obsolete part.

If you take any more photos or figure out what it is, do share.

And regarding your wires to nowhere, print this document nice and big, and field-verify the wire runs you're confused by: http://www.luvtruck.com/PDF/Series2.pdf
I used a few different colored highlighters to keep things organized.

It looks chaotic but it's a smart diagram - laid out like a truck from above, making it relatively easy to figure things out.

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75 Mikado G180/4sp Desert Tortoise

Looks like an anti-dieseling or fuel cut solenoid, but not from a stock Luv.

Looks like you're right, egg. Quick search turns up lots of simlar ones.

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75 Mikado G180/4sp Desert Tortoise

Agreed! It looks very much like the stock one from the Hitachi carb that used to be in my truck. I was going to go home and pull out my old parts collection but searching the InterWeb sure was easier and faster... nice job do re mi ka do.

Eric Q.

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'75 body with '82 diesel running gear
My build thread.

Mystery solved!! Thanks for the input and THE THE FANTASTIC DIAGRAM! (Yes, I am yelling)

My list of "to dos" is getting longer, but excited to knock things out one at a time.