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Well, i my dad found a running 86 PUP in a junkyard a few weeks ago that he thought i might be interested in, he finnally got pics of it and i'm kinda sold on it, but i was wondering if the 2.3 in it is worth getting? Oh and it has AC and a lift gate in the back... all for 300 bucks... ya'lls opinion plz

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

hell i would get it just for the a/c and the lift gate. if all else fails you could sell the a/c stuff and the lift gate and probably get your money back.

yes, get it or i will ban you...

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1980 LUV 4x4, going under re-construction...

Yes the 2.3 is worth it, becasue you can swap it out for a 2.6

Get it or I fly over there and kick you in the nuts for not getting it

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

Lift gate??? Does it come with ballast weights for the front bumper, like a farm tractor?

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

I could make them... but no, it's got a gigantic slab of steel in the bed though...

And i'm gonna look at it thurs. morn and put a batt. in it and take a look at the flats on it, then i'll probably give them the cash fri. aft....

Oooohhhh, scary AF guy, geuss i'll have to get it just to stay in the "informative" thread.

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Boooo scary Air Force Guy...
Hooray Beer!!!

300 bucks for a running truck? People have paid more for less.

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Previous setup: 4.1 Buick V-6/TH 350
Current setup: 400 Small Block Chevy V-8/TH 350
9" ford rear end/short bed/blue
What do Water, Electricity and Humans have in common... They all travel the path of least resistance.

Don't want it now, interior is pretty much trashed, engine runs good though. Need's motor mount, Tune-up, there's a brake fluid leak somewhere... it's got brakes but they go down toooooo far, clutch needs adjusting badly, needs: valve cover gasket, frt. main seal, muffler/exhaust, they cut the lift gate off cause it didn't work, ac doesn't work, pwr str. doesn't "feel" right, need's a coolant flush, odd's n' ends'... i don't want to spend 300 bucks on the truck and have to spend alot more later to keep it around. At least the head isn't cracked and it cranks right up. idk, might pick it up later on in the year and drop the motor in another truck.


BTW, why's the dist. in the back of the motor? what's different about this 2.3 and the g-sieres motors?

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Hey, heard about this truck from your dad over on the Isuzu PUP forum and didn't sound like too bad of a truck. Sorry to see you aren't going to get it. He also said it needed a tune up and one motor mount was bad over at the PUP forum. Even if you do plan to get it later on you could always drop in a diesel engine. That's what I was telling your dad about if you guys did happen to get it.

Salvy

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1982 Chevy LUV diesel
2.25" stainless exhaust
w/ MagnaFlow performance muffler

Well, it's just not worth getting it right now if i'd save up 300 to get it instead of blowing most of my check this fri. to get it, then it wouldn't be much of a problem to get it and tinker with it.

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-Old ride-82 Luv diesel 5spd with some upgrades
-Past rides-82 Sierra, 78 Coupe De'Ville, 91 2dr Blazer, 86 RX7, 86 Porsche 944T (rear-ended and totaled)
-Curr. rides- 1970 Ford LTD 4dr, 390 4Bbl, 2nd owner! With a few Extras 00' Civic beater...

Dist runs off a gear on the camshaft instead of the oil pump/crank like the G series. The 4Z series (2.0, 2.3, and 2.6L motors) stuff uses a timing belt instead of a gear, so there wasn't a convenient place to hook the dist up front. It also gives a lot more room for power steering pump, AC compressor, and such. In short, there is a lot of stuff that is different between the two motor families. Almost no major parts interchange, but much of it is similar.

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95 Isuzu Trooper Daily Driver
86 Isuzu Trooper reliable backup
77 LUV 2wd stock beltway blaster (resting)
79 4x4 LUV project: 2.6L, 5spd, 31s (eventually)

MEPR: Man, my 4x4 makes all other LUVs look good

Hey Finalman.
I am in Gibsonville, NC.(just East of Greensboro near Burlington)
There don't seem to be too many other Diesel owners out there.
I have an 82. Hopefully I can keep it running for awhile.
There are alot of things I'd like to do to it but I am new to working on a diesel.

PM next time please, don't need to bring up old posts and get them off topic

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'80 Luv 4x4, 3" BL, 1.5" SL, 32/36, 2.25" exhaust...and fuzzy dice.
'95 Toyota 4Runner Limited 5-Speed.

would be a good work horse

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Im luvin it