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http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=2nqe1jo

the original is better quality, everytime I upload it it doubles the size, and messes up the quality. anyway, can anyone hear a tap or knock, over the exhause leak.

Not really
it almost sounds like our 2 cylinder diesel but not as loud

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did this just hapen and has the smog stuff been removed? if so look for the 4 plugs for the smog rail sound like one came out... mine has done this once and my sons has also... makes it sound like a tractor

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My old but now gone Luv...

whats wrong with it sounding like a tractor

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Tractors are supposed to sound like tractors. LUVs are supposed to sound like lawn mowers.

(I better talk nice. I'm driving mine to work tomorrow and it might get mad at me and break down)

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

Just sounds like a normal exhaust leak to me.

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1975 V8 Luv
1980 Bagged Luv

well i wana loud lawn mower....
might run 2.5 pipe just pass the door...
that way they'll know a Luv's coming and it might sound like i'm moving at the speed of light
"BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *backfire* BRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

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Someone else removed the smog, I'll look for the smog rail, is it around where the pump was. someone drilled holes in the exhaust pipe just before the muffler, and I can feel a small leak around the donut, I think.

It finally unthawed from the ice storm, I removed a 4ft 2in thick sheet of ice off the hood sunday..LOL

wow i'm glad i'm in arizona..
It snowed in Phx but no snow for me and i would like to keep it that way

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this is where the usually plug them

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dang u and ur fancy everything!
i'm paint my valve cover soon
what paint works best?

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not sure what works the best ... any of the high temp paint would work great or powder coating would also.... the valve cover was just a normal silver with a thin red coat over it to give it a candy paint or cherry paint look

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I'll check these out, I thought that was for fuel injection and someone put on a different head. they bent the tubes over on mine, I'll check for leaks, what would you use to replace what they have done, what kind of bolts?
Quit posting pic's of your engine, I'm getting wood.....

The easiest way is to unscrew the fittings for the tubes, wack the tubes off and chuck them and the whole damn rail in the trash with the rest of the worthless smog crap, thread the centers of the fittings with a tap, and then beat feet down to the hardware store and get a set of hardened allen head bolts and copper washers.

Then screw the fittings back in the holes in the head, and use the allen bolts and copper washers to plug them up.

That way it isn't noticable...and you have a nice tight permanent seal.

BTW...when you start yanking off all of your smog crap...make sure that if you pull out the ugly studs left sticking out everywhere on the head...that you use copper washers on the bolts you use to replace them...or you will have trouble getting them to to seal...and you might just create a small but messy oil leak.

like tumwatertaz said.. i cut the rail off then used a 1/8 npt tap and replaced with plugs. and you cant see them

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My old but now gone Luv...

That is one clean and neat engine bay ctmandu. I like it!

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hmmm it prutty

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Gorgeous engine! I'd be doing good to get mine looking half that nice.

I enjoyed the engine video. I don't pick out anything abnormal, but that's me.

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'78 1.8L 4-speed Fleetside

The only thing more beautiful than a sunset is a sunrise.

I used Chromillusion paint on mine after I sanded it down to bare, shiny metal. I also did my breather cover to match, even though most of the time it isn't on the truck.

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1980 LUV Mikado 4X4
2003 Chevy S10
http://www.luvtruck.com/Gallery/ChrisGo ... index.html

http://www.myspace.com/luvmikado

I fired it up today, and checked the bolts and none were leaking, but the donut was, I think I will take it into the muffler shop and have them replace the donut and fix the pipe where the other owner drilled holes in the exhaust pipe. the say the best way to take off the nuts from the exhaust manifold is to heat them cherry red and then burp them out with a impact so they don't snap off. I wish a header wasn't so high, i'd just get one.