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i went through about 12 pages and gave up
so my question is will a 75/76 engine fit or work in my 79 ?
found one but i dont know alot about the luvs so please any help would be great !

A 76 and up motor will. The 72-75 motors are different.

How would I tell the difference if I were to look at one pulled out?
And thank you very much

'76 & later engines have the intake on the passenger side, exhaust on the driver side.
'75 & older engines have both the intake & exhaust on the same side, I think passenger.

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'78 Chevy LUV,1.9,4sp,headers,31's,SAS Dana 30,Dana 20,SOA rear w/Aussie Locker, rough body, bought new 12/4/78.
'87 Trooper,2.3,5sp,headers,31's,ball joint flip & spacer,Aussie Locker rear,Superwinch hubs,brush guard w/5.5K winch,more to come.

75 and older have intake and exhaust both on the driver side (in the US anyway) or on the left side of the truck if you are sitting in the cab. The valve covers look quite a bit different too, black painted sheet metal is 76 and newer, unpainted cast aluminum is 75 and older. I bet if you look in the gallery on the main luvtruck.com site here you can probably find a 75 or older motor picture to compare.

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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