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i have a 1980 chevy luv i need some help i can start it it fires up and then dies somtimes u can pump the gas and it will run a little bit a die so if yalls got any tips post me back

replace your fuel filter. Its in the left rear fender well.

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

check all of your vacuum lines too. My 76 would die like that and after new filter, fuel pump, vac lines, it ended up being the carb base gasket. Just some things to check anyway. good luck.

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i agree with the fuel filter, sounds like its not getting gas. the first place to start is replace the fuel filter. try giving it some starting fluid and see if it will run.

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1980 chevy luv 4x4 1.8 liter
1979 luv long bed parts truck
1984 2wd isuzu pup parts truck

"A man who says it can't be done shouldn't interrupt a man doing it."

Fuel filter and/or perhaps the fuel pump relay. You could jump the fuel pump from the battery to test the relay, but its not a good idea to run it that way. The relay is there so if the motor dies the pump stops.
(As in: you get into an accident, the fuel pump won't keep pumping gas on an engine compartment fire.) It really does sound like a fuel problem to me as well.

The other possibility that hasn't been mentioned is the coil resistor, but since it does kind of continue to pop after you quit cranking it over. In my experience if that resistor is toast it will run fine while you crank the starter but die dead cold when you let off the key to "ON". So, I doubt it is that, but if you run out of ideas that is another place to look.