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I am new to this LUV forum but I used to visit and post regularly on the one on yahoo when I lived down in oregon. I have owned the same LUV pickup since 1999 it is now at 260,000 miles. I am currently having a problem with it that I cannot track down, I know its electrical system intimately, its drive train and exhaust are now second nature to me, but there is something wrong now with the engine which is driving me nuts, I cannot seem to fix it. I can get the thing to run but it is too weak to move the vehicle I figure it might be a problem in the carb, valves, or the timing but I can't narrow it down beyond that it will run but it wont move fast enough to take off from a stand still without potentially killing my engine.

Everything in this truck is stock, and has been reliable up to this point for the last six years with the acception of replacing a clutch, starter, alternator, and some fancy tricks with the wiring. Should I just shoot the poor boy and lay it to rest or does anyone have any insight that might get me another few miles?

I have already checked for a leaky head gasket no oil in the water or vise versa and none leaking out the block been over the ignition system with a fine toothed comb so that part is covered its just lost all its power to move like the luv it was.

I would say, check your compression. Maybe the ol girl has just run out of poop

have u done a tune up recently?? it could be the points.check ure plugs too. check if the plug wires r hooked up correctly. does it smoke at all?? does it sputter and caugh? does it idle really rough?? theres just many things it could be