LUVTruck.com

Hey guys i'm new here so bare with me.I recently bought a 1980 4x4 luv. The truck runs good but ever now and then it goes to spitin and sputterin real bad,but you can kill it and crank it back up and it runs good again.Sometimes it will run good the rest of the day and sometimes it will do it again in just a few minutes.PLEASE GIVE ME SOME HELP

Start with the basics.

Timing, Points, plugs, look inside distributor cap if it is scored and or cracked, replace it... hell replace it anyway, their cheap.

Next, I'd check the coil, make sure none of the connections are coroding etc.

Take a look at your plugs and reply back with a description, oily, fouling??

_________________


FIAA: Color Guard

I may be wrong but isn't the fuel pump controlled by the oil pressure switch and if so i would be checking the connections ? I have had this problem with my 80 4X4 and am going to go through all my connections and the fuse box and will be using D-Ox on the connections.FYI D-Ox is a product you can get at a elec. store and is for alu. wire and it will not let anything corrode again even works on your battery connections.

_________________
1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

thanks guys I havent had much time to look my truck but I did replace the distributor cap today.still no luck but I do have another question. When I took off the old distributor it and the new one don't fit just right the little plastic thing that the wires hookup 2 that go through the side that go 2 the points sticks up a little and is keeping the dissy from sealin off good. tomorrow i'm going 2 try 2 cut out a little gap where the little plastic thang is. Mabe it will seal off. Has any body else had a problem whith this before

There is supposed to be a cut-out in the cap for that little tab. Look in your old cap and you will see. If the new one doesn't have the same thing, it's probably the wrong cap.

Symptoms almost sound like a little water in the gas tank to me. My 77 used to do that sort of random sputter crap to my ex-wife, I figured it just didn't like her but turned out to be a bad hose on the breather tube that goes from the tank to the filler neck. It was letting just a little water in the tank when it rained. You might pull the fuel filter and check it out. Disconnect it carefully and then drain it inlet side down into a clean container, preferably clear glass. You should see bubbles of water on the bottom of the glass if you've got water in there.

_________________
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

yes that is the wrong cap i did that and had to go back to get the right one make sure it is the right one and take a look at the fuel pump that is where my trouble was with the wiring lol

_________________
http://www.facebook.com/ez.cracker
dangerous-toys4life
73 3-door avalanche bdydropped on 18s
86 1-ton 4x crewcab short bd 15"lift
75 k-5 2x
94 king cab

Good advice.

Isn't it alway good to know when something posted here saves someone a bunch of misery?

These little trucks can and will drive you a little bonkers at times.

Where would we all be without Ben, all of these members, and this site?

Same place I was about 22 yrs ago, hoping to get it running smooth "just one more time"... then trading it in on something

_________________


FIAA: Color Guard

Hope you didnt cut it yet...I got to thinking, check that plastic gromet and see if the last owner didn't put it in upside down, it will slide in USD, but will stick up about 3/8" higher than the edge It can be pulled straight up and out with needle nose pliers

_________________


FIAA: Color Guard