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i have a 80 2wd luv...
....i bought it as a project......i am the 3rd owner..
....well...i have been driving it for 2 months now...everything ok....
.....but...i ran out of gas twice this week.....only because the needle does not work...
....well...second time i ran out of gas.....it just stopped running...
....i put gas in it....but it wouldnt turn over...i figured i flooded it...so i let it sit...i cleaned the spark plugs just in case...and checked to see if i am getting gas to the carb...i am.....runns now...but very bad...i press the gas pedel and it just shuts down.....it seems like the timing is off now?....it wont idle but for a minute or two...any ideas?...
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......too many.....dots..... hard to....focus.....

Fuel pump or fuel filter. You are getting enough gas to idle but not enough to go when you step on the pedal. When you ran it out of gas it probably sucked up some extra crud off the bottom of the tank so it clogged things up.

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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

...........................................there....................................is....................................also...............................a.............................fuel................................filter.............................in..............................the ......................fuel.......................pump............................that.........................................could...........................be...................................clogged............................also

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

lol man, the dots should go at the end of the sentence...
just to show an incomplete thought...

and how in the world did you run it out of gas 2x? I usually go close to two weeks between fillups!

on the fuel gauge not working...
you might be able to pull the sending unit out of the tank... maybe a wire got disconnected?
you can check the gauge by grounding (make sure the ground is absolutely perfect! run a wire from the (-) side of the battery if you havta!) out the wire going to the fuel tank...
if the gauge says full, it works. If the gauge doesn't do anything... well, you get the picture.

It's just a personal preference, but I'd rather pull the bed off the truck than spend the day upside down trying to wire in a new gauge...
-ret

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.

LOL

You guys scared him off with one post under his belt!

thanks guys!
sorry about the (...............)
bad habbit that i have!
i have not looked at the truck yet, but i will on thursday. I hope thats the problem, it would be easy to fix. if its just the fuel filter.

No problem, glad you have a sense of humor it goes a long way here.

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

lyanluv-
lol man, welcome to the site!
everybody takes a dig at everybody else sometime or another!
-ret

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1980 4X4 LUV daily driver, as stock as can be.

Ha,...
trust me guy's. I have been in the scene long enough to know you have to have a sense of humor and know that everyone
has there own 2c to put in.
especialy when you drive a 1980 luv bagged as a daily driver!
i hang around alot of mini trucker's, so the people i meet @ shows are always different!
thanks again guys!