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Well i got the motor and tranny in and went pretty smooth. Got my griffin raddy halfway figured out and ready to figure out for the final touchs and then take it apart for painting over it.
Now for the headache.
The new hooker luv headers will not fit my mount up. i have worked for over 2 hours trying to get the easy 2 piece side to bolt up. I have hammered and simpled everyplace I can see togegt it to fit. I can get one bolt or 2 in and then the oters won't go because of the stess on places it still hits. Also my nice new 7 qrt oil pan is too wide for the headers. The come in toward the midlle too far and if i get them on eventually I won't be able to take the oil drain plug out anymore.
hate to think what the driver side will be like. I will have to take the steering column back out to mess with it.

Anyway bottom line is I am finished jacking with this thing. I have my 800 holley double pumper coming also. i told my wife just now if i can get 2200 to 2500 for the whole works it is gone and I am done with the aggravation. brand new tranny, motor, guages the works. i have over 2,000 in the motor and machine shop 1200 in the tranny since I had to rebuild it again, 684 just this week, over 100 in guages, over 300 in coil overs. Anyway i am going to talk to my son in the morning and see what he says. He may want the motor and tranny but doubt. Don;t really want to split anything up. If he agrees i will probaly be getting it out of my sight once and for all. It is just not worth the aggravation to me any longer. I have enough on my mind now since I found out this week I have a small anuerysm in the base of my head. if my sone doesn't want to finish it or want the motor and tranny it will more than likely go here on the auction block.
I have a couple guys that might be interested in the motor or tranny. If I do keep the drive train for a more conventional ride, the frame and stuff will go cheap but will not ship anything because it will be too much trouble for the bigger body parts.
will keep you posted but as of now I am done with it. I have tried to keep going with your alls support but it has just beat me. I should have kept my other motor and headers and tranny and I would have been long since finished.

THE END IS IN SIGHT

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

Sorry to hear you have had so much trouble with your Luv. But sometimes a man has to do what a man has to do. Hope you come out ok with your medical issue.

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I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
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Thanks

I went down yesterday and gave the headers one last shot after a cooling off. I worked on the driver side and i can't believe after taking the column out and brake cylinder off that side fell right in. i went backt ot the passenger side and raised the motor up an inch so everything bolted up and set it back down. They are on finally. Guess i just needed to cool down and step back, If they wouldn;t have worked it was over with it. Now I have to get the starter in, Might have to take the header back loose but at least I know how to get it back on. Onlty thing i don't like about the hooker header is the pipe on the outside of the frame. The tire rubs when I turn the wheel hard right, Might be allright once the fron end is realigned.
i just don't know why they can't make the two sides the same as aar as the way the pipes drop back and down. it would have been a lot easier. Anyway i can move on. Anyway I will march on and have decoded not to post anymore frustrations about giving up on the truck. i will get it done one way or the other unless I blow something up.
Next up getting the raddy and front put back on to get it started after getting the exhaust hooked up so i can hear for any noises on the first startup. Hope to have it at least started next weekend. then maybe I can think about the new five lug conversion that is beeing worked on in the other posts.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

Ya, I know the feeling.

After spending close to a day getting my headers to work on my truck. A year later I switched to alm heads. On a Big Block Chevy they raise the exhaust ports about 1" with most Alm heads. 1" not big deal right? Well it turns out 1" higher is also 1" wider.......two days later I finally got them to fit after relocating the stearing and rebending each tube to clear the frame rails and floor pan. First time I tried to change oil. I found out I need to remove two header tubes to get the filter out.


I also learned the "Make sure the touque converter is all the way seated before bolting up the motor" the hard way. Although I learn that one on a different project.

Hang in there !!

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I had the same problem a few years ago when I had a buddy build me a set of headers for my luv. Had to remove the collector to change the filter. One time of that and I bought a remote mount!! Sorry about the hijack.

I also agree, hang in there. There were times when I got fed up with my luv. I would just walk away for a while.

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Life is a DRAG RACE!!!
I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
http://www.wildluvracing.com

Dont give up dude. Youll look back and get mad at yourself for "that 1 truck you couldnt get right"
One thing ive learned over the years. Dont work on them when your frustrated. Take a step back and relax. Come back to it when your feelin good. I fought with so many parts over the years only to come back to it the next day and it slide right in

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

Thanks again for all the encouragement. I finally got the stuff in. Working on getting the radiator just right and trying to figure out what tranny cooler to go with. My fan is on the outside and ther isn't but 1 inch between the electric pump and raddy, Really don't want to use the fin type and hook it to the new aluminum radiator.
Has anyone ever used the frame rail type or the newer style heat sink finned aluminmum ones you can mount about anywhere.
Also forgot to put the oil pump intermediate shaft in. Was gonna prim my engine and whoops. Guess I'll use a magnet and try to put it in that way. Gonna have to get some new pics going I guess,

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

I use a REALLY long pair of needle nose pliers...

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FIAA!

SFPP!

I think the intermediate shaft needs to go through the rear main cap before the oil pump is bolted on. At least thats the case if you use one with a pinned steel collar.

If you are using a stock type with the plastic collar it might work as long as you had the plastic collar on the oil pump before installing it.

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Mine needs a steel pinned one and not the plastic sleeve. This doesn't mean everything has to come back out and the oil pan taken back off does it.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

I could not get my distributor to drop in due to the shaft rubbing a spot on the block. (the shaft had a turned down spot for this, but it wasn't high enough to clear) I used a REALLY long pair of needle nose to remove it, repaired, and reinstalled using the REALLY long pair of needle nose. Mine has the pinned steel collar. No biggie to pull the pan if you have the torsion bars removed though. I do it every few passes and inspect the bearings...

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Figures. I can get my pan off I believe if I can get to all the bolts. Think I will try the long needle nose first. i just didn't know if the sleeve will slip in from the top.
Just filled the pan with brand new oil and cam breakin lube.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

Well I have to pull the pan. Went and bought the needle nose and it would work great if the durn shaft would have went through the hole. It does have to go up throught the main cap. Guess that's wha i get for getting in a hurry to get things back together.
I hope all the oil stays in the pans deep sump. I really don't want to waste my new oil and breakin stuff from comp cams. Guuess the hardest part will be getting it back on with the oil in it.
Should I risk saving the oil in a clean pan and getting anything in it and reusing it or try to keep it in the pan. i would imagineit will come out the back of the pan were the seal is more than likely.
Guess now would be a good time to have a new drain plug put in the pan were it can be emptied easier also. Can this be done somehow.

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Too much to do and not enough time or money!
Courage is the other side of fear!
Pain is the weakness leaving the body!

I do not have a stock type pump, forgot about that...

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If you think no one cares, try missing a couple of payments...



FIAA!

SFPP!