Did the 1979 Lil Red Express come with an air pump?
All that added pollution control equipment sure is taxing on a simple V8, 4 barrel engine.
Not to mention all that stuff is 45 years old and it all has to work if it is going to pass the emissions tests.
If the truck has been sitting around and not being driven regularly, all the worse.
Lucky it's not a Lean Burn, or a Throttle Body with an old computer besides. Capacitors on the computer boards start leaking rendering them useless.
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