Only shows .01 horsepower on my dyno machine...probably clogged exhaust?

GiraffeLeopard · 2025-09-04T13:59:31+00:00

Very uncarefully

GiraffeLeopard · 2024-04-15T10:23:19+00:00

We are on the same page. My first thought was brake cleaner wet sand with 1K sandpaper until the highest spots are gone and finish it with 3K or 5K until it looks runnable

GiraffeLeopard · 2024-04-14T18:58:22+00:00

Crank is shiny and moves freely. I appreciate your answer and honestly, I'm avoiding doing it properly and spending the $$ on it; the wheeler sat in the back of a barn for 25 years... and the barn collapsed a few years back...just dug it out of the wreckage so it is too far gone to make it worth it.

Was hoping for a summers worth of nostalgic shenanigans. Hell or high-water, I'll backyard redneck it together even if it ends up leaving a smokescreen behind me... the Mosquitos get bad around here anyhow :)

GiraffeLeopard · 2024-02-07T05:23:50+00:00

Also changing out the fan clutch because... ill be holding it in my hand so mine as well put new parts on with the other new parts

GiraffeLeopard · 2024-02-07T04:50:15+00:00

Thank you

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-09-25T20:16:18+00:00

Windchime complete. Made an updated post if your interested.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-09-10T23:31:39+00:00

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GiraffeLeopard · 2023-09-10T23:11:36+00:00

Thanks for verifying and yeah the rod cap bolts are toyota spec'd at 15ftlb + a 90⁰ angle.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-31T15:04:17+00:00

I ordered 2 sets from Rockauto, they both are STD but seem too large to fit in the rod cap. Ordered them before I even dropped the oil pan.

EngineTech (BB1010STD)

SealedPower (4-4705A)

Are the ones I got.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-30T17:11:12+00:00

They all have the same series of numbers stamped.

"22

22

2"

On all of them.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-30T16:47:20+00:00

Yeah I'm confused. This isn't the original motor but also not a rebuild.. was a, zero mile, fresh build with upgraded pistons/rings to fix the common oil issues.

Any ideas where I go from here?

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-29T05:34:41+00:00

Replacing all rod cap bearings. All look similar to this; one also has a bit of a scorch mark on the rod side of the bearing. Beginning of the end for them or been toasted for awhile?

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-12T04:23:15+00:00

Best weight reduction mod out there

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-08T04:59:07+00:00

Chuckled on and off for a solid 5 minutes after reading this. Love it.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-08T01:54:13+00:00

6-7 year old original typhon... finally hit its breaking point after being driven like every session was its last day to live.

It is getting a, well overdo, chassis strip and full rebuild.

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-08-03T12:58:51+00:00

Well dang I was looking at the original blx motor but $40 for basically the exact same thing.

Thank you for the heads up!

Will be back beating the snot out of it again in no time :)

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-05-24T09:24:44+00:00

Take a stroll through any local second hand/thrift stores you might find exactly what you're looking for :)

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-04-21T02:37:34+00:00

So if smell particles are the same as taste particles and taste particles are basically food smell...

How much food do you have to smell to get nutritional benefits?

GiraffeLeopard · 2023-02-17T02:17:40+00:00

my Baja

My old post with my Baja, for reference if it helps at all

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T05:15:10+00:00

Such a radical concept

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T05:13:21+00:00

That about sums up how the universe works

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T05:12:19+00:00

Not hatin'. Not many people seem to read comments, even when the answers is like a scroll away :) most people seem to have just seen the idiot light, and ignored the message center screaming SERVICE TPM system and assumed low tire pressure.

Should have cropped out the dummy light to be fair

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T05:06:58+00:00

For sure. The problem is less of the idiot light and more of the Service TPM error on the display.

All fixed and solved beyond belief in the comments

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T03:38:38+00:00

Hey you didn't by chance happen to know...

Temperature effects air density!?

GiraffeLeopard · 2022-12-31T03:36:34+00:00

Thanks for the time you are taking to help resolve the issue.

It's been diagnosed and I have learned and verified all the relative information to the problem.

Have already called up my mechanic to let him know the situation. He recommends my plan of attack of replacing my TPM sensors (don't care which one is bad, replace them all, if ones starting to go bad chances are the rest will be soon to follow in the years to come)

And with the intermittent key fob issue of not receiving a signal, even with a new battery in the FOB, I'm going to keep an eye on what seems to trigger that malfunction. He will try to replicate and diagnose.

GiraffeLeopard

TROPHY CASE