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Ok, just yesterday the electrician finally found the culprit: One of the three wires on the (modified) connector of the MAP sensor was shorted out. After the new computer arrived and all the sensors (TPS, MAP, IAT...) had been replaced, the new computer still gave fault codes on all of them. The...

Re: Alternative pistons? Ok, how about this: The existing .030 pistons seem to be in good shape, so I'm mulling reusing them with new pins. But new pins only come with new pistons, and as far as I learned, the pins are pressed into the rods while floating in the pistons. Is there any way I...

Re: Alternative pistons? I'm not planning to bore it out more than that. But I wanna source the pistons locally if possible. So I need to know whether 1) I can use modified regular Jimmy/Safari/Astro pistons and 2) I can just install new pins on the existing pistons. Shady

Ok guys, I'm in BIG trouble here. To my chagrin, we found out that one of the piston pins (I'm not sure if it's piston #1 or #2) had crept and scoffed the cylinder wall. I'm not even sure if the pistons are the same spec (i.e. crown shape) as the original ones. I found that the pistons were an...

Re: Grafting a turbo? That was pretty much what I had in mind when I asked. I meant just going to the junkyard and yanking some turbo off some totalled vehicle. Shady

Ok, I'm just throwing this up in the air. In case the OE turbocharger goes bust, what other turbos can fit with the minimum amount of modifications/trouble? Anyone tried bolting (or welding) on something else?

Re: For those who wanted them, a few pics of my Typhoon (56k die!) Amazing! My truck is a long way from being this clean (at least for now). Why did you do away with the IC? Shady

Re: Potenza GIII You know, I've been here for almost three years and never been to the eastern province. I'd love to see Dammam and Dhahran! I've been to Abha once, and that was a great town, beautifully planned and really cool in July. Riyadh... I could take it for about a day, but couldn't...

Re: Potenza GIII No snow in Saudi Arabia :-)

Re: Potenza GIII Yup. This is the one.

Hi People, Does anyone know whether the Bridgestone Potenza GIII is a summer or all-season tire? TIA Shady

Re: Summer vs all-season Well, being in Jeddah, it only rains for a day or two throughout the whole year, so it's always dry. I might - just might - take the truck on a trip to Jordan this summer, or may put my vacation off till December (it gets wet in Jordan that time.) So I'm not really...

Does it really make that much of a difference? Do you even care? My truck came with Toyo FZ4's that look like they don't have many miles on them, so I'm not about to replace those at this time. I just might, though, because the previous (and negligent) owner had left the truck parked in the sun...

Re: Repair WOW! Over here, they'll be happy to do it for 100 riyals (about $25) per wheel! Shady

Re: Glass-fiber snorkel? It's a good concept, but I'm not sure if the battery would actually fit between the oil filter assembly and the radiator. And could the battery tray bolt on the other side of the engine bay? That said, your suggestion made me think of using a "cooking pot" air cleaner...

Guys, what's a guy gotta do to be able to post attachments on this site??? Shady

Guys, the intake snorkel (from filter assembly to turbo) is cracked and broken off at both ends. I'm playing with the idea of having one made out of glass fiber. Has anyone of you done that? If so, any issues with heat and durability? Shady

Re: Just the ECM? But can it cause the behavior I just described?

OK, I'm about to order a remanned ECM from Alex, but first, I wanna ask this just to make sure I wouldn't need anything else. It goes like this: The truck would be running fine, and then all of a sudden the check engine comes on and the trucks starts to sputter and misfire for about 15 to 30...

Re: A little photoshop work Yeah but then again, a Sy/Ty wouldn't be a Sy/Ty without the turbocharger and AWD now, would it? After all, that's what made our originals so unique! Shady