From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Fri Sep 16 19:36:06 2005 From: xj-digest xj-digest Saturday, September 17 2005 Volume 01 : Number 2164 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... Re: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... xj: the "first 4.0L" in an FSJ? xj: biodiesel from garbage xj: administrivia: notes on using this list xj: jeeps, Diesel and taxes XJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeep/xj/ Send submissions to xj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to xj-digest-request-at-digest.net To unsubscribe, include the word unsubscribe by itself in the body of the message, unless you are sending the request from a different address than the one that appears on the list. Include the word help in a message to xj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:04:40 -0700 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: Re: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... A: Better double check your calendar! Mine was '01 (in preparation for Ouray in '02) Only things missing were the EFI (I had a carb and Chev HEI to put in) and the steering parts UPS lost. From: john Subject: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: I already put one in. I just didn't get to drive it because my SOA >-->steering parts were missing in action (UPS lost them in '02 or I >would've well, then you didn't... ;) because if you count just putting a 4.0L into an FSJ, Curtis and I already did that 4 years ago... ;) john ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:19:34 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: Better double check your calendar! Mine was '01 (in preparation for Ouray >-->in '02) Only things missing were the EFI (I had a carb and Chev HEI to put >-->in) and the steering parts UPS lost. we did it over a year before ouray... so it's been longer I guess... john >--> >--> >-->From: john >-->Subject: xj: Re: fsj: turtle project gets interesting... >--> >-->On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Jim Blair wrote: >--> >-->>-->A: I already put one in. I just didn't get to drive it because my SOA >-->>-->steering parts were missing in action (UPS lost them in '02 or I >-->>would've >--> >-->well, then you didn't... ;) because if you count just putting a 4.0L >-->into an FSJ, Curtis and I already did that 4 years ago... ;) >--> >-->john >--> >--> >--> >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:26:44 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: the "first 4.0L" in an FSJ? On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Jim Blair wrote: >-->Take pics? Mine have the date stamp is the pope catholic? sheesh... http://www.wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/SuperDawg-83-J10-stepside/DawgYear2001/May-2001-SWAP/all-may19-2001.jpg there's a picture of the 4.0L in my J10, May 19, 2001. john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 13:04:21 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: biodiesel from garbage http://my.netscape.com/corewidgets/news/story.psp?cat=50900&id=2005091412530002601657 (leave it to the press to sidestep the real data... ;) john Offbeat News Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005 Inventor: I never used dead cats for fuel BERLIN (Reuters) - A German inventor said he has developed a method to produce crude oil products from waste that he believes can be an answer to the soaring costs of fuel, but denied a German newspaper story implying he also used dead cats. Christian Koch, an inventor and patent holder of the "KDV 500" that he said produces high quality fuel, said he can transform waste products such as paper, rubbish and plastic materials into fuel. But Koch, 55, said there was no truth to stories published in Bild newspaper Tuesday and Wednesday that suggested he used dead cats as part of the mix for his organic diesel fuel. "I use paper, plastics, textiles and rubbish," Koch told Reuters. "It's an alternative fuel that is friendly for the environment. But it's complete nonsense to suggest dead cats. I've never used cats and would never think of that. At most the odd toad may have jumped in." Bild Tuesday wrote a headline: "German inventor can turn cats into fuel -- for a tank he needs 20 cats." The paper on Wednesday followed up with a story entitled: "Can you really make fuel out of cats?" A spokesman for Bild told Reuters the story was meant to show that cat remains could "in theory" be used to make fuel with Koch's patented method. The author of the story said Koch had never told him directly that he had used dead cats as the story implied. The website of Koch's firm, "Alphakat GmbH," says his patented "KDV 500" machine can produce what he calls the "bio-diesel" fuel at about 23 euro cents (30 cents) a liter, which is about one-fifth the price at petrol stations now. "I drive my normal diesel-powered car with this mixture," Koch is quoted saying in Bild, next to a large picture of a kitten. "I have gone 170,000 km (106,000 miles) without a problem. ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:05:00 +0000 From: Richard Welty Subject: xj: administrivia: notes on using this list Digest.Net mailing list "Meta FAQ" These general notes on using Digest.Net mailing lists are posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. 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What is Krusty Motorsports, anyway? Krusty Motorsports (http:/www.krusty-motorsports.com/) is a business which is owned and operated by Richard Welty (rwelty-at-krusty-motorsports.com). Krusty is an S-Corporation in the State of New York. Krusty provides a number of Internet related services, such as mailing list, web sites, pop3/telnet accounts, and consulting on internet related issues. For more information, see the web site. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:31:05 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: jeeps, Diesel and taxes An update on the "turtle" project in AZ... turns out a porta-power is being used to fix the roof of the rolled XJ, so the 4.0L into the FSJ is scrubbed for now. (My son rolled a friend's XJ last weekend and the plan was to put the 4.0L from that XJ into the same friend's SJ, both Jeeps incidently were obtained off of the SJ/XJ lists! One in Houston, the other in LA. ;) My son is sacrificing the windshield on his '87 xj for his friend's... and going to remove all the windows, get a motorcycle helmet and drive his XJ to the trails that way. Still waiting to hear how SuperDawg is progressing, I haven't heard from Curtis in a while, usually when he goes silent like this he's working hard and long on something, hopefully it's the Dawg. :) Haven't had time to do much on the '99 WJ, of course with gas prices the way they are the wife doesn't drive it much anyway. I'm going to finish switching it over to 100% Amsoil in hopes of better economy. :) I sold my spare 4.0L to a friend at church, and another friend at church wants to buy the leftover core to rebuild for his Jeep. Meanwhile I've still got this very clean '92 xj sport with bad rings in #6 sitting here for sale at only $1,200. The blue '86 XJ Cherokee Chief is still sitting here too, my son decided to buy the GMC Jimmy with the 6.2L Diesel. So it looks like I'll have to put the XJ back on craigslist. :) I'm not moving real fast on that though because if the Jimmy leaves the only thing I have to move the trailer around with is this nice '86 XJ. Can hardly wait for SuperDawg... I'm stockpiling veggie oil like crazy... :) Changed the oil and fuel filters on shadowfax last weekend, no more veggie oil for the '91 300D. Didn't hurt anything, but not willing to take the chance. Getting 30mpg in town and it's running great. Speaking of Diesel, heard on the radio that the Republicans were trying to get the Diesel tax repealed to help truckers and school bus drivers: State House Republicans want to suspend the 31-cent gas tax for three months for truckers, farmers and school bus drivers. http://www.komotv.com/news/story_m.asp?ID=39238 Of course the Democrat governor has this to say: The governor says it's better to go after the oil companies rather than the state treasury. Of course komotv has some of the info wrong... the taxes are higher than that for Diesel, but it's a start... Diesel costs more than premium at most stations. Hey, off topic, but if any one knows how to make front page extensions work in IIS with ".dwt" files, please contact me off list, I got roped into helping a friend. thanx, john -at- wagoneers.com ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #2164 *************************