From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Mon Sep 24 17:49:50 2007 From: xj-digest xj-digest Tuesday, September 25 2007 Volume 01 : Number 2655 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: snohomish monster carport update xj: mix matched bolts, and news article 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: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:26:52 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: snohomish monster carport update old blue II - compression test done - good - started exhaust manifold replacement - need to fix electrical problem in dome lights - replace carpet... find it a home. omega - curtis finally called, he's been getting rid of stuff in his shop and cleaning up... going to finish up omega this week... engine/driveline in... cruise, a/c, exhaust and the fuel lines for the aux tank... dual batteries under frame, etc. shadowfax... one tire has a slow leak... :) the wj... one tire has a slow leak... :) have decided not to continue shopping for an XJ... found two white XJs with tan interior... one sienna with a tan interior and a sunroof... problem comes down to the fact that all my money from alpha went to appliances, computers, windows for the house, vacation and a nice digital camera... :( ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:49:17 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: mix matched bolts, and news article why is it with american iron that there is a mix of metric and SAE? :) getting the exhaust manifold off of my jeep has been an interesting experience... did find the CORRECT bolt to plug up the air injection stuff... 9/16" 18 threads per inch... only thing Tacoma Screw had was 1" bolts... I think they'll stay seated in the holes without washers... thoughts? also, on that topic about materials, Flight International has an interesting article (9/24/2007) that clearly showed the ex-engineer is in a minority of old school engineers and that the vast majority of engineers they talked with concurred that there was sufficient data and that there clearly isn't a problem. ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #2655 *************************