From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Wed Sep 24 12:02:27 2008 From: xj-digest xj-digest Wednesday, September 24 2008 Volume 01 : Number 2874 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: Jeeps in NL, fuel prices xj: Re: 2.5L lifter issue xj: snohomish monster carport update 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, 20 Sep 2008 11:07:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: Jeeps in NL, fuel prices On Sat, 20 Sep 2008, stef wrote: # Hi John, # My new daily driver Volvo V70 2.5, this has to do with the fact that gasprice # still constantly high are. # Best Regards, # Stef # http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/ Stef, I moved all of your pictures to your directory... http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/ nice shot of the FSJ sticker on the Volvo... is it a Diesel? your xj sure is a beauty, love those leather seats. nice interior. My mercedes is a 2.5L as well.. "only" getting 28-30mpg in town though. ;) http://wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/ltrs-mpg.txt FUEL PRICES in Nederland, September 10, 2008: http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/NL-Texaco10-09-2008.jpg let's see, that's about 5.05 Euros per gallon for Diesel, right? if so, 5.05 EUR = 7.27980 USD yikes. 1 EUR = 1.44155 USD 1 USD = 0.693700 EUR gas is 1.55/liter or 5.87 euros or 5.87 EUR = 8.46187 USD !!! (rounded liberally, wasn't precise. ;) Diesel here ranges from $3.99/gallon to about $4.35... down from nearly $5.00/gallon. Up in BC Diesel was about $5.30/gallon. my daily driver right now is mainly a 6.5L Turbo Diesel... http://wagoneers.com/DIESELS/johns-94-Blazer-6.5/ running on biodiesel made from collected wvo... considering setting up a swvo heated tank... mainly to save moving barrels up to my buddy's place... it's costing us about $1.30/gallon to make biodiesel... on the trip up to BC got about 21 mpg... or about 11.5 liters/100km. http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-08-KamploopsBC-to-Leavenworth/ http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-09-Leavenworth/ we've pretty much parked our '99 WJ with the 4.7L V8, it's a beautiful Jeep and the prices are so depressed there is no point in selling it... I'd rather drive my Mercedes to work, but my wife uses it to run her errands, and since one of her errands involves many more miles than my daily commute, I drive the Blazer... (10 mile commute to work). Running the Mercedes on biodiesel as well. Maybe one of these days I'll get her to drive the Blazer and I'll get my benz back. :) john '94 Blazer, 6.5L Turbo Diesel '91 Mercedes 300D, 2.5L Turbo Diesel '99 Grand Cherokee, WJ, 4.7L V8 '75 J10 hydraulic dump trailer - picked up a barrel lift for it! '83 J10 Stepside (superdawg) - no engine right now... coming home soon! :) not sure what engine to install yet... the Blazer does what I'd want the J10 to do... doing another Diesel conversion might be fun, but it most likely won't turn out as nicely as the blazer... the original engine from superdawg went to another jeep somewhere in the last seven years... should still have the T5/np208... thinking Mercedes Diesel... :) my son's college graduation present: '67 J100 Panel, SJ, 232 cu in - makes a great "step stool" to work on carport: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-18-carport-roof-Panel-as-ladder/ALL.html ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:09:58 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: Re: 2.5L lifter issue good to hear... thanx for the update john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Leotta wrote: # Lin with the hydraulic lifter problem.Thankyou for the help. # Someone recommended i spray it with carburetor cleaner to free the lifter. I # did this. The Check Engine light went out # and engine started running great. Thanks again. # ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" # To: "Leotta" # Cc: "xj-list" # Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:59 PM # Subject: 2.5L lifter issue # # # > the lifter should lift straight up, shouldn't it? # > if you carefully rotate the cam it should move the lifter # > up and down so it could be lifted. The cam is in the middle # > of the block, just like the 4.0 if I'm not mistaken... I'm # > assuming you have the head off at this point, right? # > # > anyone able to offer some help on this? # > # > please cc # > lee25-at-netzero.net # > # > thanx, # > john # > # > ----- # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold # > SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 # > SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf # > http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # > # > # > On Sun, 31 Aug 2008, Leotta wrote: # > # > # Hello, # > # Could you please help me? # > # I have a 92 Jeep 4 cyl 2.5 L .I have a bad hydrolic lifter. # > # I cannot decompress the lifter so that i can get the lifter extracting # > tool on it to pull it up out of the engine. Its like # > # the lifter is froze. # > # Thankyou very much. # > lee25-at-netzero.net # > # # ____________________________________________________________ # Stuck in a dead end job?? Click to start living your dreams by earning an # online degree. # http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/Ioyw6i4uI3t39WdJBk9jkg0hQlswMqkfEunJSVbBImUl4rxC4KIqmZ/ # # ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:01:18 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: xj: snohomish monster carport update about 1/2 way there... main roof up, worked on lights last night and getting ready to remove the temporary (3 years old now) tent from the back... sure is turning out nicely... amazing how much those 24' long trusses solve so many problems... :) http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-24-carport-updates/ - -WJ - topped off the tank... first time in 3 months, 197 miles!!! about 13 mpg. :( got it up on CL for $5,500... it's a perfect WJ... nothing wrong with it, but it doesn't run on bioDiesel... $3.65/gal at 13-15 mpg isn't as nice as $1.30/gal at 28(benz) or even 17 mpg(blazer)... - -300D - wife has taken it over pretty much, been driving the Blazer... working out ok, feels really, really weird to drive the 300d... feels like I'm sitting on the road... funny, got the same feeling driving the WJ... that Blazer sits up pretty high. :) it's nice being able to put 10 foot long items inside and load up the back end with stuff... had over 10 bags of compost in the back... it's not a Jeep, but it is a pretty decent truck. - -XJ parts... maybe I should setup a separate tent for them. ;) been thinking about getting a '97-'01 xj and doing a Diesel conversion... just thinking... looking on cl for a few... prices are all over the place... not sure I'd like an XJ after all these years... would be a perfect platform for a Diesel conversion. guess I need to find a nice clean XJ with a dead engine, but considering thy came with the 4.0ls that's not likely... any XJ in need of engine/trans is also in need of interior or body work. :( Maybe I should just look for a 300GD. ;) - -SJ world: looking for J10 receiver hitch for barrel lift for the trailer... down to the one trailer... SUPERDAWG: getting ready to bring superdawg home... not sure what to do with him yet... ideas? engines: 4.0, 4.2, 4.7, 2.5l TD, 3.0l TD, 6.2, 6.5L TD ??? or just sell... :( rust free J10 stepside... no engine, t-5/NP208, d44's my wife and son hate superdawg... small cab makes him impractical, but if I got a nice mercedes Diesel setup in there I would have a nice daily driver... '67 J100 Panel - been thinking about moving the panel body onto another Wagoneer chassis so we get a completely setup 4x4 driveline, power steering, etc... a lot of work, and my son doesn't seem to mind... he'd like an automatic and to regear it... currently has 3.07s!!! and 35s!!! manual steering... it has a 232 I-6, rumor has it that only a BW aT would work... no mounts for ps pump... my son has been driving it around in low range. :) makes a great photography platform, and step stool to work on the carport: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-18-carport-roof-Panel-as-ladder/ALL.html Blazer: thinking about setting up the heated wvo tank I started to build for Omega... have some ideas... might go for it to test out the theory... may update the stereo... still need to install the passenger side WJ seat and get the heaters working. nice not having to do anything though... kind of feels good, like finishing up the masters degree and not having any homework... quickly run out of things on tivo to watch though, guess I need some projects to keep me from getting into trouble... :) that's the popcorn report... need to find a home for the XJ parts, also have some older SJ parts to make go away too... mostly factory hubcap/wheel covers... john '99 WJ - 4.7L - for sale '94 K1500 - 6.5L TD '91 300D - 2.5L TD '75 J10 hydraulic dump trailer, soon to have rear lift gate/barrel lift '67 J100 Panel - looking for SJ engine/trans/chassis for body swap... but not looking hard, son is happy with 232. '83 J10 stepside - 4.2 engine went missing, needed rebuild, T-5/np208, what to do... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #2874 *************************