From owner-xj-digest-at-digest.net Tue Dec 29 09:48:41 2009 From: xj-digest xj-digest Tuesday, December 29 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3130 Forum for Discussion of XJ cherokees and wagoneers Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: xj: Sunday drive xj: tug finally sold, J10 not finished, now what? 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: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:21:20 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: xj: Sunday drive took the WJ over Stevens Pass to Leavenworth today... had to get our Schnitzel fix... here's a few pictures: http://fotomeister.us/2009/12-Dec-27-Cascades-via-US2-Leavenworth-WA/ALL.html (glad to be back on the green side of the mountains...) a few fotos from Christmas: http://fotomeister.us/2009/12-Dec-25-Christmas/ ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:47:47 -0800 (PST) From: diesel john Subject: xj: tug finally sold, J10 not finished, now what? today the '86 cj-10a goes to his new home... a guy that still has his all original newly purchased '78 cj7... he's got a jeepster and a few other collectables... will need to check out his fleet. :) he's a pretty cool guy that loves jeeps... he fell in love with the cj-10a, we took a ride in it and he decided he wanted it. it is a very cool rig, if it had a/c and lockable doors (all it takes is money...;) I likely would have kept it... I am so looking forward to normal heat and a dry cab though... :) Anyway, that leaves me without a daily driving Diesel WVO hauler.... have a large pile of cubies and buckets out in the yard from my last run that need to get up to Arlington, but with the cold snap we had a few weeks ago we're not able to make bioDiesel so it's not a big problem. My ultimate WVO hauling Diesel daily driver, my '83 J10 stepside, http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/superdawg-oct2000.jpg was supposed to be put together by now... no idea of how long it's going to take... it'll be done very well no doubt, but I need it now... got the SD33T in September, the TF727 rebuilt in August... so, in the interim what am I going to do? I really shouldn't be hauling WVO in one of the vehicles I plan to keep, or even sell... makes a big mess, unless it's a pickup truck of some kind, or I put each cubie in a bag in a plastic tray... been looking around at some cheap temporary Diesels: a '75 300D: (only 1,500, very tempting... large trunk. ;) http://images.craigslist.org/3k83od3l65V55Uc5R19csdcaa27dde1c11f8a.jpg a '91 F250: (pretty far away, who knows about the '91 F250 Diesels??? AT... issues?) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2722/4154196630_14bae24274_b.jpg an '87 300TD: (needs an a/c compressor, new seats, 297k, not ideal for wvo hauling) http://johnmeister.com/DieselBenz/CARS/1987-300TD-blue/ALL.html each will have "issues"... but each has a/c capability and doors that lock so they're already better than the tug. the other option is to use the '89 XJ for a while... but it's gas... 15-16 mpg yuck... http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/1989_Cherokee_Limited_Dec2009/ALL.html or even the '00 WJ... also gas... ~14-16 mpg http://wagoneers.com/WJ/rigs/2000-WJ-4.0-Nov-2009/ALL.html I don't know how long it'll be before my truck is reassembled... I don't know what the hold up is, or why... The '91 F250 looks good in the pictures, around book value... thinking I might be able to trade the '89 XJ towards it... IF I ever get the title from the guy that blew the engine in the '00WJ... why am I always waiting on someone???? I need to head into town today to pick up the glow plug for my '91 300D, then get home and work on the 4.0L swap in the '00 WJ... almost had the engine out last night... mark went to visit a friend down in Seattle... waiting on him... ;) it's like I'm in the Army again... hurry up and wait... :) thoughts on the '91 F250 Diesel 4x4? should be easy to sell when my J10 is done... what kind of mileage will it get? john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of xj-digest V1 #3130 *************************