From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Dec 29 12:26:58 2001 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Saturday, December 29 2001 Volume 01 : Number 1531 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: RE: More lawn ornaments Re: fsj: brake light... Re: fsj: Re: A question....... Re: fsj: HEAD for 230 CI Tornado Re: fsj: Brake light means... fsj: Springs n' things Re: fsj: brake light... Re: fsj: Springs n' things fsj: New Venture NV4500 Transmission Conversion Kit Dodge Cummins Diesel & GM Pickup Truck FSJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeeps/fsj/ Send submissions to fsj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to fsj-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 fsj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:26:51 -0800 (PST) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: fsj: RE: More lawn ornaments A: Mine may be nicer than yours! I spotted a black M715 with a small rust hole in the back of the cab I may swap my Comanche for next payday! WOOOHOOO!!!!! The guy couldn't find a new diff for it. (Maybe my stroker should go in there instead? MUAAAHAAAHAAHAAHAA) From: JEEPNUTZ3-at-AOL.COM Speaking of "yard ornaments" I saw a beautiful sight today along my route.3 willys wagons and a 1970 wag for sale on some guys lawn. The Willys were all about 1954 two wheel drive 4-cyl's.They looked like they've been sitting a while. The wag was 6-cyl manual on the column all pretty rusty, and each one had $700 on them. They looked salvageable with a lot of TLC. They looked great just sitting there in a group . If interested they are in Tucahoe NJ on rt. 49 Mike Scullville NJ ************************************* JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:35:45 -0800 (PST) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: Re: fsj: brake light... A: John, you forget the ebrake switch is also wired into this! From: john hey jeepnut, two things can trigger that light, the combination valve down on the driver's side frame or the master cylinder... actually, the switch is on the combination valve... I think it means that the plunger moved forward... Does the pedal sink at all??? john ************************************* JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:44:47 -0800 (PST) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: Re: fsj: Re: A question....... A: Which motor do you have? 360 V8 or inline 6? The 4.5L 6 cyl from VAM cars fits where the 4.2L sits (4.0L from '87 up XJs can be made to fit too), and powers the Jeeps up nicely! The V8 can be changed for other AMC V8s with minor adaptations, or other motors (a Dodge V8 with the 4x4 transmission for '80 and newer FSJs is an adaptable option. If you swap the Jeep output shaft into a Dodge 727 car trans, it can be made to fit too. Unless you have the 999 trans in your FSJ like I did) From: john At 10:52 PM 12/26/01 -0600, ROGELIO GUILLEN wrote: Hi, john, my name's Juan Carlos and I'm from Tijuana Mexico. I have a 82'Wagoneer. and my question is how much is it cost an engine(Motor). Excuse my english..... Thanks. ROGELIO GUILLEN Juan, A used motor could be found for as little as $300 to around $900. A rebuilt motor would run about $1,000 to $1,500 US. I think a typical replacement with a rebuilt motor with the labor included would cost $2,000 to $2,500 depending on who did the work. You might be able to have yours rebuilt, that would cost around $800 to $1,500, depending on the parts you used and who did the machine shop work. Hope this helps. john - - ************************************* JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 23:47:27 -0800 (PST) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: Re: fsj: HEAD for 230 CI Tornado A: A couple of questions. Was the head planed? Did you retorque the head? You may be able to get away from changing it by retightening. Or possibly a can of block seal. From: "Faith Jeff" Hi does anyone have a good HEAD for a "230 ci Tornado" for sale? I'm running a 63 wagoneer. oil is mixing with water. head gasket was replaced and still oil/water problem. guess head is the next culprit. can a machine shop check a head for damage? Thanks, Jeff ************************************* JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 ************************************** ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:40:30 -0600 From: JeepNut Subject: Re: fsj: Brake light means... Thanks for the suggestions. The master cylinder test sounds like a great tip, as does Jim's idea about working out there in the cold. I'm gonna hack together a little frame and staple some 7 mil plastic to it to build a small shelter. Then I can sit a little radiant heater I have in behind that. With the wind blocked off it should work pretty well. Well why is it that things come in "groups" with these FSJs? Would the LR brake drum being full of gear oil cause the Brake light on the dash? The fluid in the master cylinder reservior is full. But I haven't yet checked the rear end. I suspect it must be 1/2 empty judging by the mess... No leaks from any of the braking system, but what I finally found splayed out on the inside of the LR tire was not brake fluid, but smells like rearend oil. So it seems time for a seal. But I'm left to wonder....is this why the BRAKE light? There really doesn't seem to be anything particularly wrong with the braking system. The pedal feels pretty good, (despite the rear on one side being gooped with oil), maybe a little spongy. Or will this be "in addition to"? Oh, and I noticed I have a broken spring under there in the back too. Oh goody. JeepNut - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '88 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... '92 Cherokee - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:52:17 -0600 From: JeepNut Subject: fsj: Springs n' things Hi all, Seems I found one of the stock overload spring leaves broken in half. Maybe I can take this opportunity to order a completely new spring set from JCWhitney... They have the rears for $100.00. It's the lower leaf that is broken, so I could cheap out and get the AAL for the rear at $40.00/pr. and just use that as my lower leaf. Of course that probably isn't the best idea since it was the overload spring that I snapped. I do have the old stock set of springs off my Comanche out there in a shed. May have to see if I can use the overload leaf from that set. Hmm.... anybody know if a spring pack from under a Comanche will hang in an SJ? Probably not, but I'll find out this weekend no doubt. My MJ's got a rear spring pack which is the heavyiest duty factory-stock spring kit for the 4x4 Comanche. And the MJ is OOC for the forseeable so... If I just buy the new springs now tho, I'm all setup for the Lift Kit a little later on down the road... decisions, decisions, everyone feel free to chime in.... - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '88 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... '92 Cherokee - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:57:59 -0600 From: JeepNut Subject: Re: fsj: brake light... Good tip about that switch too Jim. The pedal definately needs a "pull with the toe" from time to time, so it is something worth remmebering. Steve James Blair wrote: > > A: John, you forget the ebrake switch is also wired into this! > > From: john > > hey jeepnut, > two things can trigger that light, > the combination valve down on the driver's side frame or the master > cylinder... actually, the switch is on the combination valve... I > think it means that the plunger moved forward... > Does the pedal sink at all??? > john > > ************************************* > JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche > http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ > http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 > ************************************** - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------- '87 Street Comanche #24/100 '88 Grand Wagoneer ...and they say there's only one... '92 Cherokee - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 23:54:16 -0600 From: "R.J. Baynum" Subject: Re: fsj: Springs n' things I would just get new springs all the way around... You know you are going to keep it, it's better in the long run, and cheaper that way.. and you won't be setting your self up for more headaches later .. my opinion.. R.J. 80 J-10 honcho JeepNut wrote: >Hi all, > Seems I found one of the stock overload spring leaves broken in half. > Maybe I can take this opportunity to order a completely new spring set >from JCWhitney... They have the rears for $100.00. > It's the lower leaf that is broken, so I could cheap out and get the AAL >for the rear at $40.00/pr. and just use that as my lower leaf. Of course >that probably isn't the best idea since it was the overload spring that I >snapped. > I do have the old stock set of springs off my Comanche out there in a >shed. May have to see if I can use the overload leaf from that set. >Hmm.... anybody know if a spring pack from under a Comanche will hang in an >SJ? Probably not, but I'll find out this weekend no doubt. My MJ's got a >rear spring pack which is the heavyiest duty factory-stock spring kit for >the 4x4 Comanche. And the MJ is OOC for the forseeable so... > > If I just buy the new springs now tho, I'm all setup for the Lift Kit a >little later on down the road... >decisions, decisions, everyone feel free to chime in.... ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 00:44:05 -0800 (PST) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: fsj: New Venture NV4500 Transmission Conversion Kit Dodge Cummins Diesel & GM Pickup Truck ************************************* JimBlair, Seattle,WA '84 J10, '86 Comanche http://www.geocities.com/eaglemania2002/ http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998 ************************************** http://www.drivetrain.com/newventure.html ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #1531 **************************