From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Thu Jul 4 13:35:24 2002 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Wednesday, July 3 2002 Volume 01 : Number 1680 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: RE: fsj: Diesel Mercedes Jeep spotted Re: [fsj: vacuum,paint,heat riser] fsj: 360 flywheel and clutch fsj: Jim's bigass Jeep parts sale in Seattle Re: [Re: [fsj: vacuum,paint,heat riser]] fsj: good article fsj: Re: Jim's bigass Jeep parts sale in Seattle fsj: Re: Rez Report fsj: FS 1950 Kaiser Traveler 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: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:06:38 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: RE: fsj: Diesel Mercedes Jeep spotted A: It does appear to be a customized G class Cabriolet. I guess it's a 5 cyl diesel (hard to hear the difference between 4, 5, and 6 cyls anymore with only 1 ear!) From: "Terrill, Patrick" Subject: RE: fsj: Diesel Mercedes Jeep spotted Jim, are you so sure? In the US, onlt the 5.0L V8 G500 is available, but the G-class comes in a 2.7L CDI inline 5cyl and a 4.0L CDI V8 in Europe. Both are deisels. And as for two-door postal look, the G-class comes in three varieties in Europe, the station short, station long and the cabriolet. Check them out at the Mercedes Benz website. http://www.mercedesbenz.com/e/cars/g-class/variationen_rel.htm It may not be what you saw but it does seem to fit you description. Patrick ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:26:13 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: Re: [fsj: vacuum,paint,heat riser] A: If you switch to a high flow cat (old, nearly clogged cats DO take away power) you don't need the AIR junk. In fact, it may make it overheat and burn out prematurely. If the AIR pump is seizing up, it's not it's fault that it's sucking up power? The one on my Dodge van (slant six) took me from 60 mph to nearly stall (would have if I let my foot off the throttle) in a VERY dangerous spot in high speed traffic. Luckily the belt broke and then the motor ran like a rocket! (I did put a new pump on because it had an OEM cat still, and it was only $20 my cost) It turned fine by hand before this, and I had just gone through the emission test a week before. Shredded my new belt to bits (glad I put on the cheapo Drive-rite and not the stronger Dayco!) To be fair, I've had alternators seize up and do the same thing. (I now pack a Delco overhaul kit in my getcha back box with LOTS of spare brushes! ) From: Michael Shimniok Subject: Re: [fsj: vacuum,paint,heat riser] Tesar Landon-r16884 wrote: > Don't hook up the AIR pump. Forgive me, but I beg to differ. Many catalytic converters are designed to have air pumped into them, otherwise they fail prematurely. It is a myth that AIR pumps rob the engine of power. Provided it is in proper functioning condition (a key factor) you should be able to spin it with your hand easily. I estimate it draws about .003 horsepower. :) If it is nearly failed, it will be hard to turn esp at higher rpms and will rob the motor of power but that isn't the fault of the AIR pump. :) > Keep the vacuum bulb, think this helps the 4x4 engage (I'm talking '89 > here so your setup may be different) The round ball on the firewall is required to engage 4wd as well as your heater/ac controls. It is a vacuum resevoir. You could remove your cruise control gear... that'd free up some space on the driver fender like the coffee can resevoir and the servo... I've removed the former but not the latter since it is taped together with a bunch of other stuff going into the cab thru the firewall and I just haven't gotten around to it. :) > Keep the PCV setup. > Run a direct line from 'ported vacuum' to the distributor. That would simplify things. Normally when the vehicle is cold it is fed a mix of ported and manifold vacuum that is metered through the non-linear vacuum regulator. Long and short of it is that this device limits the amount of vacuum advance you get and keeps it within a certain range. You could run the vehicle like this all the time but I couldn't get it to perform very well that way when I tried. If you do this, it would get rid of the rats nest of NLVR and CTO hoses, that's for sure. > Forgot whether you will/will not have the EGR. Depends on the carb. If the carb has an EGR port, then you can plug it in and go. > Might be good to install one old vacuum 'tree' in the new manifold > just so you have a switch to play with. AIR and EGR goes thru the rear CTO... I'd keep one up front in case you want to try running manifold vacuum when cold. Michael ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 10:49:29 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: fsj: 360 flywheel and clutch A: I just thought I'd mention that I am going to post to Ebay the '75 Jeep 360 flywheel and clutch I have (was used for the T18A/Dana 20 setup I also have for sale for $250) Purchaser pays real costs of UPS or Fedex. I get a decent price from UPS because I drop off at their depot in Seattle at the airport (10 minutes from my house in good traffic) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 11:29:31 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: fsj: Jim's bigass Jeep parts sale in Seattle Just to let everyone know, over the next week or so I will be straining through ALL my spare parts I don't need and having a HUGE sale of leftover stuff to make Ouray a little less expensive! ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 14:55:28 -0600 From: Michael Shimniok Subject: Re: [Re: [fsj: vacuum,paint,heat riser]] "Jim B" wrote: > A: If you switch to a high flow cat (old, nearly clogged cats DO take > away power) you don't need the AIR junk. My hi flow cat has a fitting for the AIR tube... wondering if all the hi flow type really don't need the AIR crap then? > In fact, it may make it overheat and burn out prematurely. If the AIR > pump is seizing up, it's not it's fault that it's sucking up power? No, it's the owners fault for not catching it in time. :D > The one on my Dodge van (slant six) took me from 60 mph > to nearly stall (would have if I let my foot off the throttle) in a VERY > dangerous spot in high speed traffic. Luckily the belt broke and then But hey at least you weren't polluting up until it failed. That's well worth the life threatening risk, right?? :) > the motor ran like a rocket! (I did put a new pump on because it had an > OEM cat still, and it was only $20 my cost) Heh. My 86 sheared the pulley off the pump when the pump siezed. It had been making a tapping noise all day on the trail and then stopped after awhile on the hwy so I got suspicious and checked. :) I probably oughta carry a spare alternator for the bigger trips. Michael - --- Michael E. Shimniok - KC0EKI - Michael.Shimniok-at-usa.net "For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." - H. L. Menken ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 15:48:45 -0700 From: john Subject: fsj: good article good article on Jeeps: http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/generations/articles/46011/article.html (the author only makes ONE error that I can spot... he cites that in '88 the "unpopular" Diesel option is dropped. It wasn't dropped because it was unpopular, but rather because of the acquisition by Chrysler and the contract with Renault... in Europe the Diesel option switched to VM (an Italian Diesel) and is still very POPULAR outside of the US. I loved my '85 xj Turbo Diesel and would still have it had it the Automatic transmission...) john - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:18:53 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: fsj: Re: Jim's bigass Jeep parts sale in Seattle A: Cherokee door panels? ('87 grey) Model 20 shifter is only $200 and comes with a T18A (6:1 first gear) and Dana 20 with it! From: john Subject: Re: Jim's bigass Jeep parts sale in Seattle any decent door panels? tan, or grey, or brown? how about a Model 20 shifter assy. john ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:47:32 EDT From: Brazzadog-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Re: Rez Report >From: Michael Shimniok > >Good luck finding AMC blue anywhere. If anyone knows where I'd like to know Eastwood has it both online and in the catalog. Ben Williams '71 Wagoneer ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:25:20 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: fsj: FS 1950 Kaiser Traveler just passing it on... - ------- start of forwarded message ------- From: jpmcarcoll-at-aol.com (JPMCARCOLL) Newsgroups: rec.autos.antique Date: 03 Jul 2002 01:20:49 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: FS 1950 Kaiser Traveler Rare, 3 door sedan/hatchback. In family for years, all original, recent centari black paint, includes JEEP tent for camping. $9,500. Can email digital photos to seriously interested peopel. Joe McCormick, Berne, NY 12023, ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #1680 **************************