From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Mon Aug 4 19:12:31 2003 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Tuesday, August 5 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1986 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: fsj: Re: 83' Wagoneer power steering filler cap Re: fsj: another day in Snohomish... Re: fsj: another day in Snohomish... fsj: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black fsj: Rube Goldberg would love this. fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black Re: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black RE: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black fsj: Bucket seat wanted 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: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 11:08:58 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: Re: fsj: Re: 83' Wagoneer power steering filler cap A: Actually, I have found that the starters tend to come loose in these beasts quite often. I used to keep a spare starter drive in my glovebox (Wilson replacements are the real deal. Not Ford like a lot of places sell) which reminds me that when I go to Canada next week I need to pick up another. The other thing is that chewed flywheels make short work of the starters too. (the one I put in Spot had a couple 1/2 teeth, which worried me, but I didn't have an extra week to wait for a new one, so I took a chance) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: 83' Wagoneer power steering filler cap At 04:17 PM 8/2/2003 -0700, Harry Martin wrote: >john wrote: >>pretty standard item, GM style pump, any parts store >>should have one. :) > >Thanks John. > >I found one at the local store. The Help! line of parts had one, P/N 82587 >for a hefty $15! But, I can stop looking now. could have bought the whole pump at a pull-a-part for that.... shoot, that's more then jim blair and I have paid for an entire FSJ before. ;) >Now, on to the next project, to find out why my starter is (sometimes) not >ingaging with the motor. I suspect a faulty ground. if that starter is older than a year, it's due for replacement... john >Some days are just better than others... > >-- >Harry Martin Cartoons >http://www.vcnet.com/~harry >'83 FSJ Grand Wagoneer ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 18:07:11 -0700 From: Kevin Pekarek Subject: Re: fsj: another day in Snohomish... On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:04:07PM -0700, john wrote: > guess who dropped by today. :) > > Jim Blair with his "new" '73 J4000, complete > with tow dolly and tempo... > > the hill got him too, but being the resourceful soul he > was he drove out under his own power... Well, you do have a gnarly driveway. Coasting down it got a rather loud CLUNK out of the manual in the mercedes I drove over, and ever since then, the transmission ratcheted something fierce in first through third. Granted, the transmission was on its way out long before it went to John's house......... You should put a sign at the top warning people to park on the highway and walk down so they don't risk getting stuck :) K - -- Kevin Pekarek Redwood City, CA (near San Francisco) and Los Osos, CA (near San Luis Obispo) 74 Cherokee 2 door (258 1bbl, T15, D20, open 3.54 d44's) 77 Cherokee 4 door S (401 4bbl, TH400, BW QT, open 3.54 d44's) 85 190D (601, 5spd) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 18:50:57 -0700 From: john Subject: Re: fsj: another day in Snohomish... problem is parking on the highway and walking down is real hard on the knees... and if it's slick someone could fall and crash through the picket fence... :) Parking on the highway has other risks too... every now and then someone ends up in the creek up there, usually they miss the mailboxes, which is a good thing. :) years ago Old Blue had an encounter with the picket fence in a snow storm... my daughter, wife and my daughter's friend were shrieking as we came down the hill and made me forget to put it in neutral... sheesh, girls can be so "skiddish" sometimes. :) Which reminds me, I need to get gravel and build that other driveway so we can drive in a loop. Folks with trailers and car dollies can come down the gravel on the north side and if the brakes fail, well, they can run off past the carport into the blackberries and old logs in that ravine, after all it's only about 15 feet deep, and we'll just fish 'em out with one of the jeeps... no harm done... (to my fence or vehicles. ;) I've only lost one or two vehicles down there... only took two Jeeps to extract it. :) Now that I have all the vehicles out of here I guess I can get going on that gravel project. :) Place is looking downright vacant... All that's here is two XJ's and a Diesel Benz. I actually tried to call my friend that has those Willys pickups, luckily he didn't answer. ;) If I can do some horsetradin' with him for one... :) Hey, it looks like SuperDawg will be coming home for Thanksgiving! The latest, Christmas... hopefully he'll be here before the first snow. :) I figure as hot as this summer has been we'll have snow this winter. :) The '87 XJ is doing fine, ready to handle it if needed. 245,000 miles and still gets 21 mpg on the highway... amazing... Gotta love the best all around Jeep ever made using the best Jeep engine ever made, the 4.0L. Glad I went that way with SuperDawg. Best tranny too, the AW4 30-40LE. The transfer case should be ok, the NP219, if not I have a spare. ;) later, john At 06:07 PM 8/3/2003 -0700, Kevin Pekarek wrote: >On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:04:07PM -0700, john wrote: > > guess who dropped by today. :) > > > > Jim Blair with his "new" '73 J4000, complete > > with tow dolly and tempo... > > > > the hill got him too, but being the resourceful soul he > > was he drove out under his own power... > >Well, you do have a gnarly driveway. Coasting down it got a rather loud >CLUNK out of the manual in the mercedes I drove over, and ever since then, >the transmission ratcheted something fierce in first through third. > >Granted, the transmission was on its way out long before it went to John's >house......... > >You should put a sign at the top warning people to park on the highway and >walk down so they don't risk getting stuck :) > >K > >-- >Kevin Pekarek >Redwood City, CA (near San Francisco) and >Los Osos, CA (near San Luis Obispo) >74 Cherokee 2 door (258 1bbl, T15, D20, open 3.54 d44's) >77 Cherokee 4 door S (401 4bbl, TH400, BW QT, open 3.54 d44's) >85 190D (601, 5spd) - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:27:06 -0700 From: "Chris Stevens" Subject: fsj: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black I'm in the middle of lightly restoring my '69 Wagoneer. Bone stock with the original Buick 350 and TH400, plus a few minor updates like a Dana 44 front end with disk brakes, etc... It's not going off-road in anything more than the occasional fire road. I figure since it's managed to survive in almost perfect condition since 1969 (more than I can say for myself), it deserves to be treated nicely. But I do need to find a few bits and pieces - the most difficult being an original front floor mat. Most of the rubber is in great condition, but the drivers side floor has several holes. Anyone out there have one they aren't using and want to sell? Even if it has the same problems, I can probably fix it if I can get one with a good passenger's side. Any help appreciated. Thanks! Chris Stevens _________________________________________________ Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 02:27:29 Scanning by http://erado.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 21:55:04 -0700 From: john Subject: fsj: Rube Goldberg would love this. http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html Subject: FW: Honda commercial [bayes] Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:15:45 -0700 For those few who do not have this, here is is again... This is quite amazing...sorry if you have already seen it. New Honda commercial in the UK. Very important that you understand: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including a full engineering of the sequence. In addition, it's two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. Honda executives figure the ad will soon pay for itself simply in "free" viewings (Honda isn't paying a dime to have you watch this commercial!). When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation -- including the costs. There are six and only six hand-made Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film. Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp, and complete Honda Accord), are parts from those two cars. The voiceover is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh. And about those funky windshield wipers. On the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial. http://home.attbi.com/~bernhard36/honda-ad.html - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- john-at-wagoneers.com http://www.wagoneers.com http://www.billygraham.org/spiritualhelp/steps.asp http://www.helpmewithbiblestudy.org/ http://www.persecution.com/about/index.cfm?action=vom http://www.freegift.net/ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:44:51 -0700 From: "Paul and Megan Kershner" Subject: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black I used the complete carpet set from these guys and I was very impressed with the quality and fit of them in my '84 GW. Prices are pretty good, too. http://www.1aauto.com/1A/Carpets/Jeep/Wagoneer Paul Kershner - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of Chris Stevens Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 7:27 PM To: fsj-digest-at-digest.net Subject: fsj: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black I'm in the middle of lightly restoring my '69 Wagoneer. Bone stock with the original Buick 350 and TH400, plus a few minor updates like a Dana 44 front end with disk brakes, etc... It's not going off-road in anything more than the occasional fire road. I figure since it's managed to survive in almost perfect condition since 1969 (more than I can say for myself), it deserves to be treated nicely. But I do need to find a few bits and pieces - the most difficult being an original front floor mat. Most of the rubber is in great condition, but the drivers side floor has several holes. Anyone out there have one they aren't using and want to sell? Even if it has the same problems, I can probably fix it if I can get one with a good passenger's side. Any help appreciated. Thanks! Chris Stevens _________________________________________________ Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 02:27:29 Scanning by http://erado.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 22:40:00 -0700 From: john Subject: Re: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black I bought the carpet for SuperDawg from these guys as well, very good customer service. Carpet quality is middle of the road, certainly acceptable for an FSJ. :) Of course curtis might have some additional comments about them. :) john At 10:44 PM 8/3/2003 -0700, Paul and Megan Kershner wrote: >I used the complete carpet set from these guys and I was very impressed >with the quality and fit of them in my '84 GW. Prices are pretty good, >too. > >http://www.1aauto.com/1A/Carpets/Jeep/Wagoneer > > >Paul Kershner > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of >Chris Stevens >Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 7:27 PM >To: fsj-digest-at-digest.net >Subject: fsj: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black > >I'm in the middle of lightly restoring my '69 Wagoneer. Bone stock with >the original Buick 350 and TH400, plus a few minor updates like a Dana >44 front end with disk brakes, etc... It's not going off-road in >anything more than the occasional fire road. I figure since it's managed >to survive in almost perfect condition since 1969 (more than I can say >for myself), it deserves to be treated nicely. But I do need to find a >few bits and pieces - the most difficult being an original front floor >mat. Most of the rubber is in great condition, but the drivers side >floor has several holes. Anyone out there have one they aren't using and >want to sell? Even if it has the same problems, I can probably fix it if >I can get one with a good passenger's side. Any help appreciated. > >Thanks! >Chris Stevens > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________ >Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 02:27:29 >Scanning by http://erado.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 04:49:55 -0700 From: "Chris Stevens" Subject: RE: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black Thanks everyone. I'm really looking for a factory-original plain rubber mat though. A tough thing to find more than 30 years after the fact, I know... But *some* must have survived. I mean, I can find obscure parts for Alfas and Maseratis that were produced in the low hundreds, and Kaiser must have built thousands of Wagoneers in the sixties, no? Even my 1949 Studebaker pickup has good sources for NOS parts - and Studebaker went out of business several years before Kaiser sold the Jeep division to AMC! Thanks again, - - Chris - -----Original Message----- From: john [mailto:john-at-wagoneers.com] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 10:40 PM To: Paul and Megan Kershner; 'Chris Stevens'; fsj-digest-at-digest.net Cc: curtis Subject: Re: fsj: RE: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black I bought the carpet for SuperDawg from these guys as well, very good customer service. Carpet quality is middle of the road, certainly acceptable for an FSJ. :) Of course curtis might have some additional comments about them. :) john At 10:44 PM 8/3/2003 -0700, Paul and Megan Kershner wrote: >I used the complete carpet set from these guys and I was very impressed >with the quality and fit of them in my '84 GW. Prices are pretty good, >too. > >http://www.1aauto.com/1A/Carpets/Jeep/Wagoneer > > >Paul Kershner > > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of >Chris Stevens >Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 7:27 PM >To: fsj-digest-at-digest.net >Subject: fsj: Wanted - early Wagoneer floor mat in black > >I'm in the middle of lightly restoring my '69 Wagoneer. Bone stock with >the original Buick 350 and TH400, plus a few minor updates like a Dana >44 front end with disk brakes, etc... It's not going off-road in >anything more than the occasional fire road. I figure since it's >managed to survive in almost perfect condition since 1969 (more than I >can say for myself), it deserves to be treated nicely. But I do need to >find a few bits and pieces - the most difficult being an original front >floor mat. Most of the rubber is in great condition, but the drivers >side floor has several holes. Anyone out there have one they aren't >using and want to sell? Even if it has the same problems, I can >probably fix it if I can get one with a good passenger's side. Any help >appreciated. > >Thanks! >Chris Stevens > > > > > > > > >_________________________________________________ >Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 02:27:29 >Scanning by http://erado.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________ Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 05:41:08 Scanning by http://erado.com _________________________________________________ Scanned on 04 Aug 2003 11:50:20 Scanning by http://erado.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 19:03:42 -0700 From: "Jim B" Subject: fsj: Bucket seat wanted I have one, but need another or someplace that carries replacement material for them (low round backs that flip forward) I can post a pic someplace (If John doesn't already have one someplace) Jim Blair, Seattle, WA '84 J10 Black Jack (getting lifted and stroked!), '73 J4000 304/TH400/QT tow truck (it's alive!!), '83 Eagle wagon (soon to be modified!)http://www.virtualjeep.com ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #1986 **************************