From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Sep 4 09:00:35 2004 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Saturday, September 4 2004 Volume 01 : Number 2236 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: OT: international phone call question fsj: fleet changes... fsj: Re: fleet changes... fsj: Re: fleet changes... Re: fsj: fleet changes... Re: fsj: fleet changes... 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: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 06:57:41 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: OT: international phone call question I need a little help in locating a cheap long distance service to call my kid in China... she suggested http://www.bigzoo.com but I think that's setup for VOIP, right? I suppose I could get a mic and speaker setup for my computer since we have cable, but for tonight I'd like to call using the normal land lines... problem is since we got the cell phones we dropped normal long distance on our phones... we can call out 1.800 and all the funky code numbers though... suggestions on cheap international rates? clueless in clearview, thanx, john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:04:11 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: fleet changes... we have a new addition to the family... :) http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/99wj-3sep04.jpg http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/xj-wj-sj-3sep04.jpg just got home with my wife's selection... (it HAD to be a Jeep) she picked out a nice clean white '99 WJ Laredo. It's very clean, and runs great. It only has 72,000 miles on it. New tires even. It's got the 4.0L I-6 and Selectrac. I'll convert it over to 100% AMSOIL here in the next few weeks. With our 99 WJ Limited with the 4.7L V8 we went from 18.3 to just over 21mpg by switching. Will run this one with whatever is in there for a tank or two for comparison. It has the best stereo setup, controls on the wheel and all the amps and speakers! No sunroof. One control for the heat... the other setup with the dual controls never really worked well anyway. Simple is better. :) Test drove about 5 or 6 WJ's. Did a speed test between the 4.7L V8 and the 4.0L I6. On one stretch of Lake City Way we'd hit about 55mph with the V8 and 47-48 mph with the I-6's. I'll have to go and try the test with the 300D for grins. Amazingly our tired XJ did about the same as the '99/'02 Wj's right at 47 or 48mph. That's amazing since it has 3.55's and 31's too. Guess it's faster than we thought. :) Also tested one ZJ... confirmed my dislike for them, totally different feel then either an XJ or a WJ. A QUESTION: - ------------------------- Got a question on the WJ. There is no fan off the water pump, just the electric up by the rad... I can see threads on the water pump where the fan clutch would go... Does the 4.0L not have the extra fan??? Temp was constant at around 200/210 or so... engine idles smooth as glass. A 4.0L is a beautiful engine... :) - ------------------------- TRADE?: - ------------------------- I guess I need to buy another set of the '99 WJ shop manuals, anyone want to trade a complete set of '91 XJ manuals? :) - ------------------------- Anyway, this does means that our son will be flying home for Thanksgiving... :) he's buying the '87 XJ... it "only" has 251,6000 miles on it... he talked me out of the 31x10.5" tires though... was going to use them on my latest Monster Garage Project... ...the '78 J10 Golden Eagle... it's getting the 6.2L V8 GM Detroit-Allison Diesel out of the '83 GMC Jimmy I bought for the driveline. The remains of the Jimmy are being purchased by the teenager next door. :) The Diesel powered J10 should be hitting I-5 early October... With the acquisition of the "plain" jane version of the WJ I'm going to modify my plans for SuperDawg a bit... I am going to pirate the nice heated leather seats I bought out of a '99 WJ for him to put in my wife's WJ... Hey Curtis, looks like I'll be able to give y'all a lesson on how to use the Espresso unit tomorrow... And we can probably cancel the plans to extend the cab, unless these cloth WJ seats are worth the trouble... might be... we'll see... I guess we'll either go with the bench from the '78 if it's nice or use those leather seats I put on the Grand Wag bases before... Give me a ring later... might drive down tomorrow to get the seats. If you have time maybe we can swap 'em out and if you want the cloth ones for Rambo you'll save me the trouble of dragging 'em home. :) Looks like we'll have to figure something else out for tires for the J10 Golden Eagle... If we can find a couple of 30x9.5 BFGs we could rob the other two off the trailer... :) I guess in the meantime put the 35's on Rambo and I'll use those wimpy looking 235's until I can find enough loose change in the couch to replace 'em. :) If we don't extend the cab on SuperDawg then we could get him back on the road with the 4.0L setup by Spring... :) Since the '99 WJ doesn't have a hitch I may just have to keep that '78 J10 with the 6.2L Diesel as my tow rig... wouldn't want to hurt SuperDawg towing that '75 J10 Hydraulic dump trailer ya know... ;) As crazy as that logic sounds it might just fly... ;) Of course that might mean that the 300D will have to go... but at 30mpg + and a 60 mile a day commute that's not likely either... ;) so... the fleet in the Snohomish Monster Garage/Carport consists of: '91 300d 2.5L TD (30+ mpg) '99 WJ Laredo white 4.0L Selectrac (no hitch) '75 J10 trailer - hydraulic dump bed coming soon: '78 Golden Eagle J10 w/ 6.2L Diesel / 700r4/ NP208 - Oct 2004 '83 J10 Stepside ('96 4.0L project / AW4/ NP219 ) - Spring 2005? the kids part: '87 XJ (252,000 miles) 4.0L (heading to Tucson at Thanksgiving) '91 pontiac grand am (parked for a year...) if you're keeping score: (so far: 22 SJs, 2 WJs, 7 MBs, 9 XJx, 2 GMC Jimmys) http://www.wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html If the 4.10 gears in SuperDawg work as expected with the 235's he should be able to tow the trailer... as much as I'd love to keep all these vehicles it doesn't make sense... ;) So the probable end collection will be the '91 300d, the '99 WJ and the '83 J10 stepside with the '75 J10 trailer BTW, the "SuperDawg" theme is not about Dogs... it's about Granville King. Remember I had the '81 Wagoneer called Old Blue? Granville also had one... later the SuperDawg name came to mind because that's what he called his greyhounds, or SuperPup... So we still have to come up with a name for the '78 Golden Eagle... Eagle, not a Beagle... :) later, john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:48:19 -0400 From: "Neal Hoover" Subject: fsj: Re: fleet changes... fer cryin' out loud, john - if you'd spend as much time on your diesel conversion as you did typing that e-mail, you'd have it DONE by now!!!!! (hee-hee) congrats on the WJ. and, i agree, the 4.0L is a beautiful engine. :) Neal A. Hoover Project '76 J-10 Project '96 XJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "john" To: "john meister" Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:04 PM Subject: fsj: fleet changes... > we have a new addition to the family... :) > http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/99wj-3sep04.jpg > http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/xj-wj-sj-3sep04.jpg > > just got home with my wife's selection... (it HAD to be a Jeep) > > she picked out a nice clean white '99 WJ Laredo. It's very > clean, and runs great. It only has 72,000 miles on it. New tires even. > > It's got the 4.0L I-6 and Selectrac. I'll convert it over to 100% AMSOIL > here in the next few weeks. With our 99 WJ Limited with the 4.7L V8 we > went from 18.3 to just over 21mpg by switching. Will run this one with > whatever is in there for a tank or two for comparison. It has the best > stereo setup, controls on the wheel and all the amps and speakers! No > sunroof. One control for the heat... the other setup with the dual > controls never really worked well anyway. Simple is better. :) > > Test drove about 5 or 6 WJ's. Did a speed test between the 4.7L V8 > and the 4.0L I6. On one stretch of Lake City Way we'd hit about > 55mph with the V8 and 47-48 mph with the I-6's. I'll have to go > and try the test with the 300D for grins. Amazingly our tired > XJ did about the same as the '99/'02 Wj's right at 47 or 48mph. That's > amazing since it has 3.55's and 31's too. Guess it's faster than > we thought. :) Also tested one ZJ... confirmed my dislike for them, > totally different feel then either an XJ or a WJ. > > A QUESTION: > ------------------------- > Got a question on the WJ. There is no fan off the water pump, just > the electric up by the rad... I can see threads on the water pump > where the fan clutch would go... Does the 4.0L not have the extra > fan??? Temp was constant at around 200/210 or so... engine idles > smooth as glass. A 4.0L is a beautiful engine... :) > ------------------------- > > TRADE?: > ------------------------- > I guess I need to buy another set of the '99 WJ shop manuals, > anyone want to trade a complete set of '91 XJ manuals? :) > ------------------------- > > Anyway, this does means that our son will be flying home for Thanksgiving... :) > he's buying the '87 XJ... it "only" has 251,6000 miles on it... he talked me > out of the 31x10.5" tires though... was going to use them on my latest > Monster Garage Project... > > ...the '78 J10 Golden Eagle... it's getting the 6.2L V8 GM Detroit-Allison > Diesel out of the '83 GMC Jimmy I bought for the driveline. The remains > of the Jimmy are being purchased by the teenager next door. :) The > Diesel powered J10 should be hitting I-5 early October... > > With the acquisition of the "plain" jane version of the WJ I'm going to > modify my plans for SuperDawg a bit... I am going to pirate the nice > heated leather seats I bought out of a '99 WJ for him to put in my > wife's WJ... > > Hey Curtis, looks like I'll be able to give y'all a lesson > on how to use the Espresso unit tomorrow... > > And we can probably cancel the plans to extend the cab, unless > these cloth WJ seats are worth the trouble... might be... we'll see... > I guess we'll either go with the bench from the '78 if it's nice or > use those leather seats I put on the Grand Wag bases before... > > Give me a ring later... might drive down tomorrow to get the seats. > If you have time maybe we can swap 'em out and if you want the cloth > ones for Rambo you'll save me the trouble of dragging 'em home. :) > > Looks like we'll have to figure something else out for tires for the > J10 Golden Eagle... If we can find a couple of 30x9.5 BFGs we could > rob the other two off the trailer... :) I guess in the meantime > put the 35's on Rambo and I'll use those wimpy looking 235's until > I can find enough loose change in the couch to replace 'em. :) > > If we don't extend the cab on SuperDawg then we could get him back > on the road with the 4.0L setup by Spring... :) Since the '99 WJ > doesn't have a hitch I may just have to keep that '78 J10 with > the 6.2L Diesel as my tow rig... wouldn't want to hurt SuperDawg > towing that '75 J10 Hydraulic dump trailer ya know... ;) As > crazy as that logic sounds it might just fly... ;) Of course that > might mean that the 300D will have to go... but at 30mpg + and > a 60 mile a day commute that's not likely either... ;) > > so... the fleet in the Snohomish Monster Garage/Carport consists of: > '91 300d 2.5L TD (30+ mpg) > '99 WJ Laredo white 4.0L Selectrac (no hitch) > '75 J10 trailer - hydraulic dump bed > coming soon: > '78 Golden Eagle J10 w/ 6.2L Diesel / 700r4/ NP208 - Oct 2004 > '83 J10 Stepside ('96 4.0L project / AW4/ NP219 ) - Spring 2005? > > the kids part: > '87 XJ (252,000 miles) 4.0L (heading to Tucson at Thanksgiving) > '91 pontiac grand am (parked for a year...) > > if you're keeping score: (so far: 22 SJs, 2 WJs, 7 MBs, 9 XJx, 2 GMC Jimmys) > http://www.wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html > > If the 4.10 gears in SuperDawg work as expected with the 235's he should > be able to tow the trailer... as much as I'd love to keep all these vehicles > it doesn't make sense... ;) So the probable end collection will be the > '91 300d, the '99 WJ and the '83 J10 stepside with the '75 J10 trailer > > BTW, the "SuperDawg" theme is not about Dogs... it's about Granville King. > Remember I had the '81 Wagoneer called Old Blue? Granville also had one... > later the SuperDawg name came to mind because that's what he called his > greyhounds, or SuperPup... So we still have to come up with a name > for the '78 Golden Eagle... Eagle, not a Beagle... :) > > later, > john > > ---- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** > Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:46:46 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Re: fleet changes... On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Neal Hoover wrote: >-->fer cryin' out loud, john - if you'd spend as much time on your diesel >-->conversion as you did typing that e-mail, you'd have it DONE by now!!!!! >-->(hee-hee) if it were up here it'd get done quicker, but certainly not better... :) john >--> >-->congrats on the WJ. >-->and, i agree, the 4.0L is a beautiful engine. curtis is making sure I don't mess up Superdawg. :) he's trying to steer me toward the 4.0L in the J10 as well. john >-->:) >--> >-->Neal A. Hoover >-->Project '76 J-10 >-->Project '96 XJ >-->----- Original Message ----- >-->From: "john" >-->To: "john meister" >-->Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:04 PM >-->Subject: fsj: fleet changes... >--> >--> >-->> we have a new addition to the family... :) >-->> http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/99wj-3sep04.jpg >-->> http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/xj-wj-sj-3sep04.jpg >-->> >-->> just got home with my wife's selection... (it HAD to be a Jeep) ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:34:42 -0500 From: Jeep Nut Subject: Re: fsj: fleet changes... Nice ride... but I'm curious... I noticed the plate... 868-JXM.... can that really be a coincidence or is your middle name Xavier? :-) john wrote: >we have a new addition to the family... :) > http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/99wj-3sep04.jpg >http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/xj-wj-sj-3sep04.jpg > >just got home with my wife's selection... (it HAD to be a Jeep) > > she picked out a nice clean white '99 WJ Laredo. It's very >clean, and runs great. It only has 72,000 miles on it. New tires even. > >It's got the 4.0L I-6 and Selectrac. I'll convert it over to 100% AMSOIL >here in the next few weeks. With our 99 WJ Limited with the 4.7L V8 we >went from 18.3 to just over 21mpg by switching. Will run this one with >whatever is in there for a tank or two for comparison. It has the best >stereo setup, controls on the wheel and all the amps and speakers! No >sunroof. One control for the heat... the other setup with the dual >controls never really worked well anyway. Simple is better. :) > >Test drove about 5 or 6 WJ's. Did a speed test between the 4.7L V8 >and the 4.0L I6. On one stretch of Lake City Way we'd hit about >55mph with the V8 and 47-48 mph with the I-6's. I'll have to go >and try the test with the 300D for grins. Amazingly our tired >XJ did about the same as the '99/'02 Wj's right at 47 or 48mph. That's >amazing since it has 3.55's and 31's too. Guess it's faster than >we thought. :) Also tested one ZJ... confirmed my dislike for them, >totally different feel then either an XJ or a WJ. > >A QUESTION: >------------------------- >Got a question on the WJ. There is no fan off the water pump, just >the electric up by the rad... I can see threads on the water pump >where the fan clutch would go... Does the 4.0L not have the extra >fan??? Temp was constant at around 200/210 or so... engine idles >smooth as glass. A 4.0L is a beautiful engine... :) >------------------------- > >TRADE?: >------------------------- >I guess I need to buy another set of the '99 WJ shop manuals, >anyone want to trade a complete set of '91 XJ manuals? :) >------------------------- > >Anyway, this does means that our son will be flying home for Thanksgiving... :) >he's buying the '87 XJ... it "only" has 251,6000 miles on it... he talked me >out of the 31x10.5" tires though... was going to use them on my latest >Monster Garage Project... > >...the '78 J10 Golden Eagle... it's getting the 6.2L V8 GM Detroit-Allison >Diesel out of the '83 GMC Jimmy I bought for the driveline. The remains >of the Jimmy are being purchased by the teenager next door. :) The >Diesel powered J10 should be hitting I-5 early October... > >With the acquisition of the "plain" jane version of the WJ I'm going to >modify my plans for SuperDawg a bit... I am going to pirate the nice >heated leather seats I bought out of a '99 WJ for him to put in my >wife's WJ... > >Hey Curtis, looks like I'll be able to give y'all a lesson >on how to use the Espresso unit tomorrow... > >And we can probably cancel the plans to extend the cab, unless >these cloth WJ seats are worth the trouble... might be... we'll see... >I guess we'll either go with the bench from the '78 if it's nice or >use those leather seats I put on the Grand Wag bases before... > >Give me a ring later... might drive down tomorrow to get the seats. >If you have time maybe we can swap 'em out and if you want the cloth >ones for Rambo you'll save me the trouble of dragging 'em home. :) > >Looks like we'll have to figure something else out for tires for the >J10 Golden Eagle... If we can find a couple of 30x9.5 BFGs we could >rob the other two off the trailer... :) I guess in the meantime >put the 35's on Rambo and I'll use those wimpy looking 235's until >I can find enough loose change in the couch to replace 'em. :) > >If we don't extend the cab on SuperDawg then we could get him back >on the road with the 4.0L setup by Spring... :) Since the '99 WJ >doesn't have a hitch I may just have to keep that '78 J10 with >the 6.2L Diesel as my tow rig... wouldn't want to hurt SuperDawg >towing that '75 J10 Hydraulic dump trailer ya know... ;) As >crazy as that logic sounds it might just fly... ;) Of course that >might mean that the 300D will have to go... but at 30mpg + and >a 60 mile a day commute that's not likely either... ;) > >so... the fleet in the Snohomish Monster Garage/Carport consists of: > '91 300d 2.5L TD (30+ mpg) > '99 WJ Laredo white 4.0L Selectrac (no hitch) > '75 J10 trailer - hydraulic dump bed >coming soon: > '78 Golden Eagle J10 w/ 6.2L Diesel / 700r4/ NP208 - Oct 2004 > '83 J10 Stepside ('96 4.0L project / AW4/ NP219 ) - Spring 2005? > >the kids part: > '87 XJ (252,000 miles) 4.0L (heading to Tucson at Thanksgiving) > '91 pontiac grand am (parked for a year...) > >if you're keeping score: (so far: 22 SJs, 2 WJs, 7 MBs, 9 XJx, 2 GMC Jimmys) > http://www.wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html > >If the 4.10 gears in SuperDawg work as expected with the 235's he should >be able to tow the trailer... as much as I'd love to keep all these vehicles >it doesn't make sense... ;) So the probable end collection will be the >'91 300d, the '99 WJ and the '83 J10 stepside with the '75 J10 trailer > >BTW, the "SuperDawg" theme is not about Dogs... it's about Granville King. >Remember I had the '81 Wagoneer called Old Blue? Granville also had one... >later the SuperDawg name came to mind because that's what he called his >greyhounds, or SuperPup... So we still have to come up with a name >for the '78 Golden Eagle... Eagle, not a Beagle... :) > >later, >john > > ---- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** > Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:52:33 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: fleet changes... On Sat, 4 Sep 2004, Jeep Nut wrote: >-->Nice ride... >-->but I'm curious... I noticed the plate... 868-JXM.... can that really be >-->a coincidence or is your middle name Xavier? just a coincidence... the X is a variable so I can change it... ;) john m. ;) >-->:-) >--> >--> >-->john wrote: >--> >-->>we have a new addition to the family... :) >-->> http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/99wj-3sep04.jpg >-->>http://www.wagoneers.com/WJ/99-laredo/xj-wj-sj-3sep04.jpg >-->> >-->>just got home with my wife's selection... (it HAD to be a Jeep) >-->> >-->> she picked out a nice clean white '99 WJ Laredo. It's very >-->>clean, and runs great. It only has 72,000 miles on it. New tires even. >-->> >-->>It's got the 4.0L I-6 and Selectrac. I'll convert it over to 100% AMSOIL >-->>here in the next few weeks. With our 99 WJ Limited with the 4.7L V8 we >-->>went from 18.3 to just over 21mpg by switching. Will run this one with >-->>whatever is in there for a tank or two for comparison. It has the best >-->>stereo setup, controls on the wheel and all the amps and speakers! No >-->>sunroof. One control for the heat... the other setup with the dual >-->>controls never really worked well anyway. Simple is better. :) >-->> >-->>Test drove about 5 or 6 WJ's. Did a speed test between the 4.7L V8 >-->>and the 4.0L I6. On one stretch of Lake City Way we'd hit about >-->>55mph with the V8 and 47-48 mph with the I-6's. I'll have to go >-->>and try the test with the 300D for grins. Amazingly our tired >-->>XJ did about the same as the '99/'02 Wj's right at 47 or 48mph. That's >-->>amazing since it has 3.55's and 31's too. Guess it's faster than >-->>we thought. :) Also tested one ZJ... confirmed my dislike for them, >-->>totally different feel then either an XJ or a WJ. >-->> >-->>A QUESTION: >-->>------------------------- >-->>Got a question on the WJ. There is no fan off the water pump, just >-->>the electric up by the rad... I can see threads on the water pump >-->>where the fan clutch would go... Does the 4.0L not have the extra >-->>fan??? Temp was constant at around 200/210 or so... engine idles >-->>smooth as glass. A 4.0L is a beautiful engine... :) >-->>------------------------- >-->> >-->>TRADE?: >-->>------------------------- >-->>I guess I need to buy another set of the '99 WJ shop manuals, >-->>anyone want to trade a complete set of '91 XJ manuals? :) >-->>------------------------- >-->> >-->>Anyway, this does means that our son will be flying home for Thanksgiving... :) >-->>he's buying the '87 XJ... it "only" has 251,6000 miles on it... he talked me >-->>out of the 31x10.5" tires though... was going to use them on my latest >-->>Monster Garage Project... >-->> >-->>...the '78 J10 Golden Eagle... it's getting the 6.2L V8 GM Detroit-Allison >-->>Diesel out of the '83 GMC Jimmy I bought for the driveline. The remains >-->>of the Jimmy are being purchased by the teenager next door. :) The >-->>Diesel powered J10 should be hitting I-5 early October... >-->> >-->>With the acquisition of the "plain" jane version of the WJ I'm going to >-->>modify my plans for SuperDawg a bit... I am going to pirate the nice >-->>heated leather seats I bought out of a '99 WJ for him to put in my >-->>wife's WJ... >-->> >-->>Hey Curtis, looks like I'll be able to give y'all a lesson >-->>on how to use the Espresso unit tomorrow... >-->> >-->>And we can probably cancel the plans to extend the cab, unless >-->>these cloth WJ seats are worth the trouble... might be... we'll see... >-->>I guess we'll either go with the bench from the '78 if it's nice or >-->>use those leather seats I put on the Grand Wag bases before... >-->> >-->>Give me a ring later... might drive down tomorrow to get the seats. >-->>If you have time maybe we can swap 'em out and if you want the cloth >-->>ones for Rambo you'll save me the trouble of dragging 'em home. :) >-->> >-->>Looks like we'll have to figure something else out for tires for the >-->>J10 Golden Eagle... If we can find a couple of 30x9.5 BFGs we could >-->>rob the other two off the trailer... :) I guess in the meantime >-->>put the 35's on Rambo and I'll use those wimpy looking 235's until >-->>I can find enough loose change in the couch to replace 'em. :) >-->> >-->>If we don't extend the cab on SuperDawg then we could get him back >-->>on the road with the 4.0L setup by Spring... :) Since the '99 WJ >-->>doesn't have a hitch I may just have to keep that '78 J10 with >-->>the 6.2L Diesel as my tow rig... wouldn't want to hurt SuperDawg >-->>towing that '75 J10 Hydraulic dump trailer ya know... ;) As >-->>crazy as that logic sounds it might just fly... ;) Of course that >-->>might mean that the 300D will have to go... but at 30mpg + and >-->>a 60 mile a day commute that's not likely either... ;) >-->> >-->>so... the fleet in the Snohomish Monster Garage/Carport consists of: >-->> '91 300d 2.5L TD (30+ mpg) >-->> '99 WJ Laredo white 4.0L Selectrac (no hitch) >-->> '75 J10 trailer - hydraulic dump bed >-->>coming soon: >-->> '78 Golden Eagle J10 w/ 6.2L Diesel / 700r4/ NP208 - Oct 2004 >-->> '83 J10 Stepside ('96 4.0L project / AW4/ NP219 ) - Spring 2005? >-->> >-->>the kids part: >-->> '87 XJ (252,000 miles) 4.0L (heading to Tucson at Thanksgiving) >-->> '91 pontiac grand am (parked for a year...) >-->> >-->>if you're keeping score: (so far: 22 SJs, 2 WJs, 7 MBs, 9 XJx, 2 GMC Jimmys) >-->> http://www.wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html >-->> >-->>If the 4.10 gears in SuperDawg work as expected with the 235's he should >-->>be able to tow the trailer... as much as I'd love to keep all these vehicles >-->>it doesn't make sense... ;) So the probable end collection will be the >-->>'91 300d, the '99 WJ and the '83 J10 stepside with the '75 J10 trailer >-->> >-->>BTW, the "SuperDawg" theme is not about Dogs... it's about Granville King. >-->>Remember I had the '81 Wagoneer called Old Blue? Granville also had one... >-->>later the SuperDawg name came to mind because that's what he called his >-->>greyhounds, or SuperPup... So we still have to come up with a name >-->>for the '78 Golden Eagle... Eagle, not a Beagle... :) >-->> >-->>later, >-->>john >-->> >-->> ---- >-->> >-->>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-->> ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** >-->> Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. >-->>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #2236 **************************