From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Wed Dec 29 10:04:05 2004 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Wednesday, December 29 2004 Volume 01 : Number 2327 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! fsj: weather in Seattle and the passes - was Jim's yahoo... fsj: Fwd: FSJ T-18a/D20 for sale (not mine!) fsj: Re: [db] weather in Seattle and the passes Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! fsj: headlight comparisson 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: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 18:43:35 -0800 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! A: I've been busy trying to get my Comanche winter ready too, so my FSJs have been waiting (my '74 was pressed into daily service again while I did my rear axle. Since I have tomorrow off, I should be able to finish all but the trans/tcase conversion. Found another leak when I got to work this AM) wow, Jim, that's AWSOME!!! nice score. and, all good comes full circle in the end, aye? ;) i'm hoping to get started back into my j-truck project in the next week or so here. it has basically been abandoned for the past few months while i was making some new off-roading mods to the XJ. and now i'm trying to get the 'ole j-truck back on the fast track to get ready to shoot. here we gooooo!!!!! Neal A. Hoover Project '76 J-10 Project '96 XJ http://community.webshots.com/user/proj96xj - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Blair" To: "Jim Blair" Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 12:44 AM Subject: fsj: Re: YAHOO! > Christmas came early today! Customer's car broke down before he could get > it home (it was on my way) so I gave him a ride. As I pulled in the > driveway, what to my wondering eyes should appear? A tall object covered in > a tarp but I saw a tailgate with the familiar JEEP emblazoned on it, so I > asked him about it. "It's an old '64 J300 Camper that the roof went bad on a > long time ago. I put a new/used Buick 350 in it with the 4 speed, but they > never got the shifter right on the low/high range and I never drove it more > than 400 miles. Know anyone who wants it?" > "Yeah!" I said, "Me of course! Don't you see my J4000 in front of the > shop now and then?" "That's yours?" he replied. "I was surprised to see > another one in this city! If you want it. it's yours! Merry Christmas!" I'll > be picking it up on tuesday after work! I only hope it's not green. What I > could see of it in my headlights was a D60 closed knuckle front, and D70 > rear with duals (2 flats, but who cares?). I can hardly wait to get it home! > It'll probably need some work to get it running again (and spare parts. I > think it may be on an M715 chassis. It looks like a 10' floor length and > THAT will become my tow truck! > And people say I'm crazy to help others! (besides the fact that it's the > way I was brought up!) ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:22:39 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: I've been busy trying to get my Comanche winter ready too, so my FSJs winter ready? Jim, we're in winter... what part of rain and 45 degrees is your comanche not capable of? ;) need wipers? got a leaky windshield? ;) ok, let's say for instance that things drop below freezing and we actually get snow... if you wait a day or two it's gone. ;) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:39:38 -0800 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! A: Can't wait a day or 2 when I have to go to work! Talk on radio here is MAYBE white stuff tomorrow night. Hope not till after the first! On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: I've been busy trying to get my Comanche winter ready too, so my FSJs winter ready? Jim, we're in winter... what part of rain and 45 degrees is your comanche not capable of? ;) need wipers? got a leaky windshield? ;) ok, let's say for instance that things drop below freezing and we actually get snow... if you wait a day or two it's gone. ;) john ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:47:59 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: Can't wait a day or 2 when I have to go to work! Talk on radio here is >-->MAYBE white stuff tomorrow night. Hope not till after the first! I'm sure white stuff will not appear for at least a week, maybe more... unless you have a real bad case of dandruff... ;) it's not even getting close to freezing until Saturday, then it warms right back up... here's the 7 day outlook: http://www.komotv.com/weather/planner.asp You have to be careful to listen to the weather reports because they'll talk about snow... but it's in the passes or eastern washington... fakes me out all the time too. :) have to check to see what the freezing level is... it has to drop down to about 500 feet before we see any around here. best we'll see is "slushy rain" above 1,000 feet. the top of the hill here by me is 600 feet... Seattle's "peaks" are around 300 feet... Interesting forecast... describes rain three ways and "sun breaks": That system arrives Tuesday night, with rain developing after midnight or so, and then rain at times the rest of the night and into Wednesday morning before changing to showers then drying out. Highs Wednesday will be in the mid 40s. Thursday will see a few sun breaks mixed in with just a few random light showers, but clouds will take up the majority of the sky and day. Mother Nature gets in one last parting rain shot for 2004 on Friday, with another weak system drifting by. That'll bring some scattered showers through the day and night (so, still sort of a "scattered showers" forecast for New Year's Eve night). Highs will cool back to the low 40s, and then temperatures will be into the 30s when the Needle lights up at midnight. So, as usual: Brrrrr. 2005 begins with a mostly cloudy day with scattered showers Saturday. Perhaps some slushy rain above 1,000 feet. Highs will only make it to around 40. Looks like we'll be dry and chilly for Sunday and Monday, with highs in the upper 30s and lows around 30 -- perhaps some "picture perfect" skiing conditions if we can squeeze out enough moisture with the systems from this week :) >--> >--> >-->On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >--> >-->>-->A: I've been busy trying to get my Comanche winter ready too, so my FSJs >--> >-->winter ready? >--> >-->Jim, we're in winter... what part of rain and 45 degrees is your comanche >-->not capable of? ;) need wipers? got a leaky windshield? ;) >--> >-->ok, let's say for instance that things drop below freezing and we actually >-->get snow... if you wait a day or two it's gone. ;) >--> >-->john >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:16:43 -0800 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! A: ??? Where is that being measured at? Thermometer reads 31 here in S. Seattle and there is an ice skim on the puddles and my windshield already frosted over! This AM cars skated down the hill towards where I go to work. No clouds tonight means probably 30 or lower, since it is December going on January! (I watch the updated TV news rather than the static "general" webpages) >From my weatherlink: If you're still out after sunset, might want to grab that new sweater. While it was near 50 today, we'll quickly drop into the 30s this evening, bottoming out in the upper 20s and low 30s by the late night. The breezy east winds out there will also taper off this evening. Tuesday will be another nice day as we'll begin with just patches of morning fog before going right back to the sunshine. But get your photos in early, as some high clouds will be moving in toward the afternoon in advance of another weak weather system. Highs will top out in the mid-upper 40s. That system arrives Tuesday night, with rain developing after midnight or so, and then rain at times the rest of the night and into Wednesday morning before changing to showers then drying out. Highs Wednesday will be in the mid 40s. Thursday will see a few sun breaks mixed in with just a few random light showers, but clouds will take up the majority of the sky and day. Mother Nature gets in one last parting rain shot for 2004 on Friday, with another weak system drifting by. That'll bring some scattered showers through the day and night (so, still sort of a "scattered showers" forecast for New Year's Eve night). Highs will cool back to the low 40s, and then temperatures will be into the 30s when the Needle lights up at midnight. So, as usual: Brrrrr. 2005 begins with a mostly cloudy day with scattered showers Saturday. Perhaps some slushy rain above 1,000 feet. Highs will only make it to around 40. Looks like we'll be dry and chilly for Sunday and Monday, with highs in the upper 30s and lows around 30. Updated Monday 4:30 p.m KOMO 4 Weather Producer Scott Sistek On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: Can't wait a day or 2 when I have to go to work! Talk on radio here >is >-->MAYBE white stuff tomorrow night. Hope not till after the first! I'm sure white stuff will not appear for at least a week, maybe more... unless you have a real bad case of dandruff... ;) it's not even getting close to freezing until Saturday, then it warms right back up... here's the 7 day outlook: http://www.komotv.com/weather/planner.asp You have to be careful to listen to the weather reports because they'll talk about snow... but it's in the passes or eastern washington... fakes me out all the time too. :) have to check to see what the freezing level is... it has to drop down to about 500 feet before we see any around here. best we'll see is "slushy rain" above 1,000 feet. the top of the hill here by me is 600 feet... Seattle's "peaks" are around 300 feet... Interesting forecast... describes rain three ways and "sun breaks": That system arrives Tuesday night, with rain developing after midnight or so, and then rain at times the rest of the night and into Wednesday morning before changing to showers then drying out. Highs Wednesday will be in the mid 40s. Thursday will see a few sun breaks mixed in with just a few random light showers, but clouds will take up the majority of the sky and day. Mother Nature gets in one last parting rain shot for 2004 on Friday, with another weak system drifting by. That'll bring some scattered showers through the day and night (so, still sort of a "scattered showers" forecast for New Year's Eve night). Highs will cool back to the low 40s, and then temperatures will be into the 30s when the Needle lights up at midnight. So, as usual: Brrrrr. 2005 begins with a mostly cloudy day with scattered showers Saturday. Perhaps some slushy rain above 1,000 feet. Highs will only make it to around 40. Looks like we'll be dry and chilly for Sunday and Monday, with highs in the upper 30s and lows around 30 -- perhaps some "picture perfect" skiing conditions if we can squeeze out enough moisture with the systems from this week :) >--> >--> >-->On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >--> >-->>-->A: I've been busy trying to get my Comanche winter ready too, so my >FSJs >--> >-->winter ready? >--> >-->Jim, we're in winter... what part of rain and 45 degrees is your >comanche >-->not capable of? ;) need wipers? got a leaky windshield? ;) >--> >-->ok, let's say for instance that things drop below freezing and we >actually >-->get snow... if you wait a day or two it's gone. ;) >--> >-->john >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:29:16 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: ??? Where is that being measured at? Thermometer reads 31 here in S. >-->Seattle and there is an ice skim on the puddles and my windshield already >-->frosted over! This AM cars skated down the hill towards where I go to work. >-->No clouds tonight means probably 30 or lower, since it is December going on >-->January! (I watch the updated TV news rather than the static "general" >-->webpages) no ice up here at a higher elevation and further north... :) must be one of those convergence zone things... :) even checked weather.com: http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=98296 they are saying a chance of snow on Sunday, but it's mixed with rain... and there are no freezing temps predicted until Saturday, 31. And from the same channel with a Seattle zip, it's one degree warmer down there: http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=98109 where do you get your info? I could fire up my weather radio... :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:46:49 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: fsj: weather in Seattle and the passes - was Jim's yahoo... on vacation this week, decided to drive over to Leavenworth tomorrow... planning on taking the Diesel Benz, but if the passes look slick tomorrow may take the Jeep... so far the forecast for Stevens Pass is: I can't remember if Stevens pass is 3,500 or 4,000 feet... or if it's just over 3,000... Have a picture somewhere... ;) anybody know? john MOSTLY CLEAR. FREEZING LEVEL 4500 FEET. EAST WIND IN THE PASSES 10 TO 15 MPH. TUESDAY PARTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL 4500 FEET. AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. EAST WIND IN THE PASSES 10 TO 15 MPH. TUESDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING LEVEL 4000 FEET. EAST WIND IN THE PASSES 10 TO 15 MPH. WEDNESDAY CHANCE OF SNOW THEN SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION 1 INCH. SNOW LEVEL 2500 FEET. AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 30S. LIGHT WIND. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SNOW LIKELY. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. SNOW LEVEL 2500 FEET. SOUTHEAST WIND IN THE PASSES AROUND 10 MPH. THURSDAY SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. SNOW LEVEL 1500 FEET. AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES AROUND 30. THURSDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY. SNOW LEVEL 1500 FEET. FRIDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. AFTERNOON PASS TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S. FRIDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. NEW YEARS DAY MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. SATURDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. SUNDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. SUNDAY NIGHT MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. MONDAY MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW LEVEL 1000 FEET. ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 00:04:09 -0800 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: fsj: Fwd: FSJ T-18a/D20 for sale (not mine!) http://www.snort4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17128 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:18:56 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: fsj: Re: [db] weather in Seattle and the passes On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, chuck goolsbee wrote: >-->>I can't remember if Stevens pass is 3,500 or 4,000 feet... or if it's >-->>just over 3,000... Have a picture somewhere... ;) anybody know? >--> >--> >-->Stevens Pass is just over 4000' (4061' to be exact). >-->Snoqualmie is just over 3000' from the pictures of the pass, we're taking the WJ Grand Cherokee... http://wsdot.wa.gov/traffic/passes/stevens/#conditions heading to leavenworth for some schnitzels... :) john >--> >-->-- >-->--chuck goolsbee >-->arlington, wa, usa >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:12:17 -0800 From: "Jim Blair" Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! A: That last post was right from komo4cast (It did warm up last night -at-midnight and the frost went away) I'm also higher than the Space needle on Skyway hill. At almost 400 feet above sea level and facing seaward where northwinds, easterlies and westerlies can get us, but not southwinds. On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: ??? Where is that being measured at? Thermometer reads 31 here in S. >-->Seattle and there is an ice skim on the puddles and my windshield >already >-->frosted over! This AM cars skated down the hill towards where I go to >work. >-->No clouds tonight means probably 30 or lower, since it is December going >on >-->January! (I watch the updated TV news rather than the static "general" >-->webpages) no ice up here at a higher elevation and further north... :) must be one of those convergence zone things... :) even checked weather.com: http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=98296 they are saying a chance of snow on Sunday, but it's mixed with rain... and there are no freezing temps predicted until Saturday, 31. And from the same channel with a Seattle zip, it's one degree warmer down there: http://www.weather.com/activities/other/other/weather/tenday.html?locid=98109 where do you get your info? I could fire up my weather radio... :) john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:59:15 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Re: Re: YAHOO! On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: >-->A: That last post was right from komo4cast (It did warm up last night >-->-at-midnight and the frost went away) I'm also higher than the Space needle on >-->Skyway hill. At almost 400 feet above sea level and facing seaward where >-->northwinds, easterlies and westerlies can get us, but not southwinds. On >-->Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Jim Blair wrote: just got back from Leavenworth... fascinating... coming over the pass it was 24 degrees, snow on the ground... in something like six miles you drop from 4,500 feet to 1,800 feet and into 40 degree weather and green. :) Leavenworth is at 1,200 feet and was about 26 degrees, snow on the ground... roads were clear. john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 10:18:39 CST From: Dan Black Subject: fsj: headlight comparisson My left headlight on the '88 went out. Decided to replace both with white lights, as I had already done in the '74. Got some straight replacements at Wal-Mart; got the GE "Super Blue" or something like that. H6054 sound right? If so, it's the GE H6054SB. (Have the Sylvania equivalent in the '74, but round, of course, so completely different number.) So I took pictures after replacing the first one, shining on the garage door, for a real-world comparison. As I and others have noticed after switching, the lights are whiter and brighter, but they have more of a cut-off at the edges -- you either can see something or you can't; there isn't much fade-out along the edges. But as this picture shows, at least these have a larger spread anyway. The shape on the low beams reminds me of those military Jeeps with the headlight covers with the rectangular slits cut out. Can't find any pics right now, but they popped up occasionally in M*A*S*H. I also personally prefer the blue/white ones because I do think things are a lot clearer (visible and better-defined) than with yellow. I also find that approaching cars with white headlights are brighter, but oddly don't hurt my eyes as much as the yellows. Maybe that's because of the lack of bleeding out past the edges (technically not a function of the color of the light so much as the headlight design), so their lights go where they're aimed rather than bleeding out and shining in my eyes. Or maybe it's my eyes straining when the yellow creates more of a halo effect. Or maybe it's my imagination. I don't know and don't care; the end result is that they don't seem to hurt my eyes as much. Anyway, pictures are at http://dan.black.org/headlights/ I'll probably leave them there a week or two. Save them now if you want them. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A ski slope in Aspen. -- Kelly - -------------- Dan Black ------------------------- dan-at-black.org -------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #2327 **************************