From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Apr 22 11:16:40 2006 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Saturday, April 22 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2629 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: the Diesel Benz S15 - forgot where that came from... fsj: Re: NP231 questions 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, 20 Apr 2006 21:05:42 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: the Diesel Benz S15 - forgot where that came from... I don't remember where that came from now... I'll forward this to my lists in hope that someone else can remember where I got this. :) (surprised that "webmaster" email got to me... hmmmm... that could explain a lot of spam, maybe I'll dev null that name. ;) thanx, john On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, digitsync wrote: digitsync >-->Hi, >--> >--> I hope this message reach you... I have been dreaming of putting a Benz diesel >--> (with the transmission) into an SUV for some time, the orginal Benz's SUVs are >--> costing tooooo much. >--> >--> I found this posting at your site http://wagoneers.com/DIESELS/S15-BenzDiesel/ >--> and would very much like to get intouch with this person's web page (if he has one) >--> for more info of his conversion. >--> >--> By the way I saw another person who has putted a Benz engine into Jeep cherokee >--> truck, but it was not as good as to steering wise too tide of space even with 3" lift, >--> so he just putting in a stright pioning rack from a Mastang. >--> >--> Hope there is a simple (economic) swap solution out there... Thanks for the help. >--> >--> Pich ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 11:16:05 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Re: NP231 questions which xfr case? if it says Part Time or Emergency Drive in 4wd High, then it locks up 50/50. those that lock up in 4wd High (part time) - np207, np208, np231 old cast iron: dana 20 (dana 300??? not sure if these were used) also, np242 has a 4wd part/lock and full time if it says full time in 4wd high then it has a differential or viscous coupler to keep things from binding up. those that do not fully lock are: np228 and np229 those that are full time that lock in part time or emergency drive are: np219 and np242 and also the BW1339 these are the jeep xfr cases used in SJ and XJ models, there are some variants in the cj and zj... and yes, to my knowledge all xfr cases are 50/50 in low range. john On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, Dani Starc wrote: > -->Hi John > -->I do not have an NP231, so I have to ask...does it lock in 4-HIGH? Meaning, > -->does it send 50% power to each diff? I don't think so, but I need to > -->confirm...I know it does lock 50-50 in 4-Lo... > -->TIA, > -->Dan > --> > --> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #2629 **************************