From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Jun 14 22:38:50 2008 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Sunday, June 15 2008 Volume 01 : Number 3097 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: another adventure commences... RE: fsj: Re: website question from oljeep.com fsj: new fsj items on wagoneers.com fsj: Joe Btfsplk fsj: Re: xj: RE: Joe Btfsplk fsj: on the road... 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, 12 Jun 2008 13:01:08 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: another adventure commences... looks like we'll be heading to boise this weekend... will be teaching a SuSE Linux Sys Admin class there next week... not taking the 300d, despite it's 35 to 40 mpg freeway mileage... not taking the grand wagoneer with the 6.2L Diesel, despite it's 24 mpg freeway... but taking the '99 WJ with the 4.7L V8... that gets about 17 to 19 on the freeway... why? because it's got the most comfortable seats... smoothest ride... and everything works... if the seats work for my wife's back then I will be upgrading omega with leather WJ seats (from the cloth ones I have now). omega isn't quite ready... got the alarm/door locks working last night, but no cruise and the a/c isn't activating correctly... and I want to reengineer the motor mounts... getting close to getting the Grand Wagoneer all setup the way I want... only got about 16 mpg in town though... :( 5,600lbs, very hilly terrain, untimed lights, lots of traffic and a heavy right foot... stand by for pictures... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:00:24 +0000 From: michel balea Subject: RE: fsj: Re: website question from oljeep.com Arve, You can check w Frank Almaas, one of your compatriots over in Norway http://www.fullsizejeep.com/1024/ frank-at-fullsizejeep.com As for parts, the $$$$ here in Cal is J&W in Sacramento, very $$$$. http://www.jwjeep.com/ But as John said, parts are getting scarce, because wrecked wagoneers bring a premium weight at the metal recycling price, not too much plastic..... A grill will be tricky to mail (read $$$ because of the girth size being over most of what regular carrier transport, 5 or 6 feet is the max... in fact more like 5 feet. For orig seat cover, ..... I guess sometimes i come around good seats (bought them)... but rarely, most junkyard seat are totally trashed... by dirt (windows left opened) or people wipping their greasy body parts.... Most wagoneers seat were not done to resist sun and heat... I replaced the bench w buckets... and added some leather patch, and recovered w sheepskin. Very frugal upgrade $100 for the both seats and $25 for the sheepskin (now about $80ish) You can email me photos for needed parts, once every other month i try to stop at the local yards..... I have an extra booby grille. But no bumpers. The funny part is that even w skyrocketting gas price there was not a big surge in wagoneers for sale... last years there was a truck load a nice waggy on craigslist.... Now it is mostly parts riggs. Cheers Michel 74 wagoneer >> # > # arve lundahl wrote: > # > Hi > # > > # > Great web site. > # > I have a 1981 cherokee laredo,need new gril-new bumpers and org seat cover > # > bucket seats. > # > Do you have links for parts like this? > # > > # > Best regards Arve Lundahl NORWAY > # > > # > My E-mail arve.lundahl-at-adsl.no > # > > # > > # > > # _________________________________________________________________ Enjoy 5 GB of free, password-protected online storage. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_s kydrive_062008 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:25:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: new fsj items on wagoneers.com 1) created a "mirror" of Tom Collins site: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Tom_Collins-oljeep.com/oljeep.com/ 2) Eric Peterson dropped the price on his '79 Cherokee to $3800. http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/Eric_Petersen_79_Chero/ http://wagoneers.com/tmp/Idaho-Jeep-3800bucks.jpg 3) Arve sent a picture of his '80 Cherokee: http://wagoneers.com/tmp/80-cherokee-chief-norway.jpg On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, arve.lundahl-at-adsl.no wrote: # # This is my daily driven car 1980 Cherokee Chief. # Its M/T 36x15.5 x15 Wheels are 12x15 # it has a 6" lift kit from rustys offroad # AMC 401 TH 400 auto NP 208 Transfer # Regards Arve 4) pictures at: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/06-June-12-alarmwiring-misc john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:37:42 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Joe Btfsplk for years, listening to some of the stories on the lists about troubles and problems... traffic accidents unfolding in front of them, green cars, strange animals appearing on the road causing roll overs, floods, amazing disasters both natural and human induced unfolding right in front of them, dump trucks losing their load on new radiators at traffic lights, hit and run maniacs, cops harrassing them, and so on... Anyway, I've had in the back of my mind this particular character in the comic strips from the '60s... couldn't remember his name... until this morning... A friend at work reminded me of this today. Does anyone remember Joe Btfsplk from Lil' Abner? A dark cloud followed him wherever he went. And all this time we've been blaming Mr. Murphy some of this... Joe Btfsplk : http://www.lil-abner.com/joealb.html http://www.lil-abner.com/familyalbum2.html Thankfully, no one on this list has it quite as bad as poor Joe... ;) btw, got my alarm system to quit locking me in... ;) next, a/c functioning (not a high priority, it's 57 outside), cruise and then of course the motor mounts... :) taking the WJ to boise... 8 hrs in Omega the Thunder Brick isn't really an option at this point... need the a/c and cruise at the minimum. ;) Would love to take the 300D at 35+ mpg, but those seats would cripple us... so, the WJ with it's well supported leather seats wins again... :) (Need to get a pair of tan leather WJ seats for Omega. ;) I hear there is sunshine in Boise... not sure if we're really ready for it. :) john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:53:13 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Re: xj: RE: Joe Btfsplk there is one very BIG difference though... jim isn't contagious... he usually brings good things about... parts, assistance... a friendly hand and smile... he will give you the shirt off his back without hesitation. he is a very good friend. he does a lot to help out others. it's just so strange that all those things seem to happen to him... kind of like Joe... but no one seems to be avoiding Jim, which is a very good thing. ;) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 13 Jun 2008, Cohrs, Thomas wrote: # I remember Joe, but all this time I thought his name was Jim. # # Tom C. # # -----Original Message----- # From: owner-xj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-xj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of john # Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:38 AM # To: full size jeep list # Subject: xj: Joe Btfsplk # # for years, listening to some of the stories on the lists about # troubles and problems... traffic accidents unfolding in front # of them, green cars, strange animals appearing on the road # causing roll overs, floods, amazing disasters both natural # and human induced unfolding right in front of them, dump trucks # losing their load on new radiators at traffic lights, hit and run # maniacs, cops harrassing them, and so on... # # Anyway, I've had in the back of my mind this particular character in # the comic strips from the '60s... couldn't remember his name... # until this morning... A friend at work reminded me of this today. # # Does anyone remember Joe Btfsplk from Lil' Abner? # # A dark cloud followed him wherever he went. # # And all this time we've been blaming Mr. Murphy some of this... # # Joe Btfsplk : # http://www.lil-abner.com/joealb.html # http://www.lil-abner.com/familyalbum2.html # # Thankfully, no one on this list has it quite as bad as poor Joe... ;) # # # btw, got my alarm system to quit locking me in... ;) next, # a/c functioning (not a high priority, it's 57 outside), cruise # and then of course the motor mounts... :) taking the WJ to # boise... 8 hrs in Omega the Thunder Brick isn't really an option # at this point... need the a/c and cruise at the minimum. ;) Would # love to take the 300D at 35+ mpg, but those seats would cripple us... # so, the WJ with it's well supported leather seats wins again... :) # (Need to get a pair of tan leather WJ seats for Omega. ;) # # I hear there is sunshine in Boise... not sure if we're really ready for # it. :) # # john # # ----- # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # - # Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold # http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ # SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # - # ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:37:47 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: on the road... heading to Boise to teach a Linux class... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/06-Jun-14-Snohomish-Pendelton/ check out the early father's day card... :) The WJ is getting 20.61 mpg so far... kind of surprised... We hit sun about 40 miles outside of Seattle. :) Very nice weather, right in the upper 70's... ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://wagoneers.com john's 6.2L GW: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/Omega/ SAVE FUEL use AMSOIL Synthetics: http://wagoneers.com/AMSOIL - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3097 **************************