From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Sep 13 20:53:36 2008 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Sunday, September 14 2008 Volume 01 : Number 3170 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: the classic "oops" RE: fsj: Diesel options RE: fsj: Diesel options fsj: pt cruiser vs. ford focus ~55mph 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, 12 Sep 2008 15:25:57 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: the classic "oops" On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Bruce Caruthers wrote: # Apparently you didn't like my old patio glass doors, after all? :) # # http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-12-carport-rebuild/DSC_0249.jpg # # -bkc # Lynnwood, WA # (his) '76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] # (hers) '92 Toyota Celica GT # (ours) '93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] rofl... yeah... my wife was practically in tears... from laughter. :) I was knocking the 2x4's off the end with an 8lb sledge and it kind of got away from me... "00PS, crash, tinkle, tinkle...". :) she watched the whole thing... greatly amused her. She really didn't want me to put those in the wall anyway, so this worked doubly well for her... :) but I still have one pair left... we'll see if they survive... dang, thought I moved them far enough from the main construction site to be safe... ;) you back from Europe? feel like working out any frustration with a hammer? rebuilding the carport this weekend. :) http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-12-carport-rebuild/ALL.html john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:04:33 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: Diesel options The smell is called diesel! ;^) I was thinking about a Jetta turbo diesel in the DJ but regrettably have no time to do anything (I work open to close for the next couple weeks that are left of our good weather) Wife hates the Ice Cream truck too. any Diesel Powered LHD Grand Cherokees of the WJ variety in my price range over there? ;) '99 - '04... we like our WJ... I think we're going to keep it... thought we were going to get down to two cars... but my wife won't drive the blazer and I'd prefer to drive the benz, but drive the blazer so she doesn't drive the WJ and run up a large gas bill... :) I'm not in love with the Blazer, but it does what I want it to do... does all of what I want... it's what I was trying to do with the Grand Wagoneer, it just lacks style, class and the same feel... thought about maybe a BMW 524td, but they have timing belts and head issues and then I'd have two nice German Diesel sedans that couldn't pull my trailer or get out of the drive in the winter... :) this weekend, rebuilding the carport... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-12-carport-rebuild/ALL.html when that's done, will put the passenger side WJ seat in the Blazer, then start figuring out a WVO heater setup on the Blazer to run straight filtered waste oil... not fond of the smell of BioDiesel before it's burned, not sure what it is I'm smelling, methanol or lye or what.... ;) john ----- _________________________________________________________________ Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn ^S10 hidden secrets^T from Jamie. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550 F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:29:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: RE: fsj: Diesel options no, the smell is the unburned BioDiesel, it smells different than Diesel. Unburned Diesel smells good. Biodiesel is fine once it's burned... biodiesel exhaust is much more pleasant than Diesel... the chemicals used to make biodiesel is what I'm probably smelling... drop by, I have a can with some in it, it's not like diesel at all... in fact, bring a hammer... will be out building the carport. ;) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 12 Sep 2008, Jim Blair wrote: # # The smell is called diesel! ;^) I was thinking about a Jetta turbo diesel in the DJ but regrettably have no time to do anything (I work open to close for the next couple weeks that are left of our good weather) Wife hates the Ice Cream truck too. # # # any Diesel Powered LHD Grand Cherokees of the WJ variety in my # price range over there? ;) '99 - '04... # # we like our WJ... I think we're going to keep it... thought we were # going to get down to two cars... but my wife won't drive the blazer # and I'd prefer to drive the benz, but drive the blazer so she doesn't # drive the WJ and run up a large gas bill... :) # # I'm not in love with the Blazer, but it does what I want it to do... # does all of what I want... it's what I was trying to do with the Grand # Wagoneer, it just lacks style, class and the same feel... # # thought about maybe a BMW 524td, but they have timing belts and # head issues and then I'd have two nice German Diesel sedans # that couldn't pull my trailer or get out of the drive in the winter... :) # # this weekend, rebuilding the carport... # http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-12-carport-rebuild/ALL.html # # when that's done, will put the passenger side WJ seat in the Blazer, # then start figuring out a WVO heater setup on the Blazer to run straight # filtered waste oil... not fond of the smell of BioDiesel before it's # burned, not sure what it is I'm smelling, methanol or lye or what.... ;) # # john # ----- # _________________________________________________________________ # Want to do more with Windows Live? Learn "10 hidden secrets" from Jamie. # http://windowslive.com/connect/post/jamiethomson.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!550F681DAD532637!5295.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_domore_092008 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:52:46 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: pt cruiser vs. ford focus ~55mph was heading up to get lumber for the carport project and encountered a detour... parked the truck and walked down... this happened right by the road where I pulled the 18 wheeler out of the snow in '96. Not necessarily a bad stretch of highway... both drivers were air lifted... no one really knows what happened, no witnesses... my guess is the pt cruiser was southbound up hill and the silver focus was northbound, downhill, crossed over and hit the red car... based on what I could see... no skidmarks... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-13-SR9-crash-n-lumber-for-carport/ http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-13-SR9-crash-n-lumber-for-carport/Crash.html looking for the article on the local paper website, I was there with their photographer... (he had a Canon EOS, my son had my Nikon so I was using the Lumix FZ50). http://heraldnet.com/section/NEWS john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold SAVE fuel: use synthetics: http://www.AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 SAVE power: use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf http://wagoneers.com http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3170 **************************