From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Mon Sep 22 09:36:27 2008 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Monday, September 22 2008 Volume 01 : Number 3173 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: Jeeps in NL, fuel prices fsj: RE: [WJ-Grand] Amsoil & Victor's WJ (fwd) 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: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:07:43 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Jeeps in NL, fuel prices On Sat, 20 Sep 2008, stef wrote: # Hi John, # My new daily driver Volvo V70 2.5, this has to do with the fact that gasprice # still constantly high are. # Best Regards, # Stef # http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/ Stef, I moved all of your pictures to your directory... http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/ nice shot of the FSJ sticker on the Volvo... is it a Diesel? your xj sure is a beauty, love those leather seats. nice interior. My mercedes is a 2.5L as well.. "only" getting 28-30mpg in town though. ;) http://wagoneers.com/DieselBenz/ltrs-mpg.txt FUEL PRICES in Nederland, September 10, 2008: http://wagoneers.com/XJ/rigs/Stef-NL-93/NL-Texaco10-09-2008.jpg let's see, that's about 5.05 Euros per gallon for Diesel, right? if so, 5.05 EUR = 7.27980 USD yikes. 1 EUR = 1.44155 USD 1 USD = 0.693700 EUR gas is 1.55/liter or 5.87 euros or 5.87 EUR = 8.46187 USD !!! (rounded liberally, wasn't precise. ;) Diesel here ranges from $3.99/gallon to about $4.35... down from nearly $5.00/gallon. Up in BC Diesel was about $5.30/gallon. my daily driver right now is mainly a 6.5L Turbo Diesel... http://wagoneers.com/DIESELS/johns-94-Blazer-6.5/ running on biodiesel made from collected wvo... considering setting up a swvo heated tank... mainly to save moving barrels up to my buddy's place... it's costing us about $1.30/gallon to make biodiesel... on the trip up to BC got about 21 mpg... or about 11.5 liters/100km. http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-08-KamploopsBC-to-Leavenworth/ http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-09-Leavenworth/ we've pretty much parked our '99 WJ with the 4.7L V8, it's a beautiful Jeep and the prices are so depressed there is no point in selling it... I'd rather drive my Mercedes to work, but my wife uses it to run her errands, and since one of her errands involves many more miles than my daily commute, I drive the Blazer... (10 mile commute to work). Running the Mercedes on biodiesel as well. Maybe one of these days I'll get her to drive the Blazer and I'll get my benz back. :) john '94 Blazer, 6.5L Turbo Diesel '91 Mercedes 300D, 2.5L Turbo Diesel '99 Grand Cherokee, WJ, 4.7L V8 '75 J10 hydraulic dump trailer - picked up a barrel lift for it! '83 J10 Stepside (superdawg) - no engine right now... coming home soon! :) not sure what engine to install yet... the Blazer does what I'd want the J10 to do... doing another Diesel conversion might be fun, but it most likely won't turn out as nicely as the blazer... the original engine from superdawg went to another jeep somewhere in the last seven years... should still have the T5/np208... thinking Mercedes Diesel... :) my son's college graduation present: '67 J100 Panel, SJ, 232 cu in - makes a great "step stool" to work on carport: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/09-Sep-18-carport-roof-Panel-as-ladder/ALL.html ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:35:30 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: RE: [WJ-Grand] Amsoil & Victor's WJ (fwd) excellent... I'm thinking of putting a 4.7L V8 driveline in my '83 J10 Stepside... would prefer a Diesel, but I'm not sure I'll be driving it all that much... my wife won't part with your WJ... she likes my Blazer with the 6.5 Diesel and we like the Benz with the 2.5L Diesel... my J10 has been in pieces for over 7 years at a friend's house... rebuilding my carport to bring it back home and finish i... 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 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Victor Jorge (vjorge) wrote: # Bought the 0w30 sig series, about half-way through my first tank, and # would like to see the mileage gains overall. I already like the # smoothness, my 4.7L has always had a irregular idle at times, and I have # not had a single one yet. Also the starting is improved too. Next step # is to replace the fluids in the diffs, trans, and transfer case. # # Thanks for all the info and support! # Victor # # ________________________________ # # From: WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com [mailto:WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com] On # Behalf Of Victor Jorge (vjorge) # Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 4:16 PM # To: WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com; ABCvoice-at-worldnet.att.net; full size jeep # list # Subject: RE: [WJ-Grand] Amsoil & Victor's WJ (fwd) # # # # Thanks! # # Victor # # ________________________________ # # From: WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com [mailto:WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com] On # Behalf Of john # Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:12 PM # To: WJ-Grand-at-yahoogroups.com; ABCvoice-at-worldnet.att.net; full size jeep # list # Subject: [WJ-Grand] Amsoil & Victor's WJ (fwd) # # # # victor, # # one of my buddies on the fsj/xj list sent this... don't have your # offlist email, # good info... # # 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 # # ---------------------------------------------------------- # # ---------- Forwarded message ---------- # From: Colucci B > # # Greetings John! # # Forward this off to your friend Victor in the WJ Group. # # Greetings Victor! # # I have been using Amsoil for the last ten years, and actually started # using the # 0W30 before John did. I started running that blend when it was # introduced in my # 89 Grand Wagoneer's 360. The performance improvement and mileage boost # made me # a believer immediately. # # It is the only blend of Amsoil I run in my gas powered truck & car # engines. I # was concerned about running it in big V8 motors due to its light weight # consistency, so I telephoned Amsoil and spoke with them at length about # the # product. Their engineers assured me that this blend was superior for any # size # gasoline engine. I have yet to be disappointed in their recommendation # on that # point. # # I have run the 0W30 in several high mileage Jeep 4 litres, and I did # switch over # the 4.7 in my late WJ to the 0W30. There was 110k on the clock of the WJ # when I # did the switch. The previous owner had used dino oil from the cheapo # discount # lube express shops for years. I could not believe the increased # performance I # got from the 4.7 in the WJ after about 5000 miles, plus the fuel economy # improved as well. There were no leaks to be found. You could park that # truck # on a white sheet without fear. I had 120k on it when it went to the big # jeep # lot in the sky. # # The biggest engine I have used that 0W30 in was the 5.9 litre 32 valve # v8 in my # Lincoln Navigator. I had the same results with that engine as well. # better # mileage and a more lively engine. # # One time I had the truck in at the stealership and they ran a courtesy # battery # test on the charging system. I was familiar with this test and the # equipment # used for the test, since I have worked in a past life in auto service # departments. Their test said I needed to replace the 5 year old battery # in the # Navigator, because it had inferior cranking amperage. They ran the test # three # times with the same results. The last time I was present for the test. # The # thing that they could not understand was why the test said my battery # was toast, # yet the engine would crank over like a scalded chicken, even though the # out side # air temp was below 20 degrees. I told them sure the results were correct # for a # normal engine with dino oil in it, but the superior flow characteristics # of # Amsoil allowed the engine to crank with ease since there was little # resistance # from thickened oil. I drove the truck two more years on the same battery # and # never had a starting issue. # # Here is another story for you. My wife has an 04 PT Cruiser with the 4 # cylinder # non turbo engine. Chrysler has published a bulletin on this engine that # it is # normal for the engine to use a quart of oil every 1000 miles. Normal? # EEEKKK! # Well We purchased this car new and it now has over 50,000 miles on it. I # switched it over to Amsoil at 10,000 miles. I wanted to ensure that the # engine # was broken in, although that is not necessary according to Amsoil # representatives. This car now uses a quart of oil every 6000 miles. I # change # the oil every 25,000 miles. # # There you have it. Buy the stuff I think you will come to love it as # well. # # Until the next dimension, # Admiral "Coluch." # # # # # ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3173 **************************