From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Jun 27 23:16:30 2009 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Sunday, June 28 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3369 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: project feedback... RE: fsj: no sale. RE: fsj: no sale. fsj: will this fly in Kansas? Re: fsj: RE: Google Alert - Jeep Gladiator 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, 26 Jun 2009 16:51:04 -0700 (PDT) From: diesel john Subject: fsj: project feedback... the guy that looked at the cj-10a today drove up in a nice stock YJ, so I had to ask him how the tug compared in ride quality to it... he said: "It rode very solid and quite well compared to the YJ. Very comfortable on the whole." So, before I make a WVO run tonight I'm pulling the add-a-leafs and adding a taller set of blocks... if I can find a pair of rancho shocks in my shop, will swap out the front shocks... :) gotta get this thing dialed in... :) (pretty funny when a potential sale motivates you to keep going on a project... ;) after a few days of looking at other options, I'm thinking I'll be money ahead if I just improve the cj-10a instead of trying to build or buy another Diesel. Nothing out there seems to do what I want... So, I am giving serious thought to swapping the SD33T in to the tug, 20% power and economy increase would be a good thing... that would put me well into the 20 mpg range and decrease my 0 to 60 where I'd actually be able to compete with a 240D... maybe... :) Who's got a 240D in the area? I doubt anyone would notice if we decided to have a drag race... ;) As far as my '83 J10 stepside... after 8 years I guess I'll deal with it when it shows up... plenty of options... :) optimistic... there will always be a part of me that will want to put a Mercedes Diesel in a Jeep Cherokee XJ... I need to avoid craigslist because at some point in time those two worlds will collide and I'll just make a bunch of work for myself. :) the current fleet is working pretty well: john's daily driver: '86 cj-10a - 18 mpg on bioDiesel wife's runabout: '91 300D - 26-28 mpg on bioDiesel interstate cruiser and trailer hauler: '99 WJ - 13 - 19 mpg trailer - '75 J10 hydraulic dump... with working surge brakes! john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:11:13 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: no sale. Maybe I can pop by tomorrow after work, but sunday is my birthday and I have NO idea what my days off are next week! Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:28:48 -0700 > From: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net > To: > Subject: fsj: no sale. > > someone came out and looked at the cj-10a... they liked it, but > the last few remaining details were more than they wanted to address... > > so that means I should stop shopping for a Diesel 4x4 or XJ and get > out to my shop and fix those few things and keep it... ;) > > maybe swap that Turbo Diesel in so I get that 20% more power... :) > > after all, the prevailing opinon is probably correct, > I may never see my J10 in one piece ever again... :( > seeing it's been apart since April or May 2001, wow... > > the cj-10a meets my requirements: 4x4, Diesel, Automatic, hauls WVO. > of course it doesn't have (or need) A/C, but is radically cool. > > so, what were the things I needed to deal with on the SD33 to SD33T again? > > throttle linkage, exhaust outlet... I think that's it... I might switch > over the spin on oil-filter assembly... or not, the cannister probably > holds more oil, right? > > Hey, have a three day weekend coming up... :) jeep/Diesel fest in snohomish anyone? > it's been awhile since we've had a gathering at the monster carport... > > john > > > > ----- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:42:30 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: RE: fsj: no sale. still have those 3" blocks? I was going to do that in the morning... got an extra fuel tank that might work on my tug? need to relocate mine so I can redo the bed, or at least stop the fuel mess from when I overfill this one. :) john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 26 Jun 2009, Jim Blair wrote: # Maybe I can pop by tomorrow after work, but sunday is my birthday and I have # NO idea what my days off are next week! # # Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 # # # # # > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:28:48 -0700 # > From: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net # > To: # > Subject: fsj: no sale. # > # > someone came out and looked at the cj-10a... they liked it, but # > the last few remaining details were more than they wanted to address... # > # > so that means I should stop shopping for a Diesel 4x4 or XJ and get # > out to my shop and fix those few things and keep it... ;) # > # > maybe swap that Turbo Diesel in so I get that 20% more power... :) # > # > after all, the prevailing opinon is probably correct, # > I may never see my J10 in one piece ever again... :( # > seeing it's been apart since April or May 2001, wow... # > # > the cj-10a meets my requirements: 4x4, Diesel, Automatic, hauls WVO. # > of course it doesn't have (or need) A/C, but is radically cool. # > # > so, what were the things I needed to deal with on the SD33 to SD33T again? # > # > throttle linkage, exhaust outlet... I think that's it... I might switch # > over the spin on oil-filter assembly... or not, the cannister probably # > holds more oil, right? # > # > Hey, have a three day weekend coming up... :) jeep/Diesel fest in snohomish # anyone? # > it's been awhile since we've had a gathering at the monster carport... # > # > john # > # > # > # > ----- # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold # > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org # > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us # > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # _________________________________________________________________ # Windows Live^Y: Keep your life in sync. # http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 # ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:04:37 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: will this fly in Kansas? new california requirements for reflective glass in vehicles by 2016... but will this work in states like kansas that prohibit dark tinted windows or reflective glass??? http://www.komonews.com/news/national/49134422.html ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://creationwiki.org http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:13:30 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: Re: fsj: RE: Google Alert - Jeep Gladiator The JX000 had closed knuckles. The J10/20 had open knuckles. The Wagoneers had drum brakes with open knuckles, but with Dana 30 front axles -at-'71 to '73. Re: fsj: RE: Google Alert - Jeep Gladiator Posted by: "rjoanie-at-charter.net" rjoanie-at-charter.net j62r64 Date: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:15 pm ((PDT)) Nope, '73 J4000 has bell knuckles, - -- Rod2 - ---- john wrote: > absolutely! > > '73 and up... '74 and up disc brakes... > > those old closed knuckle setups required a football field for a u-turn. > > john _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y SkyDrive^Y: Get 25 GB of free online storage. http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_SD_25GB_062009 ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3369 **************************