From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Thu Jul 30 19:50:58 2009 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Friday, July 31 2009 Volume 01 : Number 3389 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? fsj: weather in Seattle RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? Re: fsj: weather in Seattle RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) RE: fsj: Now FSJ and profits fsj: RE: weather in Seattle (waaaay off topic but may be of interest!) RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! 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Include the word help in a message to fsj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:26:42 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? yes. even my stepside bed is the same as the Willys pickups... it's the long wheel base version... even has the original tornado engine, cool. my '65 stepside was the shorter version of that bed... excellent price... 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # Hey, can someone take a look and tell me if the bed looks correct on # this '63 Gladiator? # Looks like it came from a Willys pickup, there may be a reason for that # :) # http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1292690398.html # # - Landon # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:25:06 -0700 From: "Tesar Landon-R16884" Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? I must go look. God is smiling on me. - - L - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of john Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:27 PM To: Tesar Landon-R16884 Cc: local Jeep list Subject: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? yes. even my stepside bed is the same as the Willys pickups... it's the long wheel base version... even has the original tornado engine, cool. my '65 stepside was the shorter version of that bed... excellent price... 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # Hey, can someone take a look and tell me if the bed looks correct on # this '63 Gladiator? # Looks like it came from a Willys pickup, there may be a reason for that # :) # http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1292690398.html # # - Landon # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:40:21 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? would be a nice project... a real classic. ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # I must go look. God is smiling on me. # # - L # # -----Original Message----- # From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of # john # Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:27 PM # To: Tesar Landon-R16884 # Cc: local Jeep list # Subject: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? # # yes. # # even my stepside bed is the same as the Willys pickups... # # it's the long wheel base version... even has the original tornado # engine, cool. # my '65 stepside was the shorter version of that bed... # # excellent price... # # 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # # # Hey, can someone take a look and tell me if the bed looks correct on # # this '63 Gladiator? # # Looks like it came from a Willys pickup, there may be a reason for # that # # :) # # http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1292690398.html # # # # - Landon # # # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:38:58 -0400 From: "Bob Brooks" Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? Boy I wish that was out here on the right coast!! Bob - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of Tesar Landon-R16884 Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:25 PM To: john Cc: local Jeep list Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? I must go look. God is smiling on me. - - L - -----Original Message----- From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of john Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:27 PM To: Tesar Landon-R16884 Cc: local Jeep list Subject: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? yes. even my stepside bed is the same as the Willys pickups... it's the long wheel base version... even has the original tornado engine, cool. my '65 stepside was the shorter version of that bed... excellent price... 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # Hey, can someone take a look and tell me if the bed looks correct on # this '63 Gladiator? # Looks like it came from a Willys pickup, there may be a reason for that # :) # http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1292690398.html # # - Landon # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:40:02 -0600 (MDT) From: Diana Eichert Subject: fsj: weather in Seattle I worked for Intel outside Portland OR from Jan '81 - Jan '82. There was a similar heatwave the summer '81. It was over 100 for several days in Portland, even hit 100 out at Tillamook OR one day. I remember being miserable, 'cause no body had air conditioning. Is all the news media blaming it on global warming? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:52:51 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? if it were it wouldn't be rust free... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Bob Brooks wrote: # Boy I wish that was out here on the right coast!! # # Bob # # -----Original Message----- # From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of Tesar # Landon-R16884 # Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:25 PM # To: john # Cc: local Jeep list # Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? # # I must go look. God is smiling on me. # # - L # # -----Original Message----- # From: owner-fsj-at-digest.net [mailto:owner-fsj-at-digest.net] On Behalf Of # john # Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2009 5:27 PM # To: Tesar Landon-R16884 # Cc: local Jeep list # Subject: Re: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? # # yes. # # even my stepside bed is the same as the Willys pickups... # # it's the long wheel base version... even has the original tornado # engine, cool. # my '65 stepside was the shorter version of that bed... # # excellent price... # # 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Tesar Landon-R16884 wrote: # # # Hey, can someone take a look and tell me if the bed looks correct on # # this '63 Gladiator? # # Looks like it came from a Willys pickup, there may be a reason for # that # # :) # # http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1292690398.html # # # # - Landon # # # ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:56:58 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: fsj: weather in Seattle surprisingly no, the media is not blaming "global warming" or even "climate change". It think they've finally realized it's junk science. no, they're blaming this on a high pressure ridge stuck here from the Yukon down to no Cal. I worked at wafer fab V from Oct '83 until Aug '85. :) what'd you do at Intel? I was in Germany in the mid '70's when we had a heat wave like this... upper 80's, low '90s... old Germans were dropping like flies... no one had a/c even in their cars back then... I grew up in Northern Illinois, we had no a/c either... many, many sleepless nights in hot, sticky, muggy, nasty weather... yuck. btw, the media is starting to talk about the coming ice age again... whatever gets their agenda through the public is fine with them it seems. ;) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Diana Eichert wrote: # I worked for Intel outside Portland OR from Jan '81 - Jan '82. There was a # similar heatwave the summer '81. It was over 100 for several days in # Portland, even hit 100 out at Tillamook OR one day. I remember being # miserable, 'cause no body had air conditioning. # # Is all the news media blaming it on global warming? # # ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:35:35 +0000 From: Michel Balea Subject: RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) I am a bit closer to the goal, no money but plenty of time..... In theory... as I have too many unfinished projects... And ready to travel to fix those beasts.... have tools will travel. One guy on the other list needed some help in Australia.... No charge for labor... only mileage.... As for the world buying FSJs.... it would be interesting to see the ownership appreciation rating after 6, 12 and 18 months. We can fix our beasts, but Mr. Henri Durand in Paris or Marseille may have some issue trying to find a mechanic, or parts to fix his EGR valve.... not talking about overacting carbs on cold rainy mornings. Then most of the Euros do not have any off-road opportunities, they come to the States to have fun. This is why I ended up with a few extra off-road motorcycles. Michel > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:05:06 -0700 > too bad all my friends and I can't seem to get it together... > > why is it all the talented people I know have issues that prevent us from building of a really good FSJ business? > > I mean besides all of us having no money, no time and being separted by hundreds and thousands of miles? > > :( _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y SkyDrive^Y: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:50:57 +0000 From: Michel Balea Subject: RE: fsj: Now FSJ and profits I bought the 85 for $250, and 4 years and around $1000 in various parts (have not gone to a shop except for estimates) latter, it still runs well... but is leaking oil from every places, the rear main (to be redone), the valve covers, the trany shifter, the NSS, the trany oil pan, the diff output shaft (again after I replaced the seal) and probably the valve seals are shot.... I forgot the exhaust manifold gasket and now the exhaust manifold has a crack. Did I mentioned that I noticed that the water pump/timing pump cover does not have all the bolts... the A/C does not work... nor does the tailgate (busted channel on top a few missing wiring when I tried to look at why the tailgate stopped working after the glass was replaced when a coworker borrowed it and broke the glass) But it is fun to drive with the 3.31 gearing in SF foggy nites, the muffler roar and a few exhaust leaks kills the ricers exhaust at the traffic lights. Even my kids' friend love to take a ride and it is a true sports car in the mountains, the engine is strong. Michel 74 wag (trusty and rusty) and 85 Gwag (timesink and test bench) > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:24:17 -0700 > the key element to that phrase was "nice profit". > > I've done the math... even when someone GIVES you a full size jeep... > by the time you're done you're lucky if you can sell it for half of > what you have in it... at least that's been my experience. ;) > > john _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y SkyDrive^Y: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:08:53 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: fsj: RE: weather in Seattle (waaaay off topic but may be of interest!) I went to my aunt's funeral a couple days ago. They figure the heat made her dizzy and caused her to fall, which in turn caused a stroke that finished her. (she was '91 and still living on her own, but my cousins had been trying to talk her into moving into a "home") My mom just turned 80 (right after I turned 50) and we stayed over at her place before the funeral. We arrived the night before the funeral and the temp in her place was still hovering at 90 at 11PM, so I helped her ventilate the place (re-taught her the basic physics of heat going up and being trapped against the ceiling and that running a fan in a closed room just adds heat) Right after the funeral (100 degrees F in Chilliwack, BC, Canada) my wife and I zipped back and picked her up an AC unit for her birthday (got the last one of 200 put out that AM at Home Depot) To say she was happy with her present would be an understatement. Just a little tech for some, who like me, have a house where the air is trapped at the ceiling. Get a dryer hose to the top point inside and run it to a fan at your window. That will cool your house the fastest because it will push the hottest air out first. Adding an insulation pad (or even a silver or blue tarp) to your roof will also help deflect the heat. (also works on shops. I plan to add sheet metal to the roof of my shop with an insulation pad in between) I've been watching with interest testing done by a shop owner I know in Canada. He was planning a new metal roof and was testing the common colors for temp saturation. Similar 1 foot square pieces of white, black, green, red and pale blue were checked. Blue and white were the coolest (blue by almost 10 degrees less than white!), black and red were almost the same with green about the middle temp. This was at 75 degrees. I'm waiting to hear what it was like at 100 degrees. I'd like to put a solar panel on the sunniest side of my shop (it was pretty warm in there today) to run an AC unit. My cabin has about 12" of insulation in the ceiling and I've been doing R30 in the walls. It was a nice 70 degrees in there when I left at 3PM. Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 - ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:56:58 -0700 > From: john-at-wagoneers.com > To: deichert-at-wrench.com > CC: fsj-at-digest.net > Subject: Re: fsj: weather in Seattle > > surprisingly no, the media is not blaming "global warming" or even "climate change". > It think they've finally realized it's junk science. > > no, they're blaming this on a high pressure ridge stuck here from the Yukon down to no Cal. > > I worked at wafer fab V from Oct '83 until Aug '85. :) what'd you do at Intel? > > > I was in Germany in the mid '70's when we had a heat wave like this... upper 80's, low '90s... > old Germans were dropping like flies... no one had a/c even in their cars back then... > > I grew up in Northern Illinois, we had no a/c either... many, many sleepless nights > in hot, sticky, muggy, nasty weather... yuck. > > btw, the media is starting to talk about the coming ice age again... > > whatever gets their agenda through the public is fine with them it seems. ;) _________________________________________________________________ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:11:49 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: Gladiator - bed correct? It's close! Texas isn't that far away. (took me a day to drive down from Nashville to Dallas when the airport was closed 15 years ago) > > On Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Bob Brooks wrote: > > # Boy I wish that was out here on the right coast!! > # > # Bob > # > # _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y SkyDrive^Y: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:32:29 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) You realize my cabin is only 35 miles from your place? I'm less than 10 from you too! Lol! > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:41:54 -0700 > From: john-at-wagoneers.com > To: carnuck-at-hotmail.com > CC: fsj-list-at-yahoogroups.com; fsj-at-digest.net > Subject: Re: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) > > going to terrace your property? > > used to be able to rent cats and backhoes from a place in clearview... > > know of a couple folks with equipment, not sure if they'd want to go > all the way out there... > > was going to ask how hot it got up in the mountains... guess I know now. :) > > 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Jim Blair wrote: > > # Sadly, he wants Wagonmaster price for it $5800, but it is immaculate and one > # owner since new. Wouldn't be quite so high, but he recently paid out $3500 to > # get the TH400/QT upgraded and it's a factory 401 rig. (brand new carb too) > # I have to concentrate on finishing my '84 J10 that's been on the back > # burner since '02 (drivetrain is in and all I need now is to do the wiring of > # the 4.0L EFI, AW4 and NV241 from a Rubicon and finish the brake upgrades on > # the J20 axles) but first I have to get a well in at my property so I can get a > # loan to cover the shop and upgrades I want to do. (that way this winter > # nothing will stop me from working on my toys, especially the weather!) > # Finally got a guy brave enough to clear my parking area in this heat (it > # hit 105 yesterday) so today I'll play musical cars and get everything moved > # away from where the well will be put in. > # > # _________________________________________________________________ > # NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. > # http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 > # _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y SkyDrive^Y: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:45:10 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) It rained for awhile last night at my cabin with lightning, thunder and power outage! Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 - ---------------------------------------- > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:30:12 -0700 > From: john-at-wagoneers.com > To: carnuck-at-hotmail.com > CC: preacherfuzz279-at-yahoo.com; fsj-at-digest.net > Subject: RE: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) > > hey, it was 108 by the buffalo corner... ;) 104 at my place... > > it was 77 this morning at 9am... by the time I drove 10 miles it was up to 81... > haven't looked at what it is now... > > without cloud cover we heat up quick and cool off almost as quick... > > we're roasting because there is a large high pressure here... we're not getting our > marine breeze... > > we should be returning to normal within a week or so... we get these heat waves > about once a year for about a week, this is the worst in about 10 years... :) > > 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 Thu, 30 Jul 2009, Jim Blair wrote: > > # Monroe, WA! > # > # Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:19:57 -0700 > # From: preacherfuzz279-at-yahoo.com > # Subject: Re: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) > # To: carnuck-at-hotmail.com > # > # Where are you that it hit 105! Texas, Arizona? > # > # --- On Thu, 7/30/09, Jim Blair wrote: > # > # > # From: Jim Blair > # Subject: fsj: Found another sweet condition Jtruck for sale! (and update) > # To: fsj-list-at-yahoogroups.com, "local Jeep list" > # Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 12:20 PM > # > # > # Sadly, he wants Wagonmaster price for it $5800, but it is immaculate and one > # owner since new. Wouldn't be quite so high, but he recently paid out $3500 to > # get the TH400/QT upgraded and it's a factory 401 rig. (brand new carb too) > # I have to concentrate on finishing my '84 J10 that's been on the back > # burner since '02 (drivetrain is in and all I need now is to do the wiring of > # the 4.0L EFI, AW4 and NV241 from a Rubicon and finish the brake upgrades on > # the J20 axles) but first I have to get a well in at my property so I can get > # a > # loan to cover the shop and upgrades I want to do. (that way this winter > # nothing will stop me from working on my toys, especially the weather!) > # Finally got a guy brave enough to clear my parking area in this heat (it > # hit 105 yesterday) so today I'll play musical cars and get everything moved > # away from where the well will be put > # in. > # > # _________________________________________________________________ > # NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. > # http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 > # > # > # _________________________________________________________________ > # NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. > # http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 > # _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live^Y Hotmail.: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. 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