From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Thu Jul 15 23:18:27 2010 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Thursday, July 15 2010 Volume 01 : Number 3603 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: RE: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a long two weeks... Re: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a longtwo weeks... fsj: test 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: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:17:32 -0700 From: Jim Blair Subject: RE: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a long two weeks... Check the fuse on the gauges. As for Earl, well the Dixie Chicks wrote a song about him! Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:06:19 -0700 > From: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net > To: > Subject: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a long two weeks... > > Been in limbo on the internet since the beginning of July... moved wagoneers.com > to my home office and popped it on the network, then throttled it back so I didn't > have comcast cutting me off... upgraded to commercial service for another $10 a > month, > supposedly it was all going to work... they swapped the modem out and things > "sort of worked". > But not completely... so now I have to pay an additional $4.95 to get a static > IP... > > I think all the web pages on http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us and > http://johnmeister.com > should be working as they were before. All the CJ-10 manuals, old jeep manuals, > Willys, Benz and of > course the FSJ and XJ tech stuff should be out there... > > I don't think we'll see the perform I enjoyed at the digital forest, but my friend > who was managing that colocation facility took a job with facebook and is moving > to central Oregon... > > that also means my biodiesel source went away and I was stuck with about 50 gals > of WVO per week... > luckily I found another guy doing biodiesel, but not as much... he's picking up > two of my > locations in exchange for some biodiesel... will sell off the rest of the > WVO... found some folks > willing to buy it... > > Speaking of WVO, decided not to setup SuperDawg with a WVO tank... the use of > WVO, even heated > can lead to issues... been seeing some of those results on the TDIclub website... > > Oh yeah... earl the Caddy is up for sale because I picked up a troubled TDI > Jetta Wagon > right around the time all this internet stuff started... it had been side > swiped... rebuilt title, > but only about 145,000 miles on it, GLS, full leather, heated seats, power > sunroof, 5 speed, monsoon > stereo, cruise... > http://johnmeister.com/DIESELS/2003-VW-Jetta-TDI/ALL.html If I run BioDiesel > in it, it'll > be around 40%... the '91 300D has been doing fine on 100% BioDiesel. Superdawg > will as well... older > Diesels seem fine with it... once you've dissolved all the original rubber lines > and replaced them. ;) > > The TDI had a Check engine light that spit out several codes... so I replaced > sensors, glow plugs > and wiring harnesses this weekend... then had it emissions tested this morning, > blew 2%... > (saw a license plate frame on a TDI wagon that said: MY TDI is cleaner than > your Hybrid ) > I managed to knock a vacuum line loose from the turbo... went through emissions > fine without it... :) > > The wiring was messed up (so is the body)... driver's door was replaced from a > 2000... it's a 2003... supposed > to work, but I just spent about 6 hours swapping the guts between the original > door and the replacement > and voila, it all works... whoo hoo!!! the windows, locks, alarm, trunk > release, everything!!! I can > go through a drive through window again!!! > > Tomorrow morning it gets a new windshield, then we're heading over to Wenatchee > and Leavenworth to > pick up some Caddy parts... Earl decided to spring a leak on an injector line... > also found a few missing > parts he needed... > > THE ONLY PROBLEM remaining on the TDI is the Speedometer/Odometer does NOT > work... replaced the speed > sensor and checked the cluster... ANY IDEAS? > > > FWIW, I should have my static IP from comcast tomorrow and will update DNS and > get my mail server back on line... > so if you've sent any email to john-at-wagoneers.com it's likely to ended up in the > bit bucket or back in your > inbox... I'll probably have about 300 emails once DNS updates... ;) > > Still no word from Centralia on SuperDawg... last report was before the 4th, the > engine/trans/xfr case were > in the frame and curtis was going to set the body on to check for clearance. I > need to get an oil > pan from an SD33 from a CJ-10 to get a bit more clearance on the pan... > > john > > -- > > ----- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 si vis pacem, para bellum > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL :en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:37:33 +0000 From: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net Subject: Re: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a longtwo weeks... Ckd them all, twice. Hoping for something simple. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T - -----Original Message----- From: Jim Blair Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:17:32 To: ; local Jeep list Subject: RE: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a long two weeks... Check the fuse on the gauges. As for Earl, well the Dixie Chicks wrote a song about him! Jim Blair, Lynnwood, WA '87 Comanche, '83 Jeep J10, '84 Jeep J10 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:06:19 -0700 > From: dieseljohn-at-comcast.net > To: > Subject: fsj: adventures in bioDiesel, networking and VWs - been a long two weeks... > > Been in limbo on the internet since the beginning of July... moved wagoneers.com > to my home office and popped it on the network, then throttled it back so I didn't > have comcast cutting me off... upgraded to commercial service for another $10 a > month, > supposedly it was all going to work... they swapped the modem out and things > "sort of worked". > But not completely... so now I have to pay an additional $4.95 to get a static > IP... > > I think all the web pages on http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us and > http://johnmeister.com > should be working as they were before. All the CJ-10 manuals, old jeep manuals, > Willys, Benz and of > course the FSJ and XJ tech stuff should be out there... > > I don't think we'll see the perform I enjoyed at the digital forest, but my friend > who was managing that colocation facility took a job with facebook and is moving > to central Oregon... > > that also means my biodiesel source went away and I was stuck with about 50 gals > of WVO per week... > luckily I found another guy doing biodiesel, but not as much... he's picking up > two of my > locations in exchange for some biodiesel... will sell off the rest of the > WVO... found some folks > willing to buy it... > > Speaking of WVO, decided not to setup SuperDawg with a WVO tank... the use of > WVO, even heated > can lead to issues... been seeing some of those results on the TDIclub website... > > Oh yeah... earl the Caddy is up for sale because I picked up a troubled TDI > Jetta Wagon > right around the time all this internet stuff started... it had been side > swiped... rebuilt title, > but only about 145,000 miles on it, GLS, full leather, heated seats, power > sunroof, 5 speed, monsoon > stereo, cruise... > http://johnmeister.com/DIESELS/2003-VW-Jetta-TDI/ALL.html If I run BioDiesel > in it, it'll > be around 40%... the '91 300D has been doing fine on 100% BioDiesel. Superdawg > will as well... older > Diesels seem fine with it... once you've dissolved all the original rubber lines > and replaced them. ;) > > The TDI had a Check engine light that spit out several codes... so I replaced > sensors, glow plugs > and wiring harnesses this weekend... then had it emissions tested this morning, > blew 2%... > (saw a license plate frame on a TDI wagon that said: MY TDI is cleaner than > your Hybrid ) > I managed to knock a vacuum line loose from the turbo... went through emissions > fine without it... :) > > The wiring was messed up (so is the body)... driver's door was replaced from a > 2000... it's a 2003... supposed > to work, but I just spent about 6 hours swapping the guts between the original > door and the replacement > and voila, it all works... whoo hoo!!! the windows, locks, alarm, trunk > release, everything!!! I can > go through a drive through window again!!! > > Tomorrow morning it gets a new windshield, then we're heading over to Wenatchee > and Leavenworth to > pick up some Caddy parts... Earl decided to spring a leak on an injector line... > also found a few missing > parts he needed... > > THE ONLY PROBLEM remaining on the TDI is the Speedometer/Odometer does NOT > work... replaced the speed > sensor and checked the cluster... ANY IDEAS? > > > FWIW, I should have my static IP from comcast tomorrow and will update DNS and > get my mail server back on line... > so if you've sent any email to john-at-wagoneers.com it's likely to ended up in the > bit bucket or back in your > inbox... I'll probably have about 300 emails once DNS updates... ;) > > Still no word from Centralia on SuperDawg... last report was before the 4th, the > engine/trans/xfr case were > in the frame and curtis was going to set the body on to check for clearance. I > need to get an oil > pan from an SD33 from a CJ-10 to get a bit more clearance on the pan... > > john > > -- > > ----- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 si vis pacem, para bellum > http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:49:23 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: test testing 1, 2, 3 have fixed IP... this should work... might not be fully functional for a few hours... john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 si vis pacem, para bellum http://johnmeister.com http://wagoneers.com http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3603 **************************