From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Oct 2 21:20:42 1999 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Sunday, October 3 1999 Volume 01 : Number 567 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: fsj: Re: Silly Question Re: fsj: Saturday Portland adventure fsj: Re: in memory of Joe Sego... Re: fsj: gas gauge fsj: Emissions Problem fsj: Tranny leaks Re: fsj: Lurking and Working fsj: Re: Trouble with Carbs fsj: Re: Tranny leaks Re: fsj: headers 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, 1 Oct 1999 20:32:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: Re: fsj: Re: Silly Question A: The one side will mostly drain the other. As long as it's below the head bolts, you should be okay. The one i can see is allen (hex) and is toward the rear in my 85 GW. The bolt is fairly small (~1/2" wide) but I can't see any othets. The "holes" as i described earlier were very front of the block and after closer look are possibly for some bolt on. (solid inside and threaded). Thanks for replying Jim, I want to get this started and i'm only on step 2 : ( Drained coolant. and the saga continues. Rob Jim Blair, Seattle WA 1983 Cherokee 4 dr 4.2L six, 999 AT, Manual hubs Stop the Chemtrails! My Homepage: http://homepages.go.com/~carnuck/carnuck.html FREE Online Photo Album: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998&Auth=false ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:03:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Carnuck-at-webtv.net (James Blair) Subject: Re: fsj: Saturday Portland adventure A: Too bad no-one wants the Matador bucket seats I have! (comfy recliners, but need recovering) They'll work in a 4 door, but the seats cover all the way over where a center console normally sits. The tracks will join where the normal seats go. John wrote: I'm heading down to Portland this Saturday, Oct 2. I'll have a tow dolly behind the little wagoneer on a Benz retrieval mission... Won't have a lot of time or mobility... :( My schedule estimate is to be in North Portland, near the airport, by around 12 to 1pm. The wife and daughter will certainly want to visit Clackamas Town Center. So... I'll probably head there first, drop them off, swing back up to North Portland, hook up the Benz, swing back to Clackamas, hang out there until late afternoon and head back to Snohomish... I'll be limiting my travels to the eastside sticking pretty closely to the I-205 corridor... although heading to the German Deli on Powell (Edelweiss) and 17th is always a tempation. :) Whit, I still haven't decided to get rid of those seats yet... waiting to see how my FSJ situation turns out... :) Let me know if there's any parts you need me to run back north, or if you have any more goodies to get rid of.:) John, the tow dolly weighs about 750lbs... my little wagoneer has 195,000 miles on it... I'd love to run down and visit... but maybe next time... Hauling that 300SD is gonna be a workout by itself...I don't want to press my luck. :) I will probably start working on the Benz (79 300SD) in the parking lot at Clackamas Town Center... :) Would welcome visitors... Have cameras with all the time... :) my cell is 425.290.2777 ...if I'm roaming it doesn't ring through to my pager, normally you'd get my pager... Weather is supposed to be nice! Plenty of good food near the Clackamas Town Center! Ultimately this 79 300SD will turn Fritz into an updated Turbo Diesel, and will somehow turn itself into my next FSJ... whether by donating it's body to become "Benzilla" atop a Wagoneer chassis, or to be fixed and sold so I can buy the 80 J10 Honcho I've been thinking about buying for the last year now... :) I love these little adventures... :-) john Jim Blair, Seattle WA 1983 Cherokee 4 dr 4.2L six, 999 AT, Manual hubs Stop the Chemtrails! My Homepage: http://homepages.go.com/~carnuck/carnuck.html FREE Online Photo Album: http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumList?u=13998&Auth=false ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 13:42:23 EDT From: Brazzadog-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Re: in memory of Joe Sego... John - Thanks for filling us in and having the presence of mind to represent those of us who were unaware of what was going on. Ben ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:01:49 EDT From: UrbFarmer-at-aol.com Subject: Re: fsj: gas gauge I had trouble with all my gauges and found that soldering the base of each post as it exits the circuit board on the back of the gauge assembly (removed from jeep) fixed everything. - --Vince '81 Wag In a message dated 9/22/99 12:17:56 PM Central Daylight Time, john-at-wagoneers.com writes: << check circuit board in dash, clean all contacts, look for cracks. sending unit is accessed under rear seat in access panel john On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, toboggan hill farm wrote: >-->My fuel gauge stopped working on my '83 Wagoneer. It slowly sank to (and >-->stayed at) Empty regardless of the actual level of gas in the tank. Now I >-->am carrying around a five gallon can in case I don't estimate refueling time >-->correctly. >--> >-->Do you have any thoughts on what the problem might be? If you do, is that >-->thing difficult and/or expensive to fix/replace? I could just keep going >-->with the can in the back, but every now and then I get the gas smell from >-->the can and don't care for it. >--> >-->Thanks, >-->Brett >> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:02:15 EDT From: UrbFarmer-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Emissions Problem Well, the "Res Runner" has been hauling my behind to work for the last week or so. I took it out after the tranny/tsfr case swap and it overheated like no-body's business. So I swapped out the spare radiator I had in the garage, cleaned the AC condenser (I don't know why I left that in there 'cause I have no compressor!), put on the tranny cooler I had in the box since last summer, and filled her up with good coolant. Doesn't go beyond half of the gauge on a hot day now. Wah Hoo! So today I took her down to the emmissions testing station here in illi-noise. The old girl failed hydrocarbons (543, max 220ppm) and monoxide (1.9, max 1.2%) miserably. The tech that checked it had to call a supervisor since mine was FULL TIME 4WD! No Dyno for me! When I got home, I adjusted the idle screws and I think it is probably better but not good enough for '81 emmission standards. When I got the old girl, she didn't have a catalytic converter or smog pump. I'm probably going to put a cat back on the exhaust before I attempt another test. I'll probably get a high performance one from JC Whitney or the parts store. Do you think that it enough or should I be looking for an air pump too? Anything else I can do? I just hate taking the wag to a shop, she's my baby. Sorry to run on so long. - --Vince '81 Wag (360, 727, np219) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:02:13 EDT From: UrbFarmer-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Tranny leaks Just finished a tranny swap on my '81 Wag and most of my leak problems were from the dipstick tube. Needed a 20 cent o-ring........... However, you can make the job alot easier if you have access to that trapdoor in the transmission hump. Thank God Jeep put that there! - --Vince '81 Wag (Jeeps aren't bought, they are built!) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:01:46 EDT From: UrbFarmer-at-aol.com Subject: Re: fsj: Lurking and Working Thanks John. Already switched my other np219, it had oil in it when I got it. In a message dated 9/18/99 8:14:00 PM Central Daylight Time, john-at-wagoneers.com(WAstatenospam) writes: << you want ATF in that xfr case... the manual is wrong. :) john (snip) Linkage in the tranny is loose and the used >transfer case has a lot of gear noise (filled with Dextron III, not 10-30), (snip) >--Vince >'81 Wag >360, np219QT, TF727 > >> ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 19:10:12 EDT From: OrigamiTB-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Re: Trouble with Carbs Here's what Ed Hackett at The Desert Research Institute in Reno wrote about K&N air filters: > K&Ns are great for airflow, which is what they were designed for. > Their original application was on racing engines, where airflow is > important and ultimate engine life was of little concern. They are > not as good at filtering as paper or oiled foam types. He tested Amsoil and Uni oiled-foam filters against paper, oil bath, and K&N (oiled gauze) filters using an SAE test method, and only the oil bath type scored higher than Amsoil in the categories of "dust-holding capacity", "load-up characteristic", and "backfire characteristic". The Amsoil and Uni filters shared top scores in the categories of "large-particle efficiency", "small-particle efficiency", "airflow capacity", and "cleanability". See the test results at http://www.roadkill.com/~davet/moto/air.filters.html ++ Cornel Ormsby ++ running K&N's on my old Suzuki GT750 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:20:52 EDT From: Brazzadog-at-aol.com Subject: fsj: Re: Tranny leaks In a message dated 10/2/1999 4:02:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, UrbFarmer writes: > Just finished a tranny swap on my '81 Wag and most of my leak problems were > from the dipstick tube. Needed a 20 cent o-ring........... However, you can > make the job alot easier if you have access to that trapdoor in the > transmission hump. Thank God Jeep put that there! I didn't think of that, maybe 'cause I have carpet and can't see it. It's almost a done deal now anyway. I had it all painted and re-installed when I broke the upper bracket off. Spot welds were shot. The bracket is welded back on and the paint is drying. Ben Williams '71 Wagoneer ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 00:55:47 -0400 From: Raymond C Drouillard Subject: Re: fsj: headers I'm still >trying to decide if a single 2-1/2 cat, muffler, and pipes are the way to >go. > >Brad Berry > >88 GW I would go with a 3" single exhaust. I have one on my '89 GW and it works great. ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! 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