From: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net (diesel-benz-digest) To: diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Subject: diesel-benz-digest V1 #1136 Reply-To: diesel-benz-at-digest.net Sender: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Errors-To: owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Precedence: bulk diesel-benz-digest Saturday, August 2 2003 Volume 01 : Number 1136 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Volvo/Audi/VW diesels. Re: cd changer administrivia: notes on using this list social engineering Diesel in the air near you an FSJ moment in Snohomish... Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-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 stag-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 12:46:26 -0500 From: "Black, Waylon" Subject: Volvo/Audi/VW diesels. Already looked into that - the bellhousing is different for the 5/6 cylinders. Starter is on the manifold side. Discovered while trying to create a diesel caravan using 1.7 gas engine parts(Omni/Horizon). Had a VW fan compare bellhousings - One bolt MAY line up. The Volvo lists claim the diesels rarely see 150 K miles(they use diesels for V8 conversions - heavy duty front suspension. Couldn't find anything good on the Audis either. The MB swap looks better. I may do if I cant find a cheap Volvo diesel. I wouldn't consider it if this wagon was not so clean. WB Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:10:42 -0500 From: "Vernon Tuck" Subject: Re: Volvo diesel update Of course I'm weighing in without having read the antecedent emails... so I'll probably shoot myself in the foot and blow my brains out with a single bullet. But I'd first look at the VW engines such as the 1.9TD coming out of Canada. I believe I'm correct that the Volvo diesel is in reality a VW engine? If that's true I imagine you're at least half-way home to an easy conversion. VT ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:40:39 -0400 From: "Jim Hoffman" Subject: Re: cd changer I have found what look like some nice, reasonably priced units at: http://www.crutchfield.com Jim/ '83 240D > John: > > Try a search with Google for in-dash CD MP3 and you will come up with > several options. Most major brands have something like this, including a > Blaupunkt 3000. There are several at under $200. > > Greg > > At 05:01 PM 7/30/03 , john wrote: > >made a call after searching the web for a cd changer for > >my '91 300d... > > > >guess I have the 1432 system and need a B980 changer... > > > >found a guy in NY (tiborg nagey) who sells orig refurb'd for > >$495, and a new custom system with cables and all based > >on an alpine for $675 plus shipping. > > > >For that much money I'll take the CD deck out of my Jeep > >and put it in or go to a stereo shop and have a nice > >aftermarket installed... > > > >The system I have for my J10 complete with changer > >and deck and everything was probably only about $350 or > >so... can't remember... oh well... > > > >going to try my sony walkman (mp3 player) with > >the car adapter... lot cheaper, actually free since > >I have it already. ;) > > > >now I'm heading home... ;) > > > >john > > > > ---- > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > > ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** > > Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. > > ...and remember, leaving life without Jesus just isn't recommended... > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > > ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux ** (plain text please!) > >The revolt is underway, you can not stop it. FEAR THE PENGUIN!!!! > > May the SOURCE be With GNU > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- - -- > > Greg Fiorentino > Vancouver USA > gfior-at-dslnorthwest.net > > '84 300D Turbo > '79 300TD > '85 F-350 6.9 crew cab > - -- Jim Hoffman Oconomowoc WI '39 Allis Model B '53 Ford Golden Jubilee '?? Bolens Huskie Gardener ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 05:45:01 +0000 From: Richard Welty Subject: administrivia: notes on using this list Digest.Net mailing list "Meta FAQ" These general notes on using Digest.Net mailing lists are posted on the 1st and 15th of each month. This file may be found on the web at http://www.digest.net/general-notes.txt [last revised 5/1/02; removed list of spam strings, as i'm not the only one filtering on them -- rpw] Additional information on Digest.Net's spam policies may be found at http://www.digest.net/email-policy.html and http://www.digest.net/blocked.html Table of Contents 1. 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EXAMPLE: In "winduhs" default mode you see: MOHMuseum.jpg With the file extensions shown you see the TRUTH: MOHMuseum.jpg.exe Be careful out there, the internet is NOT a safe place for default settings. john ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://wagoneers.com ** ** http://freegift.net ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold. ...and remember, leaving life without Jesus just isn't recommended... - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** john-at-wagoneers.com via PINE on Linux ** (plain text please!) The revolt is underway, you can not stop it. FEAR THE PENGUIN!!!! May the SOURCE be With GNU - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:16:08 -0400 From: Robert Chase Subject: Diesel in the air near you Neat article on AVweb about some new diesel aircraft. Maybee diesel cars will get more popular too :) Robert Chase Diamond Diesel Goes Great Guns Was it really only early this year that Diamond announced certification approval for its DA-40TDI diesel-powered Star? Yes, it was, but the company says it has experienced unusually strong demand for this aircraft in Europe. Thus far, 25 of the diesel-powered Stars have been sold in Europe and the orders continue to pour in. The DA-40-TDI is powered by the Thielert Centurion 1.7 (formerly the TAE 125) diesel, an engine that debuted here at OSH several years ago. The attraction for European customers is obvious: Jet-A is less expensive than gasoline in Europe and more widely available. Since the Thielert engine uses less of it, it yields a dual advantage that halves the direct hourly fuel costs for the Star. How about a U.S. version? Not just yet, says Diamond, but as interest in diesels grows, we think the model will prove attractive here, too. BRS And Diesel For OMF BRS, maker of ballistic recovery chutes for aircraft, said this week its new system for Light Sport airplanes is ready to go, and available for sale. Also, BRS President Mark Thomas said OMF Aircraft will include a BRS chute as standard equipment on its new four-place Symphony 4, which is expected to be on the market by the end of next year. OMF also will offer the chute as a $16,000 option on its two-place Symphony 160. The Thielert Centurion 1.7 powered Symphony will weigh in at $7,000 more than the standard 160, but offers higher efficiency, a constant-speed prop, FADEC-facilitated flight, plus push-of-a-button run-ups ... and the option to fly if 100LL goes away. Thomas said the BRS option for the 160 should be available by the end of this year. Derek Stinnes of OMF added that the chute is especially important when it comes to enticing the non-flying public into the world of aviation. "It's an option that everybody can understand," he said. Maule Goes Jet-A, Too, And Adds LSA Maule appears equally bullish on selling diesels, and it will be marketing in the U.S. This week at OSH, Maule debuted an M-9 fitted with SMA's SR 305-230 aerodiesel, which was first certified in Europe a while ago and is now poised to make inroads in the U.S. Like the Diamond, the Maule diesel's appeal is theoretically long range and lower operating costs. With 85 gallons of Jet-A aboard, the diesel M-9 appears to deliver on the range claims. Maule says it will fly more than 1,000 miles on a single top off. Another surprise on the show line was a new sport aircraft from Maule, a light taildragger powered by a Rotax 912S. It's called the M-4-100 and Maule hopes -- but isn't certain -- that it will qualify under the new Light Sport Aircraft certification standards. If it does, Maule thinks it will sell for between $70,000 and $80,000. Price for the M-9 diesel model is set at "about $200,000" according to Maule, a premium of some $50,000 over the gasoline-powered equivalent. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 23:02:12 -0700 From: john Subject: an FSJ moment in Snohomish... well, the good news first, the '79 Cherokee is on it's way to a new home maybe, I think... well, at least it's out of my yard... (and my son is done to one vehicle... :) the bad news, well... no, let's try again... with the rest of the story... :) Joe called, said his friend was interested in the cheap Cherokee. No problem. I had errands to run and when I got home Joe and Dave were here talking to Mark (my son and the owner of the cheap Cherokee). They had come over in Joe's Wagoneer. They added ATF to the '79 Cherokee and it was doing great. (or maybe they had used gravity to get it back down the hill and into my driveway. ;) Anyway, the plan was to run up to the cash machine to pay Mark, sounded like a good plan. So Joe went to drive up the hill in his Wag... what happened exactly we're not sure... vacuum line, transfer case failure, tranny linkage problems, tranny failure... just don't know... wouldn't engage or make it move under it's own power... a true FSJ moment. So, with the combined brain power of a herd of lemmings (there were four of us you know), we all figured out that the cheap Cherokee that had been stranded in the yard just last evening was working well enough to be fitted with a tow strap and would pull Joe's '84(?) Wagoneer up the hill and hopefully to his house... I stayed home, minus one lemming. Mark threw his bike in the back of the Cherokee to ride home with... They did make it out of the driveway... We'll have to wait to hear from Joe to see if they made it all the way home. Sure hope it's just a linkage or a vacuum line. Perhaps Joe can retell the story with more insight and humor, after all he was the only one grinning in the pictures. :) A few pix on line: (and before Joe & Dave and Mark got home, just like I said... http://www.wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/Joe_Hughes-Dave-Mark/ Life is always interesting in Snohomish... FSJ's, Diesel Benz, XJs... oh, one other piece of good news... no XJs, Mercedes or nearby critters were hurt during this operation. Which is a good thing because tomorrow morning I'm heading to the airport to pick up the new owner of the 190D that was at the edge of the driveway in the pictures... :) :) john - ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.WAGONEERS.com/ Snohomish, WA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold... Jesus, don't leave life without him, please! - ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #1136 **********************************