From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sat Oct 29 17:38:58 2005 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Sunday, October 30 2005 Volume 01 : Number 2010 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... [db] Oil Change blues (to the exhaust tune of 300D) Re: [db] Oil Change blues (to the exhaust tune of 300D) 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: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:08:18 -0400 From: "Jim Hoffman" Subject: Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... > On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:24:58AM -0400, Jim Hoffman wrote: > > Well, in *my* book, olive drab turned olive gloss becomes "Pasture > > Green" ;) > > > > So I'd go Pasture Green or Harvest Tan. Quite frankly I don't think > > I've ever seen a 40's vintage CJ in any of those other colors. Of > > course they were all "rust brown" by the time *I* saw them! > > If he's putting a mercedes engine in it, he should put a quintessential > mercedes color on it - like that seventies avocado green, or the "I just ate > indian food and threw up" burnt orange. The "honey please don't feed > the baby so many canned peas" green is too similar to a shade of green AMC used > in the sixites, and you wouldn't want people thinking you put a 232 in your > CJ :) > > Or, go the route of my father's 51 CJ3 - rattle can primer. If the paint gets > scratched, it's REAL easy to deal with :) > > K Look, forget the mercedes diesel! It came with a perfectly fine engine for that vehicle. Don't ruin a fine CJ! ;) Jim ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:44:25 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Jim Hoffman wrote: >-->Well, in *my* book, olive drab turned olive gloss becomes "Pasture >-->Green" ;) your book needs brighter lighting. :) >-->So I'd go Pasture Green or Harvest Tan. Quite frankly I don't think >-->I've ever seen a 40's vintage CJ in any of those other colors. Of >-->course they were all "rust brown" by the time *I* saw them! harvest tan is my first choice... white would be a close second, with the aqua a very, very distant third. john >--> >-->;) >--> >-->Jim >--> >-->> y'all need to get with the program, here are the "official" >-->> color options for a CJ-2A, notice that CJ=civilian jeep, NO olive >-->> drab options... ;) >-->> >-->> http://www.thecj2apage.com/paint.html >-->> >-->> white would be my next option to match the WJ and the J10 which >-->> is also getting the same color... >-->> >-->> jon >-->> >-->> >-->> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Aaron Storms wrote: >-->> >-->> > -->I think that baby needs to come live with me so it can stay olive drab! >-->> > -->...:) Actually, there was a beautiful white ice racer flattie with v8 at the >-->> > -->Georgetown, CO ice races last year with tan seats and trim. That'd be my >-->> > -->next choice after the proper olive-drab schematic. Aaron >-->> > --> >-->> > --> >-->> > --> >-->> > -->> I had planned to keep the 48 CJ2 stock' >-->> > -->> but my wife doesn't like any of the stock >-->> > -->> colors.... wants it light blue with a white >-->> > -->> interior... actually sounds good to me. >-->> > -->> >-->> > -->> guess that leaves the door open for a mercedes >-->> > -->> diesel too... :) >-->> > -->> >-->> > -->> john >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:51:13 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... rofl... I love those color descriptions... back home from my first day back at Boeing... :) so far so good... ran into several folks I've worked with way back when (about 12 years ago), and even one of my students from City-U! :) john On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Kevin wrote: >-->On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:24:58AM -0400, Jim Hoffman wrote: >-->> Well, in *my* book, olive drab turned olive gloss becomes "Pasture >-->> Green" ;) >-->> >-->> So I'd go Pasture Green or Harvest Tan. Quite frankly I don't think >-->> I've ever seen a 40's vintage CJ in any of those other colors. Of >-->> course they were all "rust brown" by the time *I* saw them! >--> >-->If he's putting a mercedes engine in it, he should put a quintessential >-->mercedes color on it - like that seventies avocado green, or the "I just ate >-->indian food and threw up" burnt orange. The "honey please don't feed >-->the baby so many canned peas" green is too similar to a shade of green AMC used >-->in the sixites, and you wouldn't want people thinking you put a 232 in your >-->CJ :) >--> >-->Or, go the route of my father's 51 CJ3 - rattle can primer. If the paint gets >-->scratched, it's REAL easy to deal with :) >--> >-->K >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 16:52:15 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: Re: [db] Re: xj: Re: a dilema... jim, I agree, it did come with a perfectly fine engine... a Ford Pinto 2.0L :) john On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Jim Hoffman wrote: >-->> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 10:24:58AM -0400, Jim Hoffman wrote: >-->> > Well, in *my* book, olive drab turned olive gloss becomes "Pasture >-->> > Green" ;) >-->> > >-->> > So I'd go Pasture Green or Harvest Tan. Quite frankly I don't think >-->> > I've ever seen a 40's vintage CJ in any of those other colors. Of >-->> > course they were all "rust brown" by the time *I* saw them! >-->> >-->> If he's putting a mercedes engine in it, he should put a quintessential >-->> mercedes color on it - like that seventies avocado green, or the "I just ate >-->> indian food and threw up" burnt orange. The "honey please don't feed >-->> the baby so many canned peas" green is too similar to a shade of green AMC used >-->> in the sixites, and you wouldn't want people thinking you put a 232 in your >-->> CJ :) >-->> >-->> Or, go the route of my father's 51 CJ3 - rattle can primer. If the paint gets >-->> scratched, it's REAL easy to deal with :) >-->> >-->> K >--> >-->Look, forget the mercedes diesel! It came with a perfectly fine >-->engine for that vehicle. Don't ruin a fine CJ! >--> >-->;) >--> >-->Jim >--> ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** http://JohnMeister.com **** http://wagoneers.com ** Snohomish, Washington USA - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold ** http://freegift.net *** http://greatcom.org/laws/languages.html ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:21:22 -0400 From: Edward Pomeroy Subject: [db] Oil Change blues (to the exhaust tune of 300D) Yikes! 7.59 per galon of Chevron Delo (was paying about 5.96 last change) and another 8.49 for the McParts STP oil filter (the part is German made, heh!) , with tax that is a skosh over 25 bucks with my own labor. No wonder the dealers charge 70 bucks! :-( The somewhat more tolerable news - Diesel dropped from 3.09/gal to 2.75/gal last Thursday. Finally some relief, tho' Gasoline is now at 2.32 at the no brand outlets in NW Indiana/SW Michigan. Hope you folks out West are faring better too. The new tires (at 31/32 PSI recommended by Tire Rack) jacked the mileage up to 34 MPG on the commute. Will see if fresh oil edges that up another 1/2 mile or so :-) Edward ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 17:17:22 -0700 From: chuck goolsbee Subject: Re: [db] Oil Change blues (to the exhaust tune of 300D) >The somewhat more tolerable news - Diesel dropped from 3.09/gal to >2.75/gal last Thursday. Finally some relief, tho' Gasoline is now at >2.32 at the no brand outlets in NW Indiana/SW Michigan. Hope you >folks out West are faring better too. $2.89 at my usual stop (Tesoro, Exit 208, I-5) today. - -- - --chuck goolsbee 02 Jetta TDi (but also looking for a 300SD or SDL) arlington, wa, usa ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2010 **********************************