From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Fri May 26 07:37:21 2006 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Friday, May 26 2006 Volume 01 : Number 2155 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: [db] adventures on I-5, part deux [db] biodiesel Re: [db] biodiesel [db] Re: xj: XJ-OT 67 mustang [db] Fuel mileage listings 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, 18 May 2006 19:46:18 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] adventures on I-5, part deux or... the migration patterns of large Jeeps on the only north south route in Western Washington... Made it there and back safely. (Snohomish to Centralia, ~230 miles round trip) Stopped for lunch on the way down and someone wanted to buy both of the Jeeps... :) ('99 WJ towing a '91 GW) Did some quick math while unloading the '91 GW... we estimated around 15 mpg on the trip down... actual mileage for the 230 mile round trip was right at 15 mpg. That's was towing a FULL SIZE Jeep on a tow dolly behind the '99 Grand Cherokee... You have to love that 4.7L V8!!! A Grand Wagoneer with a 360 couldn't get that kind of mileage driving itself! I wasn't even turned around with the tow dolly and I saw Curtis giving "Omega" the test drive. Confirmed a bad transmission. The rascal had the sunroof fixed before I was back on I-5, he called me just as I was heading for the ramp. :) My wife pointed out that I'm losing it... I spent 15 minutes on it and didn't fix it... ;) I need to focus on my Jeeps more... too much time working on computers. ;) Here's the pictures curtis sent: first ones are the before, then he washed and cleaned up some of the minor issues... I'm starting to like the way this thing looks... 2" body lift, 2" of spring lift and this thing will be quite striking.... :) http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/1991-GW-White/18-May-2006/ REFERENCE: last night's pictures: http://wagoneers.com/JEEPS/johns-May-2006/ Next question/issue is WHAT engine for SuperDawg? I have two 4.0l's, both need to be rebuilt... have the 5.9 boat anchor with a bad trans from the GW... thinking that if the 6.2 Diesel works in the GW that I'll have to find another for the J10. Leaning toward the 4.0L idea as I have a good AW4 with a custom adapter and two NP219s. SuperDawg will likely be a utility vehicle heading to the nursery and home depot, while Omega will be the long haul luxury econo cruiser... hoping to see at least 20mpg overall, and with dual tanks I can heat one and use waste veggie oil or biodiesel and drive cheap. All this Diesel talk has me thinking of finding a 240D I-4 for the 48 CJ-2... :) Of course that raises other issues... will I be able to have the '48 cj, the '91 300d, the '91 GW, the '83 J10 and the '99 WJ??? the saga continues... Of course if one took the entire value of my "fleet" it wouldn't even make a decent deposit on a new vehicle... (hmm... that might work... ;) popcorn? john http://JohnMeister.com/johns-vehicles.html ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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 ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 20:25:42 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] biodiesel looks like my state will soon be a major biodiesel player... rumors of a big plant down in grays harbor, and now this: http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=43505 Local Farmers Hone In On New Cash Crop May 18, 2006 By April Zepeda SNOHOMISH COUNTY - As local farms keep continue to go out of business, farmers desperately need a profitable crop. They may have just found it. Area farmers are planting crops of Mustard and Canola. Seeds generated by the crop are prime ingredients for biodiesel fuel -- an alternative fuel made from vegetable oils. "The farmers in this region are suffering because a lot of (agriculture) has moved out of state and they are looking for alternative crops just like this," said Fertilizer Distributor, Merritt Wolfkill. Four farms in Snohomish County and one in King County will take part in a pilot project. The plan is to crush the crop into oil and see how much of it can be generated per acre -- acres that now sit empty. "It's going to take a whole lot of these little seeds to create one trip to town, but we can grow a whole lot of it," said Farmer Dale Reiner. Farmers would use the biofuel to run their equipment. Making it locally could eliminate the need to ship it in from somewhere else. And with the demand for alternative fuels increasing across the nation, a cash crop could do more than land us on the map. "Well it could make us a national competitor in biofuels and we could consume the fuel we grow, keeping farmers stable and reinvigorating the agriculture economy," said Snohomish County Executive, Aaron Reardon. Snohomish County leaders even dream of building a processing plant for biodiesel fuel. Whether that plan can take root, will begin start to be apparent once the crop is ready for harvest in 65 days. ---- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** 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 ** - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 01:33:41 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers Subject: Re: [db] biodiesel Yeah, but that Gray's Harbor facility is apparently expressly designed and located to process palm oil, primarily from Malaysia, thereby not reducing any dependence, and encouraging the mass clear-cutting and deforestation of Malaysia for planting palm oil plantations. - -bkc Lynnwood, WA '76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] (30th bday party 11Jun) '93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] (replaces ML) '92 Toyota Celica GT (wife's old car) '00 MB ML320 [W163.154/M112.942] (to be sold) On Thu May 18, 2006, john wrote: > > looks like my state will soon be a major biodiesel player... > rumors of a big plant down in grays harbor, and now this: > > http://www.komotv.com/news/printstory.asp?id=43505 > > Local Farmers Hone In On New Cash Crop > > May 18, 2006 > > By April Zepeda ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 11:46:08 -0500 From: "Allen Zylstra" Subject: [db] Re: xj: XJ-OT 67 mustang Here is the link. He is pretty excited to have it back. http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e166/katoranger/67mustang.jpg My ZJ is still awaiting the exhaust manifold. I have been busy working on my van after the input planetary failed in the transmission. Actually it appears the snap ring holding the outshaft in place broke. I did fix the trans leak in the benz. Not the oil leaks and belts. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From: john Reply-To: xj-at-digest.net To: xj-at-digest.net Subject: Re: xj: XJ-OT 67 mustang Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 21:34:33 -0700 (PDT) >you'll have to send us a link, the list, thankfully, does not >permit attachments, even nice ones like mustangs... ;) > >john > >On Mon, 15 May 2006, Allen Zylstra wrote: > > >-->My brother finally got his 67 mustang on the road after 12 years. I > >-->bought him the classic 67 MN license plates for it 7 years ago. He is > >-->excited as this was his first car and it took this long to be able to > >-->afford to finish the project. It started as a rusted out ex local drag > >-->car that was retired. He is the one standing next to the rear of the > >-->car. > >--> > >-->Car has a new full edlebrock performer package with new aluminum heads > >-->and all new brakes and suspension. Full headers and dual flowmaster > >-->exhuast. Built trans with B&M shifter. I'll have to wait until > >-->September to find out. > >--> > >-->He also drives a Jeep. > >--> > >--> -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--> > >--> From: Ed Kummel > >--> Reply-To: xj-at-digest.net > >--> To: xj-at-digest.net > >--> Subject: xj: Cat-back directions > >--> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:11:15 -0700 (PDT) > >--> >OK. I finally got my pics on my website... > >--> > http://newton.tek-ed.com/gallery/jeep/cat-back/index.htm > >--> > > >--> > This is a step-by step on how to install a cat-back system from > >--> Rusty's. I'm sure that it can be used for others, but use at your own > >--> risk! > >--> > > >--> > BTW...after I installed this, about a week later, the Jeep is now > >--> returning a code 72! > >--> > I guess I now know what the second O2 sensor is for on the output > >--> of the catalytic converter! > >--> > Ed > >--> > web/gadget guru > >--> > > >--> > > >--> >"Traveling on a domestic airline with children on board is like > >--> traveling with a Chihuahua with diarrhea" > >--> > Jerry Clavner, a sociology and anthropology professor from > >--> Cleveland. > >--> > > >--> >--------------------------------- > >--> >Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for > >--> just 2"/min with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. > >--> > >-->[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/pjpeg which had a name of 67mustang.jpg] > >--> > > ---- > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ** 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 ** >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > to fry some phish: http://castlecops.com/pirt >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:25:06 -0400 From: "Jim Hoffman" Subject: [db] Fuel mileage listings Hi Folks, What's a good website for finding realistic MPG ratings for vehicles?? Jim ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2155 **********************************