From owner-diesel-benz-digest-at-digest.net Sun Dec 14 14:25:24 2008 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Sunday, December 14 2008 Volume 01 : Number 2934 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: [db] axle calculations Re: [db] fuel prices in NL [db] snow, cjs and cascades 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: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:58:29 -0800 (PST) From: diesel john Subject: [db] axle calculations Will use the 3.54 J10 axles from my '80 J10... the front axle on the cj-10a is 72", the J10s are 73"... of course I haven't looked at spring pads yet... we'll see if this will work... here's the RPM math: http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/1986-CJ10A/Axle-Plan-cj10a.pdf CURRENT 235's 31" tires (8.00x16.5) Gears: 3.54 4.88 Tires: 28.88 30.35 tach mph mph 2200 53.40 40.70 from the hp/torque curves found on the binder list 2250 54.61 41.63 it appears that 2200 - 2500 seems to be about the 2300 55.82 42.56 best range, although a bit under 2000 might be better 2350 57.04 43.48 2400 58.25 44.41 2450 59.46 45.33 2500 60.68 46.26 The CJ-10A will full ballast seemed to be able to do 40 mph heading up the hill on SR9... that could mean it's happy place is 2200 rpm. For what it's worth my '91 2.5L Turbo Diesel Mercedes 300D would have been doing well over 90mph by the time the CJ-10A hit 35... and the cj10a never hit the 55 mph speed limit... :) If I drive the CJ-10A daily it's typical cruising speed will be about 45 mph, so the rpms will be lower. my cj-10a bed and Dana 70 have to go... I'm sure they are way too heavy, and no functioning tailgate... http://wagoneers.com/FSJ/rigs/1986-CJ10A/ALL-9Dec2008.html the bumpers are 0.40 inches thick! The side wall is 0.130 or so... of course we used calipers over paint, but still... that's more than 1/4" of steel bumpers and 1/8" steel for the bed side walls... I'm wondering if I'll even be able to remove the bed by myself! :) Current thought is to build a lightweight aluminum alloy channel flat bed with my tool box from my J10 on it... tie downs for barrels (WVO) and put my barrel lift on the back... should reduce weight and allow me to move WVO around. http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/10-Oct-26-barrel-lift-in-action-fall-colors/ALL.html As I said, decided to part out my '80 J10, using the 3.54 axles on my cj-10 with 235's, using the 258/T18/np208 in my '83 J10 Stepside... may turn the short box into another trailer that will be lighter and sell my current '75 Longbox J10 with the hydraulic dump... BTW, found this modified cj-10 on cj-8.com: http://www.cj-8.com/index.php?option=com_zoom&Itemid=40&catid=15&PageNo= Wondering what kind of bed that is... almost looks like a cj tub... anyone know this guy? would love to hear how he got it this way.. john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -o|||||o- 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee (WJ) 4.7L V8/45RFE/NV247 1994 Chevrolet Blazer (K1500) 6.5L Turbo Diesel/AT - for sale 1991 Mercedes 300D (124) 2.5L Turbo Diesel/AT (Shadowfax) 1986 CJ-10A 3.3L Diesel/AT 1983 Jeep J10 Stepside (SJ) 4.2/T-5/NP208 (Superdawg) 1980 Jeep J10 Shortbox (SJ) donor for superdawg and cj-10a - PARTING OUT 1975 Jeep J10 long bed (SJ) hydraulic dump trailer - for sale 1967 Jeep J100 (SJ)Panel 232/T-85/D20 - for sale -o|||||o- http://wagoneers.com/johns-vehicles.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:44:42 +0000 From: "Stephen Rigley" Subject: Re: [db] fuel prices in NL Looks like Esso across the road is cheaper ;-) Petrol and Diesel are the same price here in Eire at the moment (diesel was more expensive), average price being 99.9c/litre Steve On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:00 AM, john wrote: > latest from stef... > http://wagoneers.com/tmp/fuel-NL_09-Dec-2008.jpg > > too tired to do the math... :) > > john > > ----- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold > http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com > SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf > SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:24:42 -0800 (PST) From: john Subject: [db] snow, cjs and cascades putting up a few pictures from the trip over to the east side of the cascades... we got about 4" of snow here last night... going to get "very" cold (for us), it's around 29 degrees... got the cj-10a into the carport/shop... just in time for 4" of snow... pictures will be at: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/12-Dec-14-SNOW-in-Snohomish/ (will be adding more... took a walk this morning and took about 500 pix. ;) we were over in Eastern Washington Thurs/Fri, had snow in the pass: http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/12-Dec-13-Leavenworth-Cascades btw, how much wider is the cj-10a then the cj-5 or wrangler? is the cab the same? http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/12-Dec-14-SNOW-in-Snohomish/CJs-compared.html I drove it down to the topsoil place that has a scale yesterday, but it was turned off... :( The starter solenoid is sticking, so that's another thing to do... not sure when the oil was last changed... and the fuel in the tank looks like coffee with cream instead of Diesel. :) Think I need to do some serious maintenance on this thing. john ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://johnmeister.com/fotomeister - Trust Jesus: http://freegift.com SAVE power, avoid viruses, use LINUX: http://johnmeister.com/tmcp.pdf SAVE fuel, use synthetics: http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #2934 **********************************