From owner-diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Mon Jul 11 11:11:21 2011 From: diesel-benz-digest diesel-benz-digest Monday, July 11 2011 Volume 01 : Number 3443 Forum for Discussion of Diesel Mercedes Benz Automobiles Derick Amburgey Digest Coordinator Contents: Re: [db] Not Moving Yet Re: [db] Not Moving Yet [db] Diesel conversion link - Mercedes in a jeep [db] john sent you a "Free Range" comic. (fwd) Diesel Benz Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/diesel-benz/ Send submissions to diesel-benz-digest@digest.net Send administrative requests to diesel-benz-digest-request@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, 8 Jul 2011 15:18:48 -0700 From: Bruce Caruthers Subject: Re: [db] Not Moving Yet Yeah, CC&Rs and homeowner associations and all that crap are why we didn't even look a lot of places. We were very happy to find our place (2003) in unincorporated county. We very specifically included the no HOA and no restrictive CC&Rs as an essential element in our inquiries. All we have to do is not piss off the neighbors and we're good to go. :) - -bkc Lynnwood, WA (his) '76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] (hers) '92 Toyota Celica GT (ours) '93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] On Fri Jul 08, 2011, Jerry Kaidor wrote: > > On 7/7/2011 9:01 AM, Jerry Kaidor wrote: Hello, We > > might be moving. The new house ( that we have made an offer on, and > > might or might not get ) has a gorgeous sheetrocked 3 car garage ( > > with epoxy floor paint! ). > > *** Disappointment. I have just looked at the CC&R's for this property. > * No car repair ( except for emergencies ) > * No power tools or hobby shops. > * No putting stuff in the garage such that it cannot hold the original > number of cars. > * No antennas ( without approval of the Architectural Review Board ) > ergo.... > > No Jerry. I have instructed my broker to cancel the offer. > > - Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 19:36:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Hoffman Subject: Re: [db] Not Moving Yet And that's the way it should be! Jim - --- On Fri, 7/8/11, Bruce Caruthers wrote: > From: Bruce Caruthers > Subject: Re: [db] Not Moving Yet > To: "Jerry Kaidor" > Cc: diesel-benz@digest.net > Date: Friday, July 8, 2011, 5:18 PM > Yeah, CC&Rs and homeowner > associations and all that crap are why > we didn't even look a lot of places. We were very > happy to find > our place (2003) in unincorporated county. > > We very specifically included the no HOA and no restrictive > CC&Rs > as an essential element in our inquiries. > > All we have to do is not piss off the neighbors and we're > good > to go. :) > > -bkc > Lynnwood, WA > (his) '76 MB 240D [W115.117/616.916] > (hers) '92 Toyota Celica GT > (ours) '93 MB 300D 2.5 Turbo [W124.128/602.962] > > > On Fri Jul 08, 2011, Jerry Kaidor wrote: > > > On 7/7/2011 9:01 AM, Jerry > Kaidor wrote: > Hello, We > > > might be moving. The new house ( that we > have made an offer on, and > > > might or might not get ) has a gorgeous > sheetrocked 3 car garage ( > > > with epoxy floor paint! ). > > > > *** Disappointment. I have just looked at the > CC&R's for this property. > > * No car repair ( except for emergencies ) > > * No power tools or hobby shops. > > * No putting stuff in the garage such that it cannot > hold the original > > number of cars. > > * No antennas ( without approval of the Architectural > Review Board ) > > ergo.... > > > > No Jerry. I have instructed my > broker to cancel the offer. > > > > > - Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 11:03:49 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] Diesel conversion link - Mercedes in a jeep someone asked... :) john Diesel options in a Jeep: 1) SD33T - out of 80 scout - lower power/torque - right gears etc 20/24 2) SD33 - out of cj-10 or earlier scout - " - got 16 - 19 in a cj-10a 3) 6.2L GM - did one in a '91 GW - worked ok - 16/24 - I'd do it again 4) 5.7L GM - if you can find a targetmaster engine might be ok. I would avoid 5) 4.3L GM - don't know much about these, had good rep at the time... I would avoid 6) 6.5L TD GM - plenty of power options, but I'd avoid, not economical, go with a 6.2 rather 7) Mercedes 3.0L TD - I-5 - '82-'84 - fairly economical, enough power, (OM617) - kit below 8) Mercedes 3.0L (TD) - I-6 - '86-'89 - not as economical, powerful, don't overheat head issues, kit below should work 9) Mercedes 2.5L (TD) - I-5 - '87-92? - economical, powerful - not sure if the kit below would work - might 10) Mercedes 2.4L n/a - I-4 - '82-86? - economical, underpowered - not sure if the kit below would work - might 11) Cummins 6BT - heavy, noisy, tall - has been done - I don't want to drive a freight train, weight biggest issue 12) Cummins 4BT - heavy, noisy, tall - has been done - I don't want to drive a freight train, weight biggest issue 13) VW TDI - this is a 1.9L four cylinder... it looks more like a toaster than a powerplant - expensive to buy, rubber band (80-100k), egr will clog up the intake every (40-60k), can be very economical. http://mercedesdiesel4x4.com/HowtobuilddieselJeepWranglerspecsOM617.aspx http://mercedesdiesel4x4.com/ProductsHomePage.aspx http://mercedesdiesel4x4.com/OM617ConversionAccessories.aspx http://www.hpamotorsport.com/tdijeep.htm http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=291918 http://www.thedieselpageforums.com/tdpforum/showthread.php?t=32526 http://img67.photobucket.com/albums/v203/floridajeepers/Florida%20Jeepers/4BT_in_a_CJ.jpg http://www.jeep2diesel.org/ TDI in a jeep? http://blogs.jpmagazine.com/6667601/editorials/easy-jeep-vw-tdi-diesel-swap/index.html In stock form the VW TDI engine pumps out 100 horsepower and 180 lb-ft of torque, but is said to be easily cranked up to an impressive 165 horsepower and 280 lb-ft of torque with a simple power flash (The factory Jeep 2.5L puts out 123hp and 145 lb-ft). The 1.9L TDI weighs in at a svelte 265 pounds compared to the Jeep 2.5L at 325 pounds. It's 55 pounds lighter than the four cylinder! In the Jetta the 1.9L gets up to 47mpg, in a Jeep it will likely get slightly fewer mpgs because of the Jeeps added weight and increased wind resistance but it should easily hit the 30-40 mpg range with normal use. VW engineers confirmed that the 1.9L oiling system was designed to handle a 1G environment allowing for 45-degree angles in all directions. An optional deep oil pan may be made available for even more extreme use. ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -o|||||o- Snohomish, Washington - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://JohnMeister.com HTTP://WAGONEERS.COM http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:10:31 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: [db] john sent you a "Free Range" comic. (fwd) john said: "for our friend in texas with the powered shopping cart..." Read Free Range comic here: http://www.gocomics.com/freerange/2011/07/11/ I have an idea for an aftermarket product for Alex's "car"... a spoiler that looks like a shopping cart handle... did you see the Top Gear episode where the Stig tested the handling of one of those little jewels? understeered right off the track... the pry-us didn't do much better... :) I'll consider one when I can find one that has a Diesel that I could afford though... :) ----- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -o|||||o- Snohomish, Washington - where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://AMSOIL.com/redirect.cgi?zo=283461 http://JohnMeister.com HTTP://WAGONEERS.COM http://fotomeister.us - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------ End of diesel-benz-digest V1 #3443 **********************************