From owner-fsj-digest-at-digest.net Sat Apr 5 17:35:40 2008 From: fsj-digest fsj-digest Sunday, April 6 2008 Volume 01 : Number 3043 Forum for Discussion of Full Sized SJ Series Jeeps Brian Colucci Digest Coordinator Contents: fsj: Re: [db] Diesel dreams... fsj: omega lift fsj: omega progress... fsj: Emergancy Drive Vacuum Lines FSJ Digest Home Page: http://www.digest.net/jeeps/fsj/ Send submissions to fsj-digest-at-digest.net Send administrative requests to fsj-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 fsj-digest-request to get a list of other majordomo commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:15:31 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: Re: [db] Diesel dreams... thanx Alec... I need th encouragement... just looked at what's out there in the Diesel world in 4x4... school bus sized pickup trucks or wimpy and aged and needing help... :( putting the money into Omega (91 Grand Wagoneer) makes more sense than buying a newer Diesel... found a couple of nice liberties (if you can call them nice) for $21,000 looking at a loan calculator the monthly payment can range from $350 to $600/mo depending on time/rate... I can easily put my Jeep in the shop for professional help at those rates. :) john ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "One can not say that I am not flexible, or creative... it's not that I change my mind, it's that my mind is changed by the circumstances as they unfold." - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Fri, 4 Apr 2008, Alec Cordova wrote: # Keep at it. # What you want just doesn't seem to be available in a pre-packaged # US-market vehicle, especially under something crazy like $50K or more. # # This should be doable. You should be able to create a comfortable, # capable, reliable, flexible, roomy diesel 4x4 within that budget. # # Alec # # On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:34 PM, john wrote: # > well, it took some effort, but I got Omega started this morning... # > note to self, check glow plugs, fix block heater... :) # > # > ===================================== # > # > went to lunch at my favorite Chinese restuarant, fortune cookie said: # > "Rely on long time friends to give you advice with your present question." # > # > That question, my long time friends, is whether it's really worth all the # > trouble to build my Diesel 4x4... or if it wouldn't be easier to just buy # > a good used Diesel rig already... and if so, which one? Dodge, Ford or Chevy? # > Budget will be around 10K, maybe... and of course that limits what is "good". # > # > ======================================= # > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 22:08:55 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: omega lift my son and his friend installed the front springs on omega this evening... with 235's it's only 1.5" shorter at the top of the inner fender than rambo is with 35's. :) the inner lip of the front fenders sit at 35" on Omega... not sure when I'll do the rear springs, but at this point there is NO danger of repeating the oil spill. :) I will need to adjust the headlights though... :) john ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:27:36 -0700 (PDT) From: john Subject: fsj: omega progress... http://wagoneers.com/fotos/2008/04-Apr-05-seattle-mtns-omega/omega-lectric-n-lift/ALL.html ----- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Snohomish, Washington -o|||||o- where Jeeps don't rust, they mold http://freegift.com ** http://wagoneers.com ** - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:27:36 -0500 From: Zee Man Subject: fsj: Emergancy Drive Vacuum Lines Has anyone replaced these?,,, Mine are badly wore out... and i am assuming its all one piece from the back of the switch in the glove box to where they hook up in the engine compartment... I am assuming the lines cant not be taken off the firewall grommet... am i stuck looking through junkyards, can i get it aftermarket or NOS from the dealer? Bob 78 cherokee Chief quadra trac _________________________________________________________________ Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_ getintouch_042008 ------------------------------ End of fsj-digest V1 #3043 **************************