Location: Santa Cruz, CA. On April 12th there will be a workshop in making biodiesel. On the 13th, you will be able to participate in converting a diesel car...
I beleave that the methanol used in the production of biodiesel(home scale)can ruin the seals in the diesel pump and injection units does anyone know anything...
My understanding is that properly produced biodiesel - that is, veggie oil that has undergone complete transesterification and washing - contains effectively...
Sorry - I was going too fast I meant to say "almost NO seals... ...are NOT synthetic". A clearer sentence would have been "Keep in mind, however, that almost...
Hi - We meet again tomorrow evening, Wednesday, April 10 at 7:00pm at Mark Squires house at 991 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo (approx. 1 mile down Butterfield,...
HI people - This week's Wednesday night meeting is being postponed until next week. Things got very busy for some of us (me, for example) and we didn't have a ...
Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil Fuels workshop Saturday, May 25 10 am-2 pm Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, Ca Join us for an in-depth look at making...
Status Report: At the moment we are looking at getting B100 into local gas stations, hopefully at reasonable prices. The expense and work involved in setting...
Biodiesel Skillshare- Homebrew Biodiesel Conference May 2003 SF, CA A couple of us in the SF Bay Area are organizing a national homebrew biodiesel conference,...
girl_mark_fire, I an definitely interested and would come if the workshops were reasonably priced. Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design |...
Jesse, The way we organize things (skillshare and other radical conferences) it'd be really cheap, with a 'no one turned away for lack of funds blah blah blah'...
hiya everybody, I am young, idealistic, and overly ambitous. I'm planning on converting my willys jeep over to diesel and hopefully to vegetable oil. one of...
hello marin biodiesel, I want to drive over and get some stuff for my VW Golf. So I can break it in, and change the oil, and "clean it out." I'm told there is...
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Thaddeus, Vegetable oil will work just fine in a diesel engine if you have a two-tank system, and start and stop on dinodiesel (or biodiesel, which is even...
Can't tell you anything other than what I've read. Most recently I was given an article from an agricultural newspaper that said veggie oil is bad but...
Josh - I can supply limited quantities at $2.50/gal., by appointment please. I run a busy repair shop (VW Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia - diesels our specialty ;-)...
Quick idea for a playshop (a complement to all that "work"): How 'bout a tailpipe sniffing contest? See who can identify the source oil by the smoke. Winner...
What 'd really like right now is for people to be thinking about just what they;'d like to get out of such a conference... what kinds of workshops or forums......
thanks for the info, I had not come across neoteric's site, and learned a lot there, as well as their kit seems much more practical than others I have seen. ...
Thaddeus, I don't know anything about the Datsun diesel, but most Japanese stuff is very reliable. Would a VW or Mercedes 4 cyl. diesel mate the the SM465? And...
I have been told the datsun diesels are in high standing as far as reliability goes. I have also thought about the mercedes, although I have little knowledge...
Thaddeus, I have a datsun truck with the sd 22 . Let me know if you need any info about it- general measurements, etc. Also, I'm in oakland and if you'd like...
well, I'm making progress on the jeep project, found a transmission (for free, no less!) that will actually fit under the jeep. so now i'm looking for an isuzu...
anybody here have experience with the isuzu 2.2 diesel? I've got one on the way for my jeep project, thought I'd ask around for tips and knowledge.... thanks ...
Hi everyone - We are organizing an informational presentation to take place at the end of July in Marin County, CA, probably in the town of Fairfax. The ...
Hi everyone - We are organizing an informational presentation to take place at the end of July in Marin County, CA, probably in the town of Fairfax. The ...