cold starting

[mffarmall]

I like the WD40 thing. I love the stuff. Put in one things before I sell them. Makes things look pretty.

 

[mffarmall]

About the block heater. I don't hear it working. I usually hear a rushing sound and a hum. So I might need to plug it in and let it run for a few hours? Can I put a therm on it and check for heat?

 

[atgreene]

Put your hand on it, you'll feel it after 20 minutes or so.

 

[robert421960]

The ground is cold, when native people are in cold situation they lay fiber and other items down before they put down their sleeping cloths. The heat from a body will draw cold up. So the wood puts a barrier between the engine and the cold that rises. Metal is a cold sponge, it takes it in like a cold blooded rep takes heat. The wood pushes the cold away. And if their is snow on the wood it acts like insulation when the engine is warm and sitting on the wood. As the tractor cools it draws the cold up from the ground.

i do thank everyone for their help here
im gonna buy a block heater soon
as for the plywood thing
not much sense i dont think
the air is usually colder than the earth
but im just a southern country boy from ky
what do i know

 

[Dangit]

I have a lower rad heater (is that the same as a block heater?)for my Jinma 454. Every time I plug it in it trips the breaker. Any ideas?

 

[greg_g]

I have a lower rad heater (is that the same as a block heater?)for my Jinma 454. Every time I plug it in it trips the breaker. Any ideas?

As the name suggests, a block heater is installed in the block - typically in a freeze plug hole. Obviously the "lower rad heater" is installed in the bottom radiator hose.

If yours is new, it's defective. Return it . If you rewired a used one, line and neutral are shorted together somewhere in or between the plug and the heater body.

//greg//

 

[mffarmall]

As long as the tractor starts, that is all that matters. I also hit the lid of my mail box before opening. It might not scare the spider inside away, but it makes it feel "safer" to my hand.

 

[mffarmall]

My mistake, I have a lower hose heater, not a radiator heater. Sorry if that that threw you.

 

[mffarmall]

I have a lower rad heater (is that the same as a block heater?)for my Jinma 454. Every time I plug it in it trips the breaker. Any ideas?

If you have a 15amp outlet it might be because you have to much power draw(sp). Try looking at what else is plugged in. And try a short extention cord. Sometimes the distance can cause problems. Or like mine time to take it back and get a new one.

 

[mffarmall]

Tried the WD 40 thing. Works well. Thanks for the idea. Watched the plow on You tube. That looks like an old 16mm film?