Block heater install questions

[steviep]

By the way he used the screw and small prewar to to remove the freeze plug

 

[Oaktree]

If you are not comfortable with the freeze plug removal, I purchased one of these several years ago and it can be moved from one tractor or (vehicle) to another.

https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...-heater/3400017/4871386/2013/ford/f-150?pos=6

Assuming of course that your tractor has a steel oil pan. My LK3054 does not. Didn't discover that until I'd bought a magnetic heater (think I got mine at TS).

 

[LouNY]

The stickon magnetic heaters may be better then nothing but a 200 watt stickon is going to do a lot less
good then the same inserted as a block heater. And the last time I looked most block heaters where 2-400 watts.

 

[steviep]

The only thing we might have screwed up is we used the red permatex form a gasket instead of serve retainer . The instructions were a little vague.

 

[The Fred]

I bought the block heater from Kioti a year ago and never installed the thing. Mine is a 2610 with old style fuel injection pump, yeah the ones that don't like starting cold. Well the other day it was a little below zero and I cycled the plugs just once and the engine fired right off. I think I'll leave the heater on the shelf.

There is about 1/4" of space under the freeze plug before the block cylinder wall. Permatex #51813 anaerobic sealer works great for a sealer.

Regards, Fred

 

[steviep]

We used permatex 81160 .
Fred I like your quote at the bottom the reason I have a kioti now is because I know longer could fix my jd

 

[steviep]

So I got the anti freeze in today but now the lower radiator hose has a small leak. I don't think it was leaking before and we didn't even touch the hose. It didn't have fluid in it for about 36 hour if that makes a different.