block heater

Egon · Mar 10, 2011

..I was more or less referrin' to an oilpan heater

Thanks for the information.:thumbsup:

Best wishes for a full and complete recovery.:thumbsup::thumbsup:

suntreemcanic · Mar 10, 2011

Ampa, Are you using an oil pan heater currently?

ampa · Mar 11, 2011

Not @ all.....I'm usin' a circulating external type that I picked up @ Nappa more than 3 years ago....it's exactly what I needed....I got it mounted underneath the front section.....about the only place I could mount it....Iseki's don't have much room to install anything.....Ampa

suntreemcanic · Mar 11, 2011

Ampa, Hope you are feeling better. I have one of those tank type recirculating block heaters that would work perfect using the block drain port for the inlet and the temp. sensor port for the outlet. But where can I pick up engine temp? You mentioned using a thermometer jacket. What is that and where did you put it?

ampa · Mar 12, 2011

That's where the thermostat goes....housing is already on your tractor I assume...should have the thermostat gauge outlet hooked into it.....check it and see what I'm meanin' here.............. Ampa

suntreemcanic · Mar 12, 2011

My temperature gauge sensor goes onto a port in the block near the thermostat housing. Does your tractor have another port in that area that you plumbed your block heater into?

ampa · Mar 12, 2011

I'm just thinkin' out loud here ....I'm gettin' old and forgetfull....but I think my old gauge was wired into the thermostat housing....it's been more than 3 years since I installed the blockheater.....I think you could connect it off the engine block if you wanted.........Ampa

yomax4 · Mar 12, 2011

I bought 2 different Frost Plug heaters for my Iseki TA247. Both had instructions as to which cyllinder they were to be fitted in. Wrong. Neither one fit. I ended up with a lower radiator hose heater that works good only after several hours of being pluged in.

suntreemcanic · Mar 13, 2011

I just looked over the engine block again. There is a soft plug on the back of the head. I will measure the soft plug and make sure I can find a replacement. Then I will try to braze a fitting to the soft plug that will hook up my block heater there. Then I can leave my temp gauge sender where it belongs. And the outlet would be on the other end of the block affording good circulation of the heated water. Ampa hope you are getting better. Is yours one of the two cylinder tractors?