magnetic heater for HST

[oldballs]

I'm just amatuer, but hauling any running rig sounds dangerous to me...even for short distances....but could be done without incident...probably.

 

[RaydaKub]

When I was a kid, we had a record setting winter. The local contractors were hired to supplement the county and township plows. About the only time the bulldozers were shut off that winter was to change the oil. They ran steady for like 3 months. Didn't matter if they were hauled or driven.

 

[ametcalf]

Well I finally got to install the block heater on our BX23 yesterday. It worked out well but it was quite a saga. The BX23 uses the screw in type heater that mounts near the rear of the block on the right side of the tractor. To get the plug out where the heater goes you have to remove a plug that takes a 17MM allen wrench. I didn't have one but I have a few metric bolts on hand so I figured, "No problem." First I stuck the head of the bolt in the socket and tried to turn it with vise grips--no luck. Next I welded an SAE bolt along side of the 17MM figuring I could use a breaker bar on the SAE bolt and it would force the 17MM bolt to unscrew the plug. Wrong again, the head of the metric bolt just twisted right off. Next my wife stopped at TSC and they didn't have a 17MM allen wrench, called ace hardware--same story. Called Harbor Freight and they had several choices. By this time I was not sure I would be able to get an allen wrench to work because of the space and how tight the plug was. I bought a set of 3/8--1/2 inch drive allen wrenches (Item # 67880) on sale for $12.99. I am glad I did because with a 24" breaker bar it was about all I could do to break the plug loose. Back in the seventies I was a plumber and changed a few electric water heater elements without draining the tank so I decided to go that route. I ran the tractor for a little while just to let it start warming up. I shut it off and released the pressure on the radiator cap. I then put the cap back on and let the tractor cool down so that the radiator was pulling just a little negative pressure. I had pipe dope on the heating element. I screwed the plug out and screwed the element in right away. Lost less than a cup of water in the process. Alls well that ends well but that plug was sure not willing to come out easily.
A Metcalf

 

[srs]

I'm just amatuer, but hauling any running rig sounds dangerous to me...even for short distances....but could be done without incident...probably.

Why do you feel this is dangerous?