vtsnowedin
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Like I said been there done that. Did you get it started?
Starting your Diesel on a cold day tip
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QRTRHRS
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I had a Ford 3000 tractor with a block heater that shorted out one day when I needed it. I put a halogen work light close to the injection pump for about a half an hour or so. Did the trick.
Block heaters are not that expensive. Buy one then go to the hardware store and buy an extention cord and a water heater timer. Splice the cord into the water heater timer, set it to heat the block for a couple of hours and you are good to go. Block heaters use about 750 watts. Two hours use are no big deal. Not only will your truck start with less hammering but you will get cab heat a lot sooner.
Block heaters are not that expensive. Buy one then go to the hardware store and buy an extention cord and a water heater timer. Splice the cord into the water heater timer, set it to heat the block for a couple of hours and you are good to go. Block heaters use about 750 watts. Two hours use are no big deal. Not only will your truck start with less hammering but you will get cab heat a lot sooner.
Yeah, bought that propane heater that morning. Week earlier it was a round kerosene heater sitting between the loader and front end with the entire tractor covered in tarps/plastic. That one took about 4hrs.
Block heater is on order. Had to wait for the folks to get back from FL, lucky bastards...
vtsnowedin
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I just plug it in when I want to use it and leave it un plugged when I don't. My problem with them is that they keep the block nice and warm while leaving the fuel tank and lines to the fuel filter out in the cold. you get a nice warm engine ready to run and NO fuel coming through the lines to feed it.
QRTRHRS
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Unlike years ago, fuel is usually treated these days in cold areas. Still, I always treated my fuel be it for the tractors or my truck when I lived in a colder area.
vtsnowedin
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Yah it's all treated. [B]NOT
[/B] I sent my tractor down to the shop last week to fix a hydrolic problem . They had to take off the fuel tank to access the problem. What they filled the tank with when they remounted it was not the winter blend that had been in the tank when they picked it up. I had to go through the full drill of adding anti gell , plus kerosene plus bleeding fuel filters and repriming the injector pump. So obviously some of the fuel being sold in Vermont is not winter grade.
buickanddeere
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My Father-in-law was Fire Chief for 27 years. My sister is a paramedic and an ER nurse. I spent 10yrs on the fire department. Rare is the incident where somebody didn't try something cheaper, easier or faster. When a proper solution would have taken little more time or money and would have been cheaper and less heartbreak than the disaster.
I don't recall typing the "S" word but it may have crossed my mind.
There is no excuse for using a hazardous shortcut and worse yet, being proud of it.
kenmac
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Well , I have no idea where you're from... You don't list it...You may be farther south than me for all I know..It's not -20 but, it is 25* right now. that's pretty cold for here.We may get into the teens by friday..That's even colder for here
vtsnowedin
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Really? You can't figure out where vtsnowedin lives? {Vermont snowed in.}
Can you see it now.
Minus 20 F is not just an example, it was yesterday.!
kenmac
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I know now where u are...I hear it gets cold there... I got corrected on our temp.. our forecast for tonight is 13* with a wind chill of 0.. Now that's cold !!! Of course, we don't get the snow with the cold