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joe moore

11-08-2006 10:31:21




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I am still getting responses...the heaters for hoses do not have the space for installation..I have a steel pan that covers my oil pan..also I am on tracks..I will c if I can use a dipstick and the magnetic heaters..in emergency if one of these animals die in the midwinter it will not be buried will have to just compost it...lololol..anyway meeting people of knowledge helps and I have copied all responses...Thanks to all..

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LouNY

11-09-2006 04:07:05




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to joe moore, 11-08-2006 10:31:21  
I have seen setups that tied into the water jacket with hoses and quick connects, to heat up your engine you pulled up next to it with a warmed up vehicle connected your heater hoses to the cold engines quick connects and circulated hot coolant for a few minutess. You would have to locate a low block drain plug, and a higher point usually around your thermostat housing or tee in where your temperature sensor is located.

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RAW in IA

11-08-2006 16:17:11




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to joe moore, 11-08-2006 10:31:21  
I am notfamiliar with their block design, but most blocks have frost plugs and a frost plug heater can be installed. Dad used them in his Farmalls and they worked good.



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steveormary

11-08-2006 14:24:47




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to joe moore, 11-08-2006 10:31:21  
jd,

Semms like heater hoses or block drain is not very accesible. How about head bolt heaters. Are the head bolts accesible?

steveormary



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joe moore

11-09-2006 12:09:42




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to steveormary, 11-08-2006 14:24:47  
head bolts are clear however I found on ebay the magnetic block heaters..I am bidding on them now..a dipstick runs almost 20 dollars..my machine is monstrous with a backhoe attachment also my only problem is cold weather...it is not used often during the winter only in emergencies but I enjoy the various possibilites of solving my problems...as I stated before I live in the boonies and knowledge is scarce....
Thanks to all who have made my life better...

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buickanddeere

11-09-2006 18:53:21




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to joe moore, 11-09-2006 12:09:42  
A dipstick heater is for dipsticks. You can not heat the oil enough to matter. The wattage and surface area is too small. A magnetic suface heater is still awful small at 300W. However a few of them on the oil pan when parked in an area where the wind isn't hitting the machine. That will at least thin out the mineral oil and allow fatser cranking. Or just use 5W30 Amsoil, Mobile 1 or Shell Totella synthetic oil and forget about having to pre-heat and thin the oil. Are there any pipe plugs in the oil pan? There are high wattage heaters that can be screwed in and warm the oil. As for the engine coolant. I would not want to weaken a cylinder head's seal with a funky bolt. The frost plug heater is often the cleanest, simplest choice.

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jdemaris

11-08-2006 11:22:07




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 Re: heating the engine in reply to joe moore, 11-08-2006 10:31:21  
I still don't understand the problem. Why can't you buy and install a tank-heater, by tapping into the block-drain and the upper thermostat housing area? If the upper housing is not already drilled and tapped for pipe-threads, you drill a hole and tap you own.



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