Gleanerguy said: (quoted from post at 16:35:41 11/18/08) Robert,
Another helpful suggestion to add to other ideas:
Install a good 1500 watt tank heater and you will start in the coldest weather after plugging in for only an hour or two. Tank heaters pump warm coolant throughout the block.
The key to a good installation is to tap into the lowest point that coolant sits in the block (usually a block drain or frost plug) for your lower hose connection. For your upper hose connection tap into the highest point coolant gets to on the engine. This will be somewhere on the head (upper part of water pump or by the thermostat).
This kind of installation will guarantee that warm coolant gets circulated through the entire block and head.
I would also like to add that if anyone uses ether and uses the thermostart feature they will cause an big explosion in the intake!
I have the 37$ block heater installed in my block and it works slick. an hour or two and she fires over nice! Look behind your starter in the freeze plug, you might have a block heater there.
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