Back in the late 1980's, I had one of those "infamous" GM 5.7 liter diesel engines in a 1983 Buick LeSabre. The fuel filter sat in the back of the V-8 engine, somewhat in the valley of the cylinder banks where heat would rise from the engine to aid in preventing gelling. Secondly, GM also had an electric heater that wrapped around the fuel line just prior to where that line went into the pump. The term they used was a "hot dog" heater. Lastly, NAPA had made a fuel heater that was an add on. You cut the heater hose going into the heater core and slipped this device in there. It was wrapped in black foam insulation. The fuel was directed around a metal pipe where hot coolant went through it. I never had a problem with gelling with that car, but I also used blended fuels, too. I am not sure, but I think GM might have had some type of fuel line heaters that were factory installed starting in about 1984 with their 6.2 liter diesels in their pickup trucks. I knew of people who ran blended fuel or perhaps straight number 1 in one tank and number 2 in the other tank on their trucks. They made sure they switched back and forth as needed and ensured they had number 1 in the lines and filters before they ever shut their trucks off. They warmed them up before switching to number 2, likewise. Ford seemed to be more prone to gelling with the location of the fuel filter being out in front and high above the engine where no engine heat could radiate out and aid in prevention of fuel gelling.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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