Posted by JD Seller on December 14, 2017 at 18:18:37 from (208.126.196.24):
In Reply to: Cold weather starting posted by Wildride47 on December 14, 2017 at 17:13:32:
Just replace the cord on your block heater. They are the best in my opinion. They circulate the coolant in the block by thermal cycle.
The external tank style heaters work OK if you have them plumbed correctly. The lines need to allow the thermal cycle to work. Meaning the tank has to set right and no air locks in the hoses. I have more trouble with them than the block heaters.
The magnetic pan heaters are basically useless if you have very cold weather.
For emergency starts when a block or tank heater fails , use a space heater pointed at the block and block the other side with some thing to hold the heat under the hood.
P.S. The most off the wall cold start I ever did was starting a JD 5020 that was setting in the middle of a field. I did not have generator at that time. So I jumped the batteries off the pickup to charge/warm them up. I took a sheet of corrugated metal on the ground under the oil pan/block. I dumped a bag of charcoal bricketes on it and lite it. Stood two pieces of plywood on each side leaning against the frame rails to funnel the heat around the motor. It started in about 30 minutes. It was 5 degrees at the time.
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