JDseller, I'll have one more more look at the cylinder head for a fitting. Funny place to apply heat, though, because heat at the top of an engine won't circulate downward. I'd rather see heat enter the lower side of the block. Diydave, there IS a drain fitting, halfway to the rad, in the lower hose, and a thermostat bypass hose, so I probably COULD make a tank heater work. But they are bulky things and there is just absolutely NO room under the hood. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it might need to hang over the front axle or something. If I run out of options I might have to try it. Ivan in Mich, Kubota placed each frost plug hole over each cylinder, where the coolant passage is shallowest, instead of between the cylinders. I'm told there just isn't enough depth for ANY frost plug to fit. Too bad, because frost plug heaters dissipate less heat into the surrounding air than any other type of coolant heater. They're also pretty cheap and take up no space. I gotta say, I am REALLY tempted to remove a plug anyways, just to see if I really can't find a frost plug heater to fit. Philips and Temro have both a 400W and 600W heater that might fit. Maybe my neighbours are wrong.
My tractor sits out in the cold wind. I am running a synthetic Shell 0W30 oil in most of my equipment, including my truck. Nothing else flows at these temperatures. I must say, though, that everyone here has told me the same thing: build a garage, even an unheated one. Even though I may get the engine started, the transmission and hydraulics don't like these extreme temperatures. And I can't put heaters on everything. One friend burst his hydraulic pump some years ago in; it just split open trying to push frigid oil and the internal relief valve somehow didn't do its job. Hard to believe. Paul
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