[AT] O/T GM diesel question

[charlie hill]

I suspect that a 500W halogen work light set real close to the block would 
get the job done.  Maybe not the best method but those lights are cheap and 
can be used for other purposes.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Myers" <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T GM diesel question


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>> I also used some external heat from my portable
>> space heater. I set the
>> heater in the back of my pickup, used a 10 foot
>> section of pipe to transfer
>> the hot air directly onto the manifold side of the
>> engine. After ten or
>> fifteen minutes the engine block has warmed up
>> enough to allow easy starting
>> even at today's temperatures in the 20s.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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> Ralph, I have done very similar (didn't think of the
> pipe trick, can I borrow your idea)?  Usually only
> have to resort to extreme measures when it gets below
> Zero (F).
> Do have block heaters on the trucks but most of the
> other equipment doesn't.  Mostly we have a hard time
> plugging it in where there's no power available.
> Electricity is usually run after we are done at a
> site, oh well.
>
> Dave,
> Paw Paw, Michigan
> The older I get the less I look forward to winter.
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