[AT] Polar Ice Caps

[Herbert Metz]

Right Charlie, just do not get any oil drippings too warm.
Probably an old truckers solution, but I had not heard of the following
before.  Couple decades ago, an OTR trucker needed to get on the road after
the holidays; we had an unusual cold spell (Bloomington, IN area).. He used
approx two dozen cheap charcoal grill pans and several bags of charcoal
bricks, got them going good and placed them under his trailer tractor and
placed one or more tarps over the tractor. Took hours for the heat to fully
penetrate all of that metal, etc, he cranked up, cleaned up, and was on the
road.
Herb


> [Original Message]
> From: charliehill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: 1/14/2009 9:06:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Polar Ice Caps
>
> Heat rises.  It seems to me you could just put the heat lamp, fllod lamp
or 
> whatever on the floor or the ground with the bulb pointing up under the 
> engine bay.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
> To: "new atislist" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Polar Ice Caps
>
>
>
> It will make a big improvement, Bob as long as you keep in mind the fire 
> hazard and use good judgment with placement.  As Kevin points out, even a 
> trouble light with a 75 or 100 watt bulb can do the job.  I did that for 
> part of one winter about 10 years ago with an '86 Olds Delta.  It would 
> crank fine, but below around +20 F, just would not fire off and run.  The 
> trouble light under the hood did the trick.  I was driving that one
through 
> the winter to finish it off.  My wife had hit a deer with it and rumpled
the 
> front pretty bad.  After we replaced the car, I bought  body parts from
the 
> South and repaired it, so it was an "extra vehicle".  Driving one mile
each 
> way to work didn't require a great car, but it did have to start when 
> needed.
>
> Charlie in WNY
>
> P.S.  Kevin,  I think the '56 Olds was quite a machine.  The nearest I
came 
> to that was a '56 Pontiac Star Chief that served me well for two or three 
> years in the 1960's.  At that time work was 20 miles away so I was on
pretty 
> good terms with the gas station operator.  Now there is a memory.  The
guy 
> used to faithfully come out and pump your gasoline purchase and did not
act 
> like he was diong you a favor to interrupt his newspaper reading to take 
> your money..
>
>
>
> > From: nysports at frontiernet.net
> > To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:09:24 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Polar Ice Caps
> >
> > Thanks, Charlie. I may just do that tomorrow night. Battery in my Baja 
> > still
> > seems to have plenty of cranking power, but it's now approaching five 
> > years
> > old. And when they do go, it's usually some morning when it's -20 or 
> > colder.
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
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