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It got DOWN to 20? It hasn't been UP to 20 in a couple days here. -13F this morning. My Mercedes temp gauge read -24.5C on my drive this morning. I had it plugged in for 2.5 hours.
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Unless the oil pan is made of human skin wind chill means nothing
Good glow plugs , good compression , good batteries and good starter the reason they start. Anyone see a common word there? Everything of mine starts easily down to zero except the boat she is missing that one vital element of compression. A gallon of Lucas gives me fake oil pressure so I can sleep at night
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4F this morning, my '85 190D fired off after the glow light went out no problem.
At idle while I cleared the driveway the car wouldn't get over 40C indicated. Once I started driving temp climbed to normal pretty quickly, not as fast as I'd like though, she's due for a coolant flush and a new thermostat. A new FRENCH thermostat (which is what World-Pac delivers. The Chinese made ones you get at FLAPS are NOT as good. The block heater draws 400w or just a bit less, will work fine off my Coleman 400w inverter.
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I was in tshirt and short drinking beer at the pub on Friday outside. It was wet but quite pleasant.
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I remember when I was in wrestling in college. We flew out to San Francisco during January one year. When we left the temp was 0F. When we landed in San Fran is was 60F. It was a weight cutting day so most of us went for runs outside. A lot of us had our shirts off because it seemed pretty darn warm for us. A lot of people told us we were crazy as they walked around in their thick jacket. We told them we were just in 0F so this seems warm. It's all relative (as Einstein would say ) In the spring when it starts getting up to the 40sF here people start wearing shorts and t-shirts. My SO had her first winter here last year (she grew up in Las Vegas) and didn't believe me but sure enough when it reached 40F, people were wearing them. She actually said to me, it does seem warm.
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I was driving around last night when it was -5; I had it plugged in for two hours, and that made a big difference. However, my throttle linkage lube was not happy- a few times, I'd accelerate up to 2000 rpm and when I let off, it just stayed there! Kinda scary. Looks like it's time to re-lube
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See attached pic. The green arrow shows where the shoulders will need to be filed. The red line shows the shape of the shoulders prior to filing. I'll start another thread on this. I should have done it a long time ago.
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That's pretty cool. Yeah I paid $12 each for 2 keys from my local dealership one year ago. It took 2 days to for them to be ready for pickup, but I placed the order over the phone with my VIN.
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18 F in Athens. Started immediately with one regular glow cycle and block heater. No smoke, ran smooth.
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Coldest I can remember starting my CD was 11 degrees. She has only failed to start once and that was inop glow plugs, not excessive cold. I have yet to have a 123 fail to start due to cold with working glow plugs and a good battery, and I've never owned one with a block heater. Winmutt - have you drank beer at the Porter Beer Bar? Have heard pretty good things about that spot. |
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Wind chill was 6 degree.
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Yeah lets start talking real cold though, its been single digits 2 days in a row for me, not over freezing in a week.
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Sure but it won't ever get any colder than ambient temp.
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Well this morning when I got up, it was 42Deg. and when I decided to venture out side. it was 55Deg. at 11:30am
One glow and she kicked right over, and I was off to PNP. Do I need the block heater . Freezing my ___ off in calif. Charlie
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