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Mongolian Block Heaters
(From another forum)
Crude but effective i'm sure.
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I like the truck.
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Another Cold Start Technique
Years ago I swapped a Perkins 4.108 diesel engine into a Chevrolet Vega. The little Perkins had a very interesting cold start system. When you hit the glow plug switch it would heat up an element in the intake and the heat would open a valve that would allow diesel fuel to enter the intake around the heating element where it would catch fire. Upon cranking, the heated air and fire would be drawn into the cylinder where it would allegedly help get the engine started. This picture is a screen cap from a YouTube video showing this engine using the rather unorthodox "glow" technique.
Here's the video - primera puesta en marcha perkins 4.108 en jeep cj3b - YouTube The block heater above kind of reminded me of this otherwise excellent engine.
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I have a Perkins 4-108 powering my generator in the Wanderlodge. It's got standard glowplugs as far as I know. I've never looked in the intake.
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I've seen that done but no so radically.
I spent a few weeks with my uncle every year. He lived on the mountain in TN just west of the Tennessee Valley and worked in the valley for the railroad.
Sometime around 4 AM during the winters he would take a shovel full of coals from the wood stove and set it right below the oil pan on his 53 Dodge pickup. The truck started fine without the warmth he just didn't think the oil did its job at those temperatures. Last edited by vstech; 11-25-2014 at 01:10 PM. |
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These Glow Plugs Are Suitable For the Following:- Case / IH: 238, 2400, 248, 2500, 258, 268, 288, 3210,3220, 3230, 385, 395, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4240, 454, 474, 475, 484, 485, 495, 5120, 5130,5140, 5150, 5220, 5230, 5240, 5250, 574, 580F, 580G, 584, 585, 595, 674, 684, 685, 695,784, 785, 795, 85Hydro, 884, 885, 895, 995XL, CX100, CX70, CX80, CX90, MX100, MX100C, MX110, MX120,MX135, MX80C, MX90C David Brown: 1190, 1194, 1200, 1210, 1212, 1290, 1294, 1390,1394, 1490, 1494, 1594, 1690, 1690 TURBO, 1694, 880,990, 995, 996 Ford: 2000, 2310, 2600, 2610, 2910, 3000, 3230, 3430,3600, 3610, 3630, 3910, 3930, 4000, 4100, 4110,4130, 4600, 4610, 4630, 4830, 5000, 5030, 5110,550, 555, 5600, 5610, 6410, 655, 655C, 6600, 6610, 6710, 6810, 7410, 7600, 7610, 7710, 7810,7840, 7910, 8000 John Deere: 1020, 1030, 1040, 1120, 1130, 1140, 1630, 1640,1830, 1840, 2020, 2030, 2040, 2040S, 2120, 2130,2140, 2150, 2350, 2550, 2750, 820, 830, 840,930, 940 Leyland: 255, 262, 270, 272, 462, 472, 502, 602,604, 702, 704 Massey Ferguson: 135, 148, 152, 20B, 20D, 20E, 20F, 230,240, 250, 253, 254, 254S, 255, 30E, 30H,350, 353, 355, 360, 363, 40, 40E, 550 Perkins: AD3.152, AT3.152, T3.152
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Local guy tried that with his gas turbo Volvo, using one of those little 'canned heat' canisters during an extreme cold snap (-30 deg C).
He not only torched the (beautifully customized, multi-year project) car, he managed to burn down one corner of his house before the fire department arrived.
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I'd think any oil leaks would turn into a big issue with that method. I'd rather put a high wattage halogen lamp under the oil pan.
-J
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Where was it on this forum that I read about someone using a hairdryer to heat up their block? (Or did they simply point it at the air intake?)
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This might be more sensible if you have the amperage to spare - Heating Technology - Air Intake
I'd like to fit some in the dash vents. Sixto 87 300D |
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2 hr hair dryer under the hood = warm block on a cold morning. 1/2 hour torpedo heater is better, be careful, don't melt the bumper.
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Today my father (rather embarrassingly) pointed something out. On the G when it's cold I should lower the idle speed and more importantly, depress the clutch (I hadn't realized that not pressing it down was making it harder to start the truck) Live and learn
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