My quest for a engine heating solution has come to a successful end. First, a oil pan heating pad from ProHeat Engine heaters was installed. While I felt better about having "warm" oil during initial start, it wasn't radiating heat upwards to the block and head like I thought it would. Mercedes wanted $150 for the electrical cord that plugs into the factory fitted block heater. Some searching revealed that certain Massey Ferguson tractors shared identical heaters. Shoot, NAPA sells crap like that! Onto NAPA's web page and after some picture comparisons I found an acceptable cord made by "KAT". $14.49 for the 5' cord and another $11.88 for a box of two spark plug insulating sleeves. I did a trial plugin before routing this evening, and everything works as advertised.

NAPA cord PN: 28450
ProHeat heating pad PN: 512CSA
"Proheat Heavy Duty Fluid Reservoir Heater Model 512csa (250 Watts, 2.1 Amp, 120 Volts) Ideal for Oil Pans from 1 to 3 Gallon of Lube (4.5 to 12 Litres) and up to 10 to 30 Gallons of Hydraulic Oil"



Two spark plug insulators butted together with .032 stainless wire should keep things snuggly and protected from exhaust components:



Oil pain heating pad installed:



Oil pain heater routed along the intercooler piping for heat considerations:



Oil pan plug can be easily concealed behind the license plate frame when not in use:



NAPA AUTO PARTS

Item#04 Model#512CSA - Proheat Heavy Duty Fluid Reservoir ProHeat products INC. the originator and inventor of fluid reservoir, motor engine flexible pad heaters [512CSA] - $68.75 : Proheat Products Inc., engine heater, engine heater systems, fluid r