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Old 11-28-2002, 04:22 PM
KylePavao
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Unhappy I got them Thanksgiving blues..

And I thought I solved my cold start issues! It got far below 25 degrees up hear last night, I go to glow my bad boy in the morning and nothing but a slow turning of the engine. I rolled her inside, charged the weak battery, fixed the slipping alternator belt (this is probably what caused battery to be low) I was thinking of ways to get him started, and to my disdain, I looked down and saw the dreaded block heater cord:the cord Id never thought I would need to use. I plugged it in, and 2 hours later she started. I charged the battery (which was low) and I am going to leave it out tommorow again and attempt to start it to see if it's time to throw in the towel and use the block heater or if I just had a bad battery.

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Old 11-28-2002, 06:53 PM
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kyle, see my other post 1st cold start.. i had some difficulties
here too in southwest ct this morning. i think i'm gonna be plugging in 2hrs before starting if it keeps on being cold like this..

it's too early for this to be happening
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Old 11-28-2002, 08:40 PM
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I had them this morning too, so you aren't the only one that has them today.
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Old 11-29-2002, 09:00 AM
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I know

If its this cold now, I can't imagine in February! It'll be plugged in all night! I am just happy the block heater works, its hissing was like bliss. I am going to go out in about a half an hour and see if she fires up. Its 31 degrees right now, but it was far colder overnight. We'll see how things work out.

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