You know the best investment I made is an espar water heater for my pickup. I have a remote that I hit when I am in the house so I can crank that up a hour before I need to leave and everything is set to go, nice and toasty.
I had made a deal with a junk yard in the great white north for 7 of them they removed off of trucks and had a company up near the airport here go through them and install them in a few of my trucks, those are the ones running without any issues up in plain states.
Cold weather starts
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Have had to build fires under oilpans in the old days to get some trucks to start,careful you didn't set oily oil pan on fire.. Also,hang a tarp around the cab,and point a salamander under it for a couple of hours.
Best way to cold start an old two stroke Detroit was to pull your fuel shutoff cable out like you were shutting the engine off. Crank the engine,then slowly feed the shutoff to the run postion. This had to be done because the old Detroit fuel racks,went to full fuel when the engine is shut off,and you wanted to feed the cold engine fuel gradually,so it didn't get soaked. Also,don't pull the emergency shutoff,or you had to jack the cab up to reset it.
Old Cats,just have good batteries,careful with the ether.
When all else fails,get another running truck,and a chain....MACK E-6, Grubby, rolls canardly and 1 other person Thank this. -
We don't need no stinkin' additive up here in the great white north!
Usually about Oct 1 you can see the change in coloUr of the fuel start going from yellowish to clear. That clear stuff will never give you any issues with gelling up.stwik, Oxbow, upnorthwpg and 1 other person Thank this. -
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This was my 69 Farmall with a NTC335,one of the best running trucks I ever owned.........once I got it started. If you weaned these old trucks on ether,they wouldn't start without it under 50 degrees.
Amazing how technology has improved.Last truck I owned was an N-14 500 Cummins. Crank it over,no matter how cold,it would light right up. Never had to plug it in.
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You can also easily bend a connecting rod with ether if used improperly.
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