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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 728852" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>well, I had to fire up the old ford county the other day to clear snow, and it was -15C outside, and it has no block heater, so I had to think of another way to get it going, and it worked amazingly well</p><p></p><p>I cut a hole in the intake pipe just before it goes into the intake manifold and welded a little bung on it, then I stuck my heat gun in it and turned it on full, it heated the intake pipe and the air cleaner that way (oil bath air cleaner), and when I saw a bit of smoke coming from the air cleaner inlet, I turned it over and it fired up nearly right away, and idled like on a warm summer day, after running for a couple minutes, I removed the heat gun and plugged the hole... I'm sure this is a lot better for the engine than using a lot of ether. I tried removing the heat gun right after it started and it didn't like that much at all, started smoking and sputtering.</p><p></p><p>just a thought for all of you with cold temperatures and diesel engines... I got my idea from the way dodge cummins pickups have the intake heater rather than glow plugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 728852, member: 9096"] well, I had to fire up the old ford county the other day to clear snow, and it was -15C outside, and it has no block heater, so I had to think of another way to get it going, and it worked amazingly well I cut a hole in the intake pipe just before it goes into the intake manifold and welded a little bung on it, then I stuck my heat gun in it and turned it on full, it heated the intake pipe and the air cleaner that way (oil bath air cleaner), and when I saw a bit of smoke coming from the air cleaner inlet, I turned it over and it fired up nearly right away, and idled like on a warm summer day, after running for a couple minutes, I removed the heat gun and plugged the hole... I'm sure this is a lot better for the engine than using a lot of ether. I tried removing the heat gun right after it started and it didn't like that much at all, started smoking and sputtering. just a thought for all of you with cold temperatures and diesel engines... I got my idea from the way dodge cummins pickups have the intake heater rather than glow plugs [/QUOTE]
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