I sold a '79 300D which had a low-mileage crate motor to a guy in Canada back in 2002 (for something like $1000). I heard from him a few years ago and he was still driving it. He added a webasto stationary heater, diesel fired. He said it was very expensive (compared to the price of the car), but worked perfectly to warm up the car and the engine on a timer and make starting a breeze.
Jaime On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > It doesn't matter, the block heater takes care of that for you... > > But since you asked back when I lived in an apartment we'd get the > occasional -20F day when I'd strap the ole 240D behind the Dakota and it'd > start right up after a mile or so. That was before I bought a marine > battery to keep in the trunk to power my 400w inverter to run the block > heater which made the car start like it was July. > > You can't tell me nobody in Ottawa has ever driven a diesel in the cold > before. If the 400w stock block heater is overwhelmed you install a > radiator hose heater, those are usually 1000w and you have instant heat > when the car starts. > > If its really cold you could even go to the Fairbanks package where you > add a battery heater. > > Webasto even makes a key fob activated diesel fired heater. Truckers deal > with these problems all the time... > > -Curt > > Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:31:07 -0600 > From: Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] A lost cause? > Message-ID: <4ec293cb.8070...@bennell.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > How cold does it get where you are? > > Randy > > On 14/11/2011 7:55 PM, Curt Raymond wrote: > > I have no problem with conserving a nice car but don't tell me you > "can't" drive it in the winter, thats lame. > > > > I've been driving diesels for the last 8 years, the newest was an '85, > also an '84 and '83 and now a '78 which I'm daily driving right now because > my '84 needs a carrier bearing. > > > > You COULD drive your car, plug in the block heater and it'll be warm > enough to start in an hour or two, synthetic oil would help but is not > required, the last winter I drove my '83 I used conventional oil. > > > > -Curt > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
