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I'm not 100% sure the block heater works and my confidence is lowering
each cold spell we have.
On a battery it should be very easy to tell. The heater draws 400W
more or less and should have removed roughly 33 AH from your battery,
which would be in the 85-100 AH rating. A serious drain in ot
'85 190D "Dori" The delay fish 233kmi
Spelled "Dory" in the movie.
-- Jim
sold (pretty much anyway) I should probably just do it, I don't
think my Indy would charge me a tremendous amount to put a new heater in...
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 251kmi
'85 190D "Dory"(Good catch Jim) 233kmi
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:10:21
The battery charger dropped to 2a within about 15 min indicating to me
that the cold and the inverter had just taken the surface charge off
the battery and the block heater had done nothing.
Yeah, it wasn't doing what you expected. Check the cord, and check
that it is plugged into the heating
on, 16 Jan 2006 08:13:40 -0800
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> The battery charger dropped to 2a wi
I think I may have gotten it in my head because its nearly impossible
to pull start my Farmall tractor with my Dakota in any gear lower than
3th (of 5) because the truck is too light.
Well, a Farmall is geared rather lower than a 240D, so I'd expect that.
My favorite tractor I grew up around wa
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DUH I can't believe I had that backwards, of course I should be in a lower
gear for roll starting, what a chuck
On Monday, Jan 16, 2006, at 08:15 US/Eastern, Curt Raymond wrote:
-Curt
'83 240D "Hammie" 251kmi
'85 190D "Dori" The delay fish 233kmi
Here's the sure start cold weather recipe: a real good battery and
starter, a functioning pre-glow system, extra valve clearance, Mobil 1,
block he
>Well, a Farmall is geared rather lower than a 240D, so I'd expect that.
>My favorite tractor I grew up around was our Farmall 200.
Mine's a Super M, it also out weighs the truck by something like 2000# which
doesn't help. Tractors are easier to tug start with a full sized pickup. We had
an in
to power it.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:15:16 -0500
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run a cord. We're looking to buy a condo with parking lot frontage for
this very reason. For now though if the stupid block heater worked I'd
be okay with my battery to power it.
An Espar/Webasto fuel-fired preheater, even at full-boat retail,
has _got_ to be cheaper than a condo.
-- Jim
I've been thinking about a new battery and thinking I ought to have BOTH
batteries tested and then put a new one in the 190D and the better of the two
old ones in the 240D before I sell it.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:29:31 -0800
From: Jim Cathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&
igloo now?
;-)
-Dave M.
(ex-Adirondack resident, now in tropical Idaho)
> --
> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:15:16 -0500
> From: John Berryman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Here's the sure start cold weather recip
ent: Monday, January 16, 2006 7:57 PM
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Oh a wise guy huh? Why I outta.
We were going to buy a condo anyway. House prices in New England are
outta site but predictions are that they'll at least moderate as the
boomers retire and take off for warmer locals. C
On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 08:13:40AM -0800, Jim Cathey wrote:
> You have it backwards. The _lower_ the gear the faster the engine
> spins. But, too low and the wheels just skid on the ground, wasting
> all that hard-earned energy. (Hard-earned in our case, 'cause it was
> usually a push start we w
Jim Cathey wrote:
It was
_always_ second gear [of three] that worked for me, btw. One would
just skid, and three rolled the engine over too slowly to start.)
I've push-started a VW diesel in 1st and Reverse, but it was warmed up.
(Starter wouldn't engage when hot.) It's child play, then,
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