At the beginning of WW II my father was a Chief Machinist Mate
aboard torpedo chasers in Newport RI harbor. In frigid weather
they would drain the oil out of vehicles and the boat engines at
the end of the day (while still warm) and put the containers in
heated buildings.
The next AM the junior Seaman would be out there pouring the warm
oil back into the motors and then firing them back up. Pain in the
butt but it worked ..
Bob B
>From: "James Wiehe" <j.wiehe@sympatico.ca>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Power Increase / Fuel Questions.
>Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:08:11 -0500
>
>Somewhere in the great mess that is my den I have a picture of Alcan GMC
>with a fire burning under the truck to '' Warm the pan ''.
>Jim Wiehe , VA3JHW
>mail to : j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <ChH41@gateway.net>
>To: <j.wiehe@sympatico.ca>; <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 10:58
>Subject: Re: [MV] Power Increase / Fuel Questions.
>
>
> > mil has been using engine heaters since wwII in Alaska and Europe, the
>old
> > GMC had a gasoline fired heater fueled from a jerry can and a canvas
>tent for
> > the hood.
> >
>
>
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