From: Fred H. Schlesinger (fred@schlesingers.net)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2003 - 07:05:20 PDT
My duce came with the arctic kit. Diesel fired cab and coolant heater. The cab
heater works well, though it smokes like crazy when it starts up. Gets very
hot, even on low. Drive around all winter with the windows open, no problem.
The coolant heater was disabled by the military. The plumbing was removed and
the switch box unplugged. Appears to be otherwise complete. I have no idea if
it will fire up or leak coolant if I plumb it. But there has to be a reason why
it was disabled. The truck was in an Indiana reserve unit prior to being sent
to drmo. Question:
Does anyone have one of these functioning in their Duce? I assume, like the cab
heater, it gets plenty hot and will heat the coolant in a short period of time.
Is this so and is it worthwhile to attempt to get it working, or am I better off
just making it look functional and installing an electrical block heater to use
if I want to go out on a cold day?
Is the tm available for this?
If I need a new heater unit, is there one around that someone wants to part
with?
Thanks for the read and replies.
Fred
----- Original Message -----
From: "don gale" <sgrmaker@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Multifuel block heater suggestions?
| I had very good luck installing the military issued
| block heater for M35A2. The kit came with an adaptor
| for the block that just screwed right in. The plug was
| on the back of the engine behind the air cleaner. I
| then used the y included with the kit for the upper
| radiator hose. I mounted the heater just behind the
| radiator on the right between the radiator and fender
| well and ran the power chord out through the hole in
| the frame under the radiator and along the frame that
| the winch is mounted on. I used this all winter last
| year with good results. 1st crank and the engine would
| fire right up. The only thing I had to buy was some
| hose to go from the back of the engine to the heater
| and maybe a couple of clamps.
|
| Don
| --- D O <dohe69@hotmail.com> wrote:
| > There is so little room on that short and oddly
| > curved hose lower hose for
| > to install one.
| >
| >
| > >From: GaryM52679@aol.com
| > >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
| > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > >Subject: Re: [MV] Multifuel block heater
| > suggestions?
| > >Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:09:31 -0400
| > >
| > >I heard that the best and perhaps easiest to
| > install block heater for an
| > >M35 is the kind that goes in the radiator hose.
| > Any comments on this?
| > >
| > >Gary
| > >
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