My heater resistor went out again, just 3 weeks after installing a new one.
Now I have 3 heater resistors in my tool box with the same problem.

What is the rating on the thermal fuse?

The problem causing the resistors to quit working was that the blowermotor had worn out bearings. I now have a new blowermotor.

New resistors cost me $90.00 here in Norway and a new thermal fuse is only $10.00, so I'll go for the thermal fuse this time.

 

> What is the rating on the thermal fuse?

search for +radio +shack +resistor to pull up the topics others and myself have posted about replacing it.

 

I saw you were from Norway and I don't know your access speed and if you have Radio Shacks there, so I did a quick search for you

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...er-switch.html

"The replacement thermal fuse is a Radio Shack part #270-1320." Follow the instructions in this post.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/3...an-switch.html

 

Thank you "Rebocardo".

I'll get the new thermal fuse on monday with the 128 C rating.
Since there were several different types available I needed the correct rating.

 

You are 100% welcome, it is nice to have heat in the winter :-)

 

It's hard to keep the truck warm when outside temp. is -35 C (-31 F)

The other problem is preventing the diesel from clogging up the filters.
I have to start the truck every day to keep the diesel in a liquid state.
Just after 2 days of standstill the diesel separates the heavy particles that clog the filter.

What I really need is a nice and warm garage

 

> The other problem is preventing the diesel from clogging up the filters.

Do you use the additive to prevent it (the paraffin ?) from waxing? We used it though it never got below 0 most of the time.

> What I really need is a nice and warm garage

Ever thought of a separate small tank and heater? Basically it is a heater coil inside a small (3 gallon?) tank that you run off of until the engine is warm and is recirculating the extra hot diesel back to the main tank.

I know you can get fuel filter heaters on the DT466 or tank heaters. A tank heater probably would not cost much to operate on a small tank such as yours compared to a 150 gallon tank on an International 4900.

 

The additive:

Concentrate Diesel Fuel Anti Gel Additive Treatment

The best way to get a frozen vehicle started is to pour some additive directly into the filter housing. Since you own a van, that is a 4 hour job right there ... not an option. On the trucks 6.9/7.3 it is fairly easy.

Some products to think of (go to the "coolant" photo)

Racor Diesel Fuel Heaters

Sort of make your own

Fuel Tank Heater

No good on start up, but, for running

12v Electric Fuel Heater

I thought 0 degrees was cold! It is warm enough here that I removed the coolant heater from my van.

 

I've considered to wrap an electric heater cable around both batteries, around the fuel filter, around the startermotor, tracing the fuel line, and a few turns around the fuel tank.

Connect this cable to my engine block heater and interior heater system (DEFA heater system).

My engine block heater and interior fan is run by a timer with temp.sensor.

I think that would do the trick to keep my van winter ready.

The diesel from the oil company here is guaranteed to stay fully liquid at -22 C fuel temperature. Below -22 C the fuel starts to separate out the heavy particles (seen as a gray fog in the fuel). They say it should be fine to -30 C air temp.

This winter has been extreme with -35 C so far. Today it's -15 C and the sun is shining
Normaly we only get -25 C/-30 C in winter time.