Cooling idea to combat plow...
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Cooling idea to combat plow...
I just purchased a '86 F-250 with a 351W. It has a 8 1/2' Western plow and with the plow on it likes to heat up. Now, I came up with an idea... kind of a crazy one, but I think it might help.
I saw these plastic rain gutter tubes at Menard's, one end is a square about the size of a normal tissue box that turns into a 3" plastic tube about 4' long. I looks like my stock air intake actually. I thought about mounting two of these on-top of the plow right above the arms. Then running the tubes down the arms to the grill. The tubes are kind of flexy so they will move with the plow. Mounting them on the top of the plow is still undecided, but I was looking for some opinions on how this would work... Am I crazy?
I saw these plastic rain gutter tubes at Menard's, one end is a square about the size of a normal tissue box that turns into a 3" plastic tube about 4' long. I looks like my stock air intake actually. I thought about mounting two of these on-top of the plow right above the arms. Then running the tubes down the arms to the grill. The tubes are kind of flexy so they will move with the plow. Mounting them on the top of the plow is still undecided, but I was looking for some opinions on how this would work... Am I crazy?
Cooling idea to combat plow...
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Cooling idea to combat plow...
If the weather is cold enough that you need a snow plow AND you're having overheating problems, you should really look INSIDE the cooling system... 
How old is that radiator and has it ever been run without antifreeze? Might as well replace it with a lifetime part. 
How old is that radiator and has it ever been run without antifreeze? Might as well replace it with a lifetime part.
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Cooling idea to combat plow...
Here in Chicago, we can have a snow storm over night and then it be 50 - 60 degrees the next day, so you can't count on it being cold just because there is snow on the ground. The entire cooling system was just overhauled last year. The plow blocks all air to the engine while driving down the road/highway and that is why it overheats. There are no overheating problems while plowing or with out the plow on.
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