Winter grill cover
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After a long backorder my grill cover finally arrived. I wasn't thrilled with how exposed the "stick a studs" would be that hold the cover to the grill but I decided that I might just end up with a new grill eventually and give these a chance. I guess the companies philosophy is that in the winter you use the cover and in the warmer months you use the bug screen so they are never technically visible. I most likely won't use the bug screen. Its been colder then the recommended 60* for installing the stick a studs so I removed the grill and brought it inside for a quick wash and some time to warm up. I installed all 8 studs and let them sit for a few hours with a spring clamp on them to help with the bond. Then I put the cover on and reinstalled the grill. It should be in the low teens tomorrow so it should be a pretty good test. I like the construction of the cover but would have preferred some velcro ties or something to hold it onto the grill instead of the 3M adhesive buttons.
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If you don't like the look of the snaps go to your local hardware store and pick up nickel plated brass screw on snaps. They have the same shine as your grille so they are not as noticeable. That is what i did and i don't have to worry about the snaps coming off and they don't stand out.
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I definitely think it helped warm up faster today. I left both flaps closed to see if it would be a problem and everything seemed fine. Here are a couple of pics. http://i888.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps1gchko9t.jpg
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I might look into one of these
Maybe not for this winter but once I swap to better tires for winter I could see myself running the PSD 2-3 times per week to work during the cold months and in snow storms. I usually don't get the rig warmed up until the holfway point on my trip to and from work, and letting sit and run for longer than 10mins is a little silly to me as a warm engine and cold tranny still don't give me the normal warm rig performance as the TC won't lock up and it feels like my trans if filled with peanut butter........
So maybe this will cut down on my lovely runs with my EBPV rocking and rolling....
How much time to EOT is cut down with one of these little space blankies?
So maybe this will cut down on my lovely runs with my EBPV rocking and rolling....
How much time to EOT is cut down with one of these little space blankies?
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Maybe not for this winter but once I swap to better tires for winter I could see myself running the PSD 2-3 times per week to work during the cold months and in snow storms. I usually don't get the rig warmed up until the holfway point on my trip to and from work, and letting sit and run for longer than 10mins is a little silly to me as a warm engine and cold tranny still don't give me the normal warm rig performance as the TC won't lock up and it feels like my trans if filled with peanut butter........ So maybe this will cut down on my lovely runs with my EBPV rocking and rolling.... How much time to EOT is cut down with one of these little space blankies?
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Hard to say for sure bc I only have the stock idiot gauge for coolant temp. Do you plug your block heater in? It definitely warmed up quick with the block heater and then driving with the cover. I might need to try driving it cold with and without the cover on on says with similar temperature to see how much faster it comes up to temp.
I just cycle the glow plugs for a bit and then crank her up.......on the coldest of the cold I take the Rav4......or the Tundra.......or the Forrester (parents car I run for them while they are in FL)......
I may look into this blanky for next winter as taking it to work eliminates the ability to plug it in whlie I sit in a cube for 10 hours or so......I think they would frown on me running a few hundred feet of extention cord to the office building with 3000 people in it......
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I left the house this morning and outside temp was 20*. Truck hadn't been driven for 24hrs. For the purpose of timing I just started the truck and pulled out. Normally I would let it sit for a couple of minutes. It took 6min and 30 sec to bring the coolant temp needle up to the low mark of the the operating range (not the "C" mark). I used that as a gauge bc it was easier to see it pass that as opposed to trying to guess where it stops in the middle of the operating range.
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