You know its cold when....
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You know its cold when....
You let the clutch out after starting, trans in neutral, and you start creeping up the driveway......Also, when the shifter feels like it is stuck in a bowl of cold Honey.
-10 this morning when I started the 302. Fresh 10-40 oil change did not help crank speeds.
Still started in 5 cranks even with the 25 rpm cranking speed LOL
If I stay here another year the old girl is getting a block heater....
-10 this morning when I started the 302. Fresh 10-40 oil change did not help crank speeds.
Still started in 5 cranks even with the 25 rpm cranking speed LOL
If I stay here another year the old girl is getting a block heater....
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It's REALLY cold when that happens, and you have synthetic in the gearbox... LOL
Thursday morning my dd still had a gear oil parking brake in the diffs, after the 10 minute drive to work...
You would be amazed at how much heat from a block heater makes it's way to the transmission, I firmly believe in plugging it in when I shut it off and leaving it plugged in until it's running again, no timers here though.
Thursday morning my dd still had a gear oil parking brake in the diffs, after the 10 minute drive to work...
You would be amazed at how much heat from a block heater makes it's way to the transmission, I firmly believe in plugging it in when I shut it off and leaving it plugged in until it's running again, no timers here though.
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This truck was spec'ed for AZ. fixed 5 blade fan, full shroud and big rad. I think I need a winterfront for it. It has a hard time heating above 190. New fail-open 180 thermostat in it. It heats to thermostat opening temp fast, I have decent heat, it just will not get any hotter of a coolant temp. Thinking I'll try the pizzabox before I have a custom canvas cut. cannot hurt anything.....
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Back in February 1996 it got insanely cold here. For a whole week the temp never rose above zero and during the night it got down to about -40 actual air temperature a few nights. I was driving an '87 F-150 with a four speed at the time. I remember going out in the morning to start it and let it warm up. That 80W90 was so thick it killed the engine when I let the clutch out with the transmission in neutral. I've had the same thing happen with my Ranger too at -20.
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