cold weather starting
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From: Fairbanks USA
cold weather starting
I live in Fairbanks AK and we get temps that can get down to -60 F. I would suggest putting a block heater in it and maybe even a trickle charger on the batteries. Do you have one of the idle control boxes that Ford has?? That may be another option to look into.
Josh
Josh
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cold weather starting
Use the block heater whenever it gets below freezing. The truck should start without it at those temperatures but it will warm up a lot quicker and the oil will flow better, sooner with the block heater.
Get a timer so that the heater starts about 3 hours before you need the truck. This will keep you from wasting electricity. For those really cold nights, just let the block heater go all night.
rplett
Get a timer so that the heater starts about 3 hours before you need the truck. This will keep you from wasting electricity. For those really cold nights, just let the block heater go all night.
rplett
