Coolant circulator/heater???!
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Coolant circulator/heater???!
Hey guys,
Working on the 76, 360. Its an Arizona truck but came to Alaska in 76. Noticed that it has a red cylindrical apperatus attached to the side of the engine compartment. Has an electrical plug in exiting through the grill and has two tubes coming out of it. The top tube has a Y connection into the tube that goes from the top of the engine to the heater. The other tube goes to the bottom of the engine to what appears to be the freeze plug.
Was going to take it off, as it appears to be an old school engine heater. Disconnected the top tube and its full of coolant. Stopped at that point.
Was wondering if any of you gents have ran into these or used them in the past? I've only had contact with the more modern engine heaters and would just as soon use a new one thats not quite so funk-tified.
Lemme know.
Thanks buddies, Dools
Working on the 76, 360. Its an Arizona truck but came to Alaska in 76. Noticed that it has a red cylindrical apperatus attached to the side of the engine compartment. Has an electrical plug in exiting through the grill and has two tubes coming out of it. The top tube has a Y connection into the tube that goes from the top of the engine to the heater. The other tube goes to the bottom of the engine to what appears to be the freeze plug.
Was going to take it off, as it appears to be an old school engine heater. Disconnected the top tube and its full of coolant. Stopped at that point.
Was wondering if any of you gents have ran into these or used them in the past? I've only had contact with the more modern engine heaters and would just as soon use a new one thats not quite so funk-tified.
Lemme know.
Thanks buddies, Dools
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You are correct. It is a tank-type engine heater. It is (or was) used in place of the soft-plug type heater. My '74 ford had one installed as an aftermarket installation with good results, but it took up a lot of space.
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Yeah, so, evidently I was a little hasty in posting this. I relaxed and thought about it for a minute. Ofcourse its a tank heater! I wan't thinking. Tried it out, still works (Manufacture date of 1979). Seems to me like tank heaters are better, though you really dont see them too much these days......Anythoughts from the peanut gallery?
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Tank Heaters
Originally Posted by ford390gashog
Tank heaters work well but are not common today. if you do find them they will be $$$.
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They work relatively quick also, no need to leave them on all night. Living in the mid-west (not Alaska LOL) took about 30 minutes in 0 to teens temps. Hopefully you'll be able to find a wattage on the unit, they can get expensive if run all night.
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Yeah I pulled it off the truck and cleaned theunit up. Kats brand, 120 watt
Pretty slick unit, got hot real fast. I think I'm liking it better than the pads.
Pretty slick unit, got hot real fast. I think I'm liking it better than the pads.
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The best heater is the flow heater system , this allows coolant to circulate through the block.
To use it properly at low expense, get yourself an outdoor electrical plug-in timer unit.
Depending on how cold it gets a maximum of 2 hours is enough to heat the block.
That will be a 1200 watt heater btw
To use it properly at low expense, get yourself an outdoor electrical plug-in timer unit.
Depending on how cold it gets a maximum of 2 hours is enough to heat the block.
That will be a 1200 watt heater btw
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