dave@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Dave Rasmussen) (12/03/85)
It is about 5 degrees F outside here in milwaukee today. I've decided my
car, which sits outside, could use an engine heater. I'm not sure which
kind to install however. My car is a 1976 Ford Econoline E150 with a 351
V8 (windsor?) engine. I have air conditioning.
I have browsed through the JC Whitney catalog and notice they have various
types: Freeze plug, dip stick, tank, pump, and lower radiator, and magnetic
stick-on heaters. Being not much of a mechanic the stick on and dip stick
models sound easy but inefficient. The pump type description says you just
have to splice it into the heater return hose, though I wonder if it will
work on my car. The lower radiator one says you need to have a lower radiator
hose that angles upward with a straight section of about 3" (my radiator hose
is bent out of shape). Where does the freeze plug type go?
Anyone have any comments on this? Please send me mail, for I can only post
news until my site gets its news feed back in a couple months.
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