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New_Dog_93 02-06-2011 04:29 PM


Originally Posted by zdanman (Post 701040)
REMEMBER EVERYBODY

the stock Cummins Block Heater is 750W... so leaving it plugged up all night can be costly...

Imma get a cheap timer from Lowes or Home Depot for like $20 and program the outlet to cut on 1-2 hours before I start it up in the morning for work... :rocking:

I stopped using a timer the night after it failed for the first time! It was a bitch to get enough heat into the oil to warm the motor @ -37C ! I have a magnetic heater that didn't even begin to catch up to the cold! As it turned out the timer had a bad output plug!

Dieselfunohio 02-06-2011 05:07 PM


Originally Posted by randemelissa (Post 652169)
please, please, please, dont add anything to the fuel except anti gelling fuel additive. if tranny fluid was good for the truck, don't you think that it would be marketed that way? use only approved additives. kerosene isn't a good idea either. it's meant for other things, not fuel. good luck.

rande

Well kerosene is #1 diesel. and the cummins engine was built for it. only problem i see is that it's not legal to use as a fuel source because the government doesn't tax it.

Joedodge63 02-06-2011 05:30 PM


Originally Posted by Dieselfunohio (Post 704100)
Well kerosene is #1 diesel. and the cummins engine was built for it. only problem i see is that it's not legal to use as a fuel source because the government doesn't tax it.

:rocking:Exactly! Thats why I have no intentions on selling my 12V... if things went terribly wrong in this world... I can just about pee in my tank and she will run on it!!:rocking:

Bill Iverson 02-06-2011 05:31 PM

Yes Jet Fuel is high grade Kerosene. I was an airport lineman for years and knew a pilot that ran his Ford entirely off what he sumped from the jets. Ran great for years without trouble last I heard.

Joedodge63 02-06-2011 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by Bill Iverson (Post 704060)
What do you guys think of this. I'm planning on cutting a custom intake plate with two holes instead of one like Banks' Twin Ram and wiring in a second heat grid. That should essentially double your intake heater capabilities as well as a great flowing intake. Anybody else tried something like this? My buddy just got stranded at work because he cant park near any outlets.

I'd be curious to see your protype...sounds like a very doable thing. Could you try to incorporate into your design a way that the Prime-loc fuel filter relocating kit could still work with it?

Bill Iverson 02-06-2011 10:48 PM

Had to look it up to see what you were talking about. My plan was just mandrel bent tubing so that Prime-loc mounting plate probably wouldn't work but it itself is a relocation mount so with a little hose you could hang it anywhere. Do you even still need that filter if a Fuel Dog or similar is used?

Joedodge63 02-07-2011 09:01 PM


Originally Posted by Bill Iverson (Post 704308)
Had to look it up to see what you were talking about. My plan was just mandrel bent tubing so that Prime-loc mounting plate probably wouldn't work but it itself is a relocation mount so with a little hose you could hang it anywhere. Do you even still need that filter if a Fuel Dog or similar is used?

I suppose ya could mount it anywhere.. but the mounting plate is purpose bent/built to keep filter close enough to the motor to have some warmth in the winter but up and out enough to get that PIA fuel filter changed with out sounding like saylor! The FuelDog set up is probably a great set up, I don't have one, but I wonder if having a filter down under the truck causes it's own fuel gelling issues. I suppose we can hope some one chimes in on that cold weather issue...if it is one.

wes-cummins 02-08-2011 02:50 PM

i just cut out a peice of card board the size of my radiator and slipped it in between the radiator and intercooler, to help it warm up cuz otherwise it dont blow much heat

otherwise i never have problems starting my truck, and have been running straight #2 all winter

Dieselfunohio 02-08-2011 03:46 PM

Hey Wes, what kind of gas mileage do you get with your truck tuned up like you have?

wes-cummins 02-08-2011 05:24 PM

i was gettins around 20 b4 my tranny burnt up now its probably around 10 or 12 cuz my tourque is burnt up and 4 slipps at 50-55 havent checked latley thou. and now my pump is gutted and no plate,

tuning doesent affect milage much its more how you drive it, if you drive normally you should get around 20 or better running #2 fuel if your blacking out every corner milage goes way down


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