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 | cthonestguy
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 267 northeast 
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2004-12-22 102748
Any suggestions on a good inexpensive block heater and where it can be bought? I have a few machines so it would be nice to get a magnetic one if they made one like that. I'd use it on my bx2200 and an old international I have. Also, is the pan on the bx's steel or alloy and will a magnetic one work? I fired this up the other morning and it was 3 outside - pretty cold. It statred buy made a sick feeling with the effort it took from being so cold.
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 | beagle
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1333 Michigan 
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2004-12-22 102756
Tractor Supply has two different size magnetic block heaters, they sell for about $25 and $35 respectively. Not sure you will find anbything it will stick to though. If you do, let me know. I haven't checked my 7800, but I would suspect there isn't much it would stick to. ....
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| cthonestguy
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 267 northeast
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2004-12-22 102758
Tractor Supply .com? I looked and put block heater in the search and it didn't come up? It is a steel pan on the bx. I just put a magnet on it and it stuck. ....
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 | grinder
Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 677 central Maine 
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2004-12-23 102772
How do they compare with the Kubota coolant heater?
Does heating the oil pan warm the rest of the engine?
I like the idea of the coolant circulating through out. ....
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 | greg_g
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1816 Western Kentucky
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2004-12-23 102779
Personally, I'd rather start a diesel that had thinned oil - before one that simply had warmed water. On that count, I recommend the Wolverine heating pad - but it's not transferable. The trade-off is that it uses much less electricity than the magnetic type. Had one on my Yanmar. With oil already warmed and thinned, I didn't even have to use the ThermoStart on a 7 degree morning last winter.
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York 
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2004-12-23 102781
Heating the oil to help it flow better is good as everyone knows that the engine wears the most at start up. The best place for heat to start an engine is at the head. That is were you need heat to make an explosion while cranking and compressing the fuel air mix. If you can't make enough heat then you have no explosion and all the warm oil you want can't start the engine. The BX uses a heater that goes into the head area heating the area most critical to a good start. ....
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| beagle
Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1333 Michigan
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2004-12-23 102785
Art, would a magenetic heater stick to the oil pan of my 7800? I suspect the pan is aluminum, but have never checked. Anyone else know? I would consider a magnetic heater if there is something it will stick to. ....
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 | JerryG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 54 NW AR
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2004-12-23 102798
The best engine heater that I have ever used is a tank type heater. The only problem with a tank heater is that they take up more room than other heaters, but they work better. They heat the water and circulate it through the motor. You can touch anywhere on a engine when it is 0 degrees out and it will be warm. ....
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada
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2004-12-23 102842
After a good many Alaskan winters, I would agree that the tank type heaters are the best thing made to warm an engine. Next best are the freeze plug heaters followed by the magnetic/contact heaters.
A magnetic heater coupled with a battery blanket would serve very nicely in the horse latitudes. ....
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| hardwood
Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 3583 iowa
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2004-12-24 102871
Main reason I've allways liked thak types is that a couple minutes after you plug it in just feel the heater and you know for sure it's working. Frank. ....
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 | Chief
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4297 Southwest MiddleTennessee
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2004-12-24 102878
I would suggest sticking with the OEM block heater. If the temps are that cold you should be running a good synthetic diesel oil which will flow very well even at extreme cold temps. The magnetic pan heaters do help but unless some insulation is placed around them or the machine is in a shelter out of the wind; a lot of the heat generated is lost. ....
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| Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2004-12-25 102906
I would stick with the block heater from Kubota. The oil cold or not will be flowing with the first revolution of the engine. Yes it will slow the engine cranking some but that gives more time for lubrication to the engine. I do believe they are using aluminum pans on most tractors but a quick test with a magnet will tell you for sure. I also like the tank heaters and they have proven to work the best but there is not a lot of room under the hoods of these tractors to fit one in. ....
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| loghouse95
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 87 missouri
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2004-12-25 102919
I also like the tank heaters and you can mount them almost anywhere you want. I had the good fortune of testing mine out for the first time this morning at 2 degrees, brrrrrrr. after 1 hour I turned the ignition switch on and the temperature was warm enough to register, the engine block was warm to the touch
and I did not have to use the preheat at all ....
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