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1. Re: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: "Phil Ethier" <pethier@isd.net>; Date: Sun, 2 Feb 2003 00:17:59 -0600; diesel That's a "Lower Radiator Hose Heater". To work correctly, the lower radiator hose must slant up from the radiator to the engine. If the hose slants the other way, you heat the radiator instead; /html/shop-talk/2003-02/msg00001.html (7,831 bytes)
2. I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: mbarre@juno.com; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 03:46:48 GMT; Not sure when it happened but just the other day I realized I hadn't seen any shop talk activity for a LONG time! I checked and sure enough, I was no longer subscribed. NOw that that is fixed I have; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00177.html (8,459 bytes)
3. Re: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: "Bill Engle, Sr." <whesr@iglou.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:01:31 -0500; The heat siphon ones work very well. My father used to have them (I got to install them) on all of his cars and never had any problems. Bill /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00179.html (8,727 bytes)
4. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:15:36 -0500; When I lived in Wyoming, I had block heaters on my cars. They worked well. A "battery blanket" might have helped, but was never necessary. On really cold days, when the battery was too cold to put ou; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00180.html (9,757 bytes)
5. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: pethier@isd.net; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 13:01:58 -0600; Back in my ice-racing days, I towed with my Dad's 1970 Suburban. It had a factory-option block heater that I think was mounted in a frost plug. On a Saturday morning in Brainerd Minnesota, the truck; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00181.html (8,424 bytes)
6. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <trovato@computer.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 14:27:15 -0500; Wouldn't the thermostat stay closed, and therefore bypass the radiator until the water reached operating temperature? -Steve /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00182.html (8,090 bytes)
7. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:41:50 -0500; Except that the "heat siphon" ones that I've seen are attached in line with the radiator hoses between the engine and the radiator - they heat the coolant "external" to the engine block. Whereas bloc; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00183.html (9,610 bytes)
8. Re: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: "Bill Engle, Sr." <whesr@iglou.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:43:18 -0500; When properly connected the siphon heaters only circulate water in the block and heads. The water does not get hot enough to open the thermostat so heat flow to the radiator is minimal. Bill /// unsu; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00184.html (10,265 bytes)
9. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: <Tim.Mullen@trw.com>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:47:15 -0500; Do they connect to the heater hoses? I could see that working okay... Tim Mullen /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo //; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00185.html (8,096 bytes)
10. RE: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: Steven Trovato <trovato@computer.net>; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:15:03 -0500; Well, the original post by Matt said it was for the heater hose. I have one in my tractor that's in the radiator hose. I don't know if it loses any heat to the radiator or not, but it works well enou; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00186.html (8,414 bytes)
11. Re: I'm back! - cold weather car preps (score: 1): Author: Gt6steve@aol.com; Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:50:48 EST; When I lived in North Idaho I had one on the Spitfire that was plumbed into the heater hoses. Since it was the largest of the three sizes available I'd come out in the morning and find all the snow m; /html/shop-talk/2003-01/msg00187.html (7,985 bytes)

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