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I bought a 5.9 intake grid heater to be grafted onto my Toyota diesel to help with cold weather/high altitude starting. I will manually turn this unit on from a control switch in the cab.
It appears that there are 2 - 12 volt heating grids in this unit. Is this correct?
When energized, do they both come on together or is one used for cool weather and both used when it's down right cold.
Also, do you know how long they are typically energized for various starting temperatures and about how many amps it pulls.
Thanks,
Adam R.
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2001,CC,4x4,SRW,Lariat,Harvest Gold, everything else but dual alternators.
I think they run similiar to our gp's. 10 seconds pre start and then if needed up to a min after start.
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1996 F-250 extended cab long box five speed. Home made Tymar, 203 Stat, 60 gal in bed fuel cell, 315/75's, no muffler, ebpv welded open 3" to 3" DP, Babies. 290K, still chugging, and still smoking when cold.
UPDATED 1/1/09 Replace so far. 1 LUK flywheel+clutch, 2 thermostats, 2 set of brakes, 1 set of calipers, 5 CPS, 3 sets of tires, 2 Transfer pumps, 1 Injector modual, 1 Computer, 2 Alt, 2 sets of batteries, 1 Water pump, 6 Belts, 1 PS hose, 2 Sets ball joints, 2 set u-joints, 2 carrier bearing, 2 Speed sensors, 1 oil pres sender, 1 temp sender, 4 sets of e-break cables, 1 front fuel tank, 2 rear fuel tanks, 2 set of glow plugs, 7 Glow plug relays, Oil galley o-rings, Turbo pedistal o-rings, EBPV o-rings, 3 sets of Injector O-rings, 1 Vac-pump, 1 new carpet, 1 total paint job.Total $$$ in repairs v/s miles driven = 4.6 cents per mile. Add fuel to that it jumps to 16.5 cents per mile over the life of the truck.
I have a push-button system wired into my grid heater on my conversion. Yep, 8-10 seconds does mine in cold weather. I might give it a two second shot now and them if it is a rough idle. With a warm engine I don't use it.
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1986 F-350-Cummins 4-wd (converted to dually) flatbed. 1994 p-pump 160hp 12v Cummins conversion with a few minor bombs. Well over 200k miles.
1993 F-350 4x4 SRW 4 dr 460/auto. 157K completely stock.
I wired one of the heaters to a momentary switch in the cab, use this to prewarm. The other heater I have running through a seperate relay that comes on when the engine is turning over, wired into the iggnition. Once she starts up the relay turns off. This setup work well for me here in AK. This thing has started up in 5* temps with out being pluged in, not a choice just happened that way.
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