86SCLB
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Yea just a normal ZD9
7.3 IDI intake heater...this weekends project
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TWeatherford
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How is the glow plug going to get grounded? I don't think JB weld conducts electricity...
86SCLB
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The glow plug is threaded into a nut and the nut is grounding on the intake
That intake looks exactly like a Hypermax intake. They are still available through Hypermax. The stock air filter housing fits.
86SCLB
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Yea the stock air filter still works, this one has CTS cast into it, it might be the same as a hypermax though i have never seen one
I love this way of thinking! It's different and just someone wanting to improve their truck.
Now THIS! Is innovative! Just the act of trying to improve the way things work, that's how we find ways to improve our trucks. Good luck!
Now THIS! Is innovative! Just the act of trying to improve the way things work, that's how we find ways to improve our trucks. Good luck!
86SCLB
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Thanks, this is the way i am always thinking. Trying to make everything work a little better then it is supposed to.
FarmerFrank
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Perkins uses an intake heater that blows a small flame to warm up the intake. I thought about one of these until I seen how much oil and crap is inside my intake... Probably wouldn't be the best idea.
My grandfather was an equipment operator in the strip mines most of his life and I remember him telling me in the winter they would let corn cobs soak in diesel all night. Come morning he would shove one in the intake and light it on fire. About the time you got the pony motor running the cob would almost be out so you started to turn over the big engine and it would suck in the smoke. Then the beast would come alive.
The cob would get that big intake warm enough to start those old brutes. Always found that neat
My grandfather was an equipment operator in the strip mines most of his life and I remember him telling me in the winter they would let corn cobs soak in diesel all night. Come morning he would shove one in the intake and light it on fire. About the time you got the pony motor running the cob would almost be out so you started to turn over the big engine and it would suck in the smoke. Then the beast would come alive.
The cob would get that big intake warm enough to start those old brutes. Always found that neat
TWeatherford
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Now that is cool. I plan to experiment with the Perkins diesel fired intake heater on my 6bt. I'll still have the grid heaters as backup. But they draw very little electricity, so I can save the batteries for cranking the engine over.
86SCLB
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Put it all together this morning, -36c with no wind and the truck hadn't been plugged all night. I cycled the intake heater for 15 seconds and turned the key and pressed the starter button right away so the glows didn't have time to cycle and the truck fired up in 3 cranks....id say that is a huge success!!
That is awesome!!!Put it all together this morning, -36c with no wind and the truck hadn't been plugged all night. I cycled the intake heater for 15 seconds and turned the key and pressed the starter button right away so the glows didn't have time to cycle and the truck fired up in 3 cranks....id say that is a huge success!!
86SCLB
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It sure is! Im real happy it works this good!
FarmerFrank
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Wow 8 plugs would last about a lifetime haha. Ya I'm making one
bigtex
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Put it all together this morning, -36c with no wind and the truck hadn't been plugged all night. I cycled the intake heater for 15 seconds and turned the key and pressed the starter button right away so the glows didn't have time to cycle and the truck fired up in 3 cranks....id say that is a huge success!!
So what your saying is that this kit you made practically negates the use of glow plugs. Is that what im understanding?
86SCLB
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Im still going to use my glowplugs like they were designed to be used i just wanted to test my intake heater really well by not using the glowplugs. It does work very well for something so simple and easy to do im very happy.
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