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There is no garage for my
diesel car. I want to run it on BD100 year round here in Pine Plains, NY, USA
where winters get cold. Part of the solution is installing a block
heater. Where would a block heater be installed in an 82 Mercedes 300DS ? I've
been told that there should be a "freeze-out" plug in the block and that this is
where it can be installed.
I know that the easiest
place to have the heater installed is at a service station or a Mercedes
dealer, but I'd like to do this myself.
Three months ago I didn't
know a bushing from a pipe nipple, a clearwater pump from an aquarium pump.
With the help of list members and the solid information at JtF, I've built a
processor and am making 75 L batches of quality BD. Half goes in the car, half
in the heating oil tank. I'm getting a lesson today on furnaces: nozzles,
general maintenance, etc. Would like to burn bioheating oil instead of
BD.
The point here is that one
step in the right direction provides a place from which the next step is
possible and a different view which may well make another step in the
same direction enticing. I have been focused on BD, but have found that there
certainly is a lot more here than biodiesel info.
I thank all for their help
especially those who are so patient with us slow learners.
Tom
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