They are not hard to install but getting the freeze plug(s) out is not that much fun. I used to use an old electric blanket on a timer for my '85 MB. Wasn't pretty but it was free!
Thomas Kelly wrote: > 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 > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
