Installing Block Heater

[splatterdog]

Just remembered a couple of trucks that were from Alaska. They had homemade outlet strips under the hood with coolant,oil, and battery heaters all going at once. Extreme!

[gerviswaddell]

So I got the Zerostart freeze plug type (around $30.00) and hammered the old freeze plug out with a long flathead screwdriver (I had to displace the fusebox and remove the battery to get a more direct line of attack). I then grabbed the freeze plug (now stuck inside the engine block, spun sideways) with a pair of channel locks and tugged it out. The block heater element went in without any problems, this job took 1/2 hour total, I would certainly recommend doing this one yourself, it was very easy and trouble free. (forgot to mention that I put some pb on the freeze plug perimeter the night before to help loosen things up).

Thanks for your input folks!

GW

[dlb]

my dad helped me install a block heater on my '91 tercel 6 yrs ago, just before i moved to edmonton for the winter. it was balls cold there and i found a HUGE difference in plugging the car in because of this. no plug = engine slow to crank, no heat for about ohhhh 2 days. plugged in = easy start, toasty warm immediately. very nice for -25 @ 6:30 am.

also, yes it was very quick and easy to do. especially for me since daddy did all the work and i just watched.