? Engine block heater
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Topic: ? Engine block heater
Posted By: Bill Deppe/AC Salvag
Subject: ? Engine block heater
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2015 at 9:59am
| What is a good brand and model for a engine block heater for a 301 engine? Have a AC180D that I would like to install a plug in unit |
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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2015 at 10:36am
| my 180D came with a "kats" brand heater, I plugged it in once and it didn't work, so I replaced it with a new one, and it still don't work! then I gots a magnetic one that clunks up on the oil pan, it heats the oil good, but still wasn't nuff to help it start, need a good water heater one like you want! I like the ones that come on the 7000 series tractors, don't know if they are available for the 100 series tractors or not! |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2015 at 9:39pm
| There is a freeze plug on right side of block for a factory AC heater. Not cheep but good. MACK |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 5:09am
| Try one of the universal "coffee pot" heaters, that draw from the block drain, and dump hot coolant, into the thermostat bypass hose. Used to have one on the old D-19, not a 301, but same general shape. If you want to do it sans plumbing or electric, a Perfection 500 kerosene wick heater slides right under the oil pan... |
Posted By: victoryallis
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 6:49am
Agree 100% ------------- 8030 and 8050MFWD, 7580, 3 6080's, 160, 7060, 175, heirloom D17, Deere 8760 |
SHAMELESS wrote:Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 1:26pm
| The block heater is the same for example on both a 180 and a 7020. The one on my father's 185 warms it up really nicely in an hour or two to make for easy starting in cold weather. It's the original one and still works great today. If you want to put a heater on, I'd get one from AGCO or a similarly designed one that goes in the block. 301 blocks have a heater with a flange and gasket and two bolts that hold it on the engine. I think that 426 blocks have one that's more like a water heater element in that it screws into a threaded hole in the block. |
Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2015 at 2:17pm
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Essentially the 426 and the 301 block heaters are the same, they just mount differently, and one has a 90 bend in it. No they are not EXACTLY the same element, but close enough for this discussion. They work really well, and you should be able to pick one up from about anywhere, as they are all over the aftermarket. We run the Katz heaters on our 190XT's, only because they were there since long before my time, but like I said the OEM one will work great also. ------------- Still in use: HD7 WC C CA WD 2-WD45 WD45LP WD45D D14 3-D17 D17LP 2-D19D D19LP 190XTD 190XTLP 720 D21 220 7020 7030 7040 7045 3-7060 Projects: 3-U UC 2-G 2-B 2-C CA 7-WC RC WDLP WF D14 D21 210 7045 N7 |