E. Long
 
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• Subscriber since 1/1/2001 |
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• Atlanta, GA, USA |
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• Registered on 1/23/2001 |
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 Posted:11/25/2003 07:55 |
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| Quote: | Thanks to all for the advice... 
Eric, I didn't quite understand the reason you carry an extension cord with you. Is it to warm the block up to help it start if you let it sit in a parking lot too long? Thanks again,
Don |
I just have one along in case I end up somewhere over the weekend and it gets cold. I guess my idea of being gone for the weekend is having to travel to North Dakota to visit the in-laws. For some reason it is illegal for my wife to plan those trips any further than 0 days in advance, so it's always a haste to get packed and leave ASAP and an extension cord for the block warmer is just not something on the usual list of things to pack.
Bottom line -- yeah, just in case the X sits for too long on a really cold day. Burning up a starter can prove to be an expensive mistake in these things. I have yet to do it in my X, but I did it in my '97 F250 diesel-powered pickup. $500 and a day later I was back on the road. Had I just plugged the damn thing in that evening I wouldn't have had an issue starting up the next morning.
-Eric
'67 Galaxie 500 - 390 FE, .030" over, FE to AOD adapter, disc brake conversion. The Daily Driver.
'00 Excursion - 7.3L PSD, LANDYOT Gen-II Radius Rods, Factory Tech Valve Body, 200K+ miles and going |
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