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Old 11-30-2014, 07:47 PM   #316 (permalink)
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Pics of the oil and water preheat system

Here are some pictures of the items I used to assemble the "ultimate" oil and water preheat system, It consists of the following items:
1. 1500 watt Water Heater with Pump to heat and circulate all the water in the block and the radiator of the 92 VX to a temperature of 125 degrees.
2.400 watt Block heater to heat the water in the lower block to above 180 degrees.
3. 400 watt heating pad on the bottom of the oil pan to heat oil to 180 degrees.
4. 150 watt heating pad on the bottom of the transmission to heat the tansmission oil to 180 degrees.

Here are some pictures of each.

Here is the 1500 watt water heater and circulating pump. It takes water from the bottom of the radiator thru the drain cock and pumps it past the closed thermostat via one of the heater core 5/8" lines into the block.






Here is the 400 watt block heater which is on the front of the block right under the manifold. I removed the manifold and the exhaust down tube to get easy access to the threaded plug that was removed in order to install the heater.










Here are the two heating pads for the oil pan and the transmission






I will post pics of the alternator delete tomorrow.

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