Lil Foot
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Equipment
1979 B7100DT Gear, Nissan Hanix N150-2 Excavator
I had an idea pop into the old noggin & would like some opinions.
A while back I picked up a small magnetic oil pan type heater for next to nothing, then came to realize that my B7100 has an aluminum pan & no accessible area on the block large enough to stick it there. Plus, the consensus seems to be they are not the best way to go anyway. Heaters in the water jacket seem to be the hot setup.
Now for my brilliant idea:
What if I machined a one piece sort of a double ended steel radiator hose size nipple that I could put in the lower radiator hose, with a flat plate on it to stick my magnetic heater on? It would just be my time, a couple of hose clamps, & some scrap material, and my chief financial officer would like that aspect.
Comments?
A while back I picked up a small magnetic oil pan type heater for next to nothing, then came to realize that my B7100 has an aluminum pan & no accessible area on the block large enough to stick it there. Plus, the consensus seems to be they are not the best way to go anyway. Heaters in the water jacket seem to be the hot setup.
Now for my brilliant idea:
What if I machined a one piece sort of a double ended steel radiator hose size nipple that I could put in the lower radiator hose, with a flat plate on it to stick my magnetic heater on? It would just be my time, a couple of hose clamps, & some scrap material, and my chief financial officer would like that aspect.
Comments?