FWIW- I've heard (anecdotal only) that the dipstick
heaters don't really do the job and the pan heaters
and block heaters are the way to go. I got my BGT
block heater for Xmas from a friend, if they'd just
stop salting the roads!
And, Larry, you could get some heating from that
magnet if you could just get it to resonate (it
happens all the time on our mag bearing turbo
machinery!).
--- Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu> wrote:
> Don't know if you can find one, but I have a
> magentic heater (Yes Ron it
> uses conduction heating not magnetic heating). It is
> basically a magnet
> with a built-in electric heater - about the size of
> a small brick. I pop
> it on the oil pan before I head for dream land and
> in the AM the Midget
> starts right up. Unlike Monday AM when I did not use
> the heater and the
> Midget would not start.
>
> Larry
>
> At this exact moment in time 1/18/00 11:14 PM,
> spritenut@Exit109.com made
> the profound statement:
>
> >It's been 10 degrees or less the past few mornings
> here in Joisey.
> >Both of my Sprites start but they don't have too.
> >My daughters A40 (RW drive 1275) just will not
> start when it's this
> >cold.
> >She uses it to get to school and it's her only car.
> >After a new battery, tune up, and timing set, it
> still will not fire up.
> >It cranks fine, but after 20 minutes or so, the
> battery is weak.
> >It wants to start but just will not.
> >This morning at 6:30 I had to jump start it from a
> Sprite. (just because
> >it was parked next to a Sprite in the driveway)
> >It has a 1.75 SU on it. It needs more choke but
> this is not adjustable
> >on the 1.75, at least not that I know of.
> >Short of starting fluid, does anybody have any
> ideas?
> >The only thing on the ignition system that has not
> been changed is the
> >coil and it was new a couple years back. Of course
> it's a Lucas.
> >
> >Would a hotter plug help out?
> >Maybe the Weber should go back on it?
> >She wants to sell it or trade it for a modern
> jellybean or sport ute.
> >HELP!!!!!!
> >
> >--
> >Frank Clarici
> >Toms River, NJ
> >Too many Sprites (again)
> >There is a very fine line between "hobby" and
> "mental illness."
> >http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
>
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes;
> do not ask a
> question and you're a fool for the rest of your
> life.
>
>
>
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