My grandfather used to get coal from the furnace and do the same thing. He
filled an old #10 can with hot coal and put it under the truck. He also
used the ashes to help him in a bind when he would get stuck in drifting
snow, instead of salt or sand, worked every time.
Memories are great!!
Jon 50 3104
Chicago burbs
----- Original Message -----
From: "B&A Kettunen" <bekett@uslink.net>
To: "Oletrucks Board" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Motor oil
> I don't know what the hassle is about winter oil in these old trucks.
Back
> when they weren't such ole trucks, we used SAE 10 in the winter and 20 or
> 30 in the summer in Northern Minnesota. It seemed to work just fine back
> then in some real hard use. The big reason for 10 was so that one of
those
> 6V starters could turn the thing over when it was 40 below.
>
> The other trick we used to use before the days of block heaters (we called
> them head bolt heaters in those days because they replaced a headbolt) was
> a pan of lit charcoal under the engine for a half hour or so to pre warm
it.
>
> By the way, if they were anywhere in tune, the Chevys were much better
> starters in real cold weather than the Fords at the mine.
>
> Bruce Kettunen
> 57 3200
> Mt. Iron, MN
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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