Hi GC owners,
We have just had a cold snap for about a week plus a few days: minus 11 to minus 28 degrees F, and highs of minus 2 to minus 15 degrees F, :mur:. My problem is having my tractor stored in an unheated but insulated garage with a wood burning stove,
. I have always used the block heater and then warmed up the tractor with the garage door open, but with these cold temperatures, it sure is bitter cold inside the garage (with no heat used: minus 12 degrees). I put on my thinking cap and I am not any diesel man, but this is the solution I came up with.
I purchased some PVC pipe, fittings and rubber connectors from our local small Ace Hardware for about $75 (only parts within 60 miles). I assembled the parts to exhaust the diesel fumes of the tractor to the outside with the garage door closed and it has worked great, :cool2:. Like I said, I am not a diesel man, so I just tossed this idea against the wall and I think it has stuck, :drink:. I increased the size of the pipe from 1 1/2" to 2" to 2 1/2" to 3" thinking this would not create back pressure and damage the engine. I hope some of you will let me know if I was on the right track or just out in right field, :confused3:.
Here is my parts list of schedule 40 PVC pipe and fittings listed from the tractors exhaust pipe to the end outside of my garage including temperatures that I recorded during the warming up of the tractor using a infra red automotive type gun ( all temps. were F):
1- rubber reducing connector 2" to 1 1/2" (temp. was 104 degrees) (take off the clamping band on the 1 1/2" end and push it on the exhaust pipe)
1- 2" pipe 12" long
1- rubber reducing connector 2 1/2" to 2" (temp. was 93 degrees)
1- 45 degree street elbow (temp. was 125 degrees)
1- 2 1/2" pipe 20" long (glued to the 45 degree elbow above) (temp. was 129 degrees)
1- 2 1/2" rubber connector
1- 2 1/2" 90 degree street elbow (temp. was 70 degrees)
1- 2 1/2" pipe 10" long (glued to the 90 degree elbow above) (temp. was 56 degrees)
1- rubber reducing connector 3" to 2 1/2" (temp. was 53 degrees)
1- 3" pipe 120" long (temp. was 53 degrees inside garage and 31 degrees outside garage)
I had the wood burning stove going and the garage temperature was 33 degrees and the outside tempurature was 12 degrees.
I have added 3 pictures to help show this monster that I created and now I cam breath clean air insde my garage with the door closed while waming up my tractor, :horseshoe:.
KC
