DK 35 Block Heater

[jwarner]

I have a DK35 and need a block heater. One of the other posts said that Daedong reads these posts....... if so please tell us where to get one. I don't mind if I need to get it from Kioti or not. Yes I keep seeing "put in a lower radiator hose heater." They just are not the same.

I purchased my second Kioti @ 1 year ago and have been very happy with both of them, along with the great service from Little Tractor

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[Justaplain]

My 35 has a "lower hose heater" aand I have used it twice in 2 years at -20F in an open shed in NY with no hassle. bcs

 

[GerardC]

Where did you buy it and how is it installed? Gerard

 

[TwinWillows]

Sounds like both of us are in western KY. I've been looking @ the Kioti line @ Little Tractor - thinking about a machine about like yours. How do you like it? How is Little for service?

 

[justforme]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Where did you buy it and how is it installed? Gerard )</font>

i got mine from http://tractorpartsinc.com/radiator_hose_heaters_271_ctg.htm

i used a 1 1/2" on my 45c and it was a tight fit.

iv'e got some pic's, i'll try to upload them tonight

 

[bncsauve]

I know you don't want to hear about radiator hose heaters, but, I have to tell you that I put one in my LK2554 and in a matter of about an hour @0deg F. It will warm up the radiator and engine block so that they are warm to the touch and it will hold them there for as long as you want.

 

[justforme]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Where did you buy it and how is it installed? Gerard )</font>

here's a pic

it's the red thing that's inline in the lower radiator hose

 

[GerardC]

Thanks for the photo. Makes it a whole lot easier to see the application. Gerard

 

[Kiohio]

You are correct....they aren't the same. A lower rad hose heater will heat everything much more evenly, alot larger area and they don't take that long to install. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

KO

 

[SpinyMouse]

Does anyone know the diameter of an LK3054XS lower radiator hose? I know, I know, just go out and measure it myself. I just thought I'd ask. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I had to heat my tractor one day this winter by putting a tarp over the engine compartment and putting a 300 watt quartz work light under there. After four hours, the engine was warm enough to start, although it sure wasn't happy about it. Air temps were around zero.

I won't face another winter without an installed engine heater and a lower radiator hose one looks like just the right answer.

Spiny

 

[dean33]

I believe the hose dia. is 1 1/2" or 1 3/4" cannot remember off the top of my head. I have installed a heater into the engine block which I think works a lot better on all the tractors even the LK3054.
Dean Moore

 

[SpinyMouse]

Do you mean the type of heater that goes into one of the engine block's freeze plugs? Don't you need to take the engine apart to put one of those in?

Spiny

 

[Kiohio]

It is 1 1/2 I believe.

KO

 

[Ranashi]

Block heaters are really not all that hard to install. You don't have to take most engines out to put in a block heater. The heater itself replaces a freeze plug (plug that closes off water passages around the block that are designed to pop out instead of cracking the engine in extreme cold temperature where the coolant expands due to freezing.) This is to answer the question of needing to remove the engine to put in a block heater. The freeze plugs look similar to upside down bottle caps minus the hand tearing edges. The actual block heaters I have installed either had an exact fit metal plug (softer metal) you basically tap it into place or they had a rubber piece that fills the hole with some kind of expansion plug. I have not had to remove a engine to put these in. I personally don't like radiator hose ones as they can cause wear to the hose itself by adding extra weight and movement to a spot that wasn't designed for it. I personally live in NW Oregon and we don't see the bone chilling temperature some of you others see. I would call a local automotive repair shop and ask them what they prefer to use for automotive applications as it will hold the same on the tractor end for a block heater. Most auto part stores probably carry a model that will work in the different tractor engines you just need to know the freeze plug size or radiator hose size.

 

[jebb]

I have purchased two tractors from Little's and would highly reccomend them. The purchase, delivery and service after the fact was great. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif