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Thank you everyone for the great feedback and advice. I had planned on purchasing a Chinese fuel fired heater to test out. However as you can tell from the pictures I stumbled across a decently priced take out fuel fired heater with fuel pump and control. Any advice on installing it? feed fuel...
I stumbled across this gear oil looking for my trucks upcoming service.
https://petroleumservicecompany.com/super-s-sae-90-gear-oil-api-gl-1-5-gallon-pail/
at first glance it looks decent and should be yellow metal safe.
Are you referring to the grill cover and hood blanket? If so I made a temporary grill cover I used for a bit this winter. Without it the truck never felt like it got to operating temperature. My five ton didn't have the same issue but I used that significantly less.
I really like the idea of the fuel fired heaters. It looks like the best combination will be the coolant heater in the cab under the dash and the fuel fired heater taking its place in the engine bay.
now... only to decide on which fuel fired heater!
Personally for a stereo I would consider a wet sounds sound bar. I would look at a 24v winch vs 12v just due to the amp draw. Other option would be a third 12v battery with an isolator just for winch/accessory operation.
There are headlamp adapter harnesses for modern 7inch led headlights...
What temperatures do you see? Most of what I have read points toward the stock heater being decent. However that falls apart a little at my winter temperatures.
Makes a lot of sense, I plan to do a lot of work sealing up the cab. Mostly to keep the worst moisture out but insulation will be helpful.
Do you have any experience with the diesel heaters? If so which ones?
I have been researching what the best option for heat is for my truck.
The climate where I live is very cold in winter, this past season we had 178 days below freezing and 38 of those were below zero degrees. Currently the truck is not what I would consider a daily driver. During the summer I...