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TM, I did not want to speak for you I hope I did not offend, I am just tired of people wanting to be spoon fed everything and not putting any effort into their own projects. You could say it is a pet peeve of mine.

I do not believe that tm america was being an internet tough guy. Just pointing out that the classifieds are what you need to look in before asking everyone to do something for you. Everyone on this site will help if you just try to help yourself. But none the less look up westfolk and he will...

If you put the heating element down low enough in the water pump it not only heats the water in the pump area but through a process called Thermosyphon will create water flow. The water being heated is less dense than the cold water so it tries to rise and the cooler water tries to fall. In...

Definitely a wise business chose. Although for me it is not a business just a hobby. I also had the time and resources to verify that everything fit fine. If it had not fit I found a generic 600 watt heater element for less monies than I paid for this one and it was local also. My biggest goal...

I put Lay-Out die on the end and went in one turn at a time and kept checking the end. If you have a way to look in there that may work as well. I don't know how to tell if one pump will work over another if there is a way.

On some unknown water pumps the cavity inside has a protrusion that prevents the heater from turning and will twist the end of the heater off and let it fall into the water pump. I don't need to tell you what kind of fun that would be. ;-)

I wish I knew all of the reasons some things work on some trucks and not others, but I don't. I just took a chance and it worked. We had one truck apart replacing a bad block heater and decided to try it out. We coated the end with Lay-Out die and went in one full turn at a time then we would...

I appreciate your advice but it is in and done. I checked with an old one to verify fit first. Lay out die and a few minutes is all it took.

First off I want to say THANK YOU to Westfolk for his concern. And yes, we have plugged it in and it does work fine. No breakers tripping, no shorts or problems. It works exactly as it is supposed to (a rarity for me). I didn't know there are two different water pumps - when we were working on...

Here is where it is being mounted. It is a tight fit inside but it fit. The total length of the heater is only 3-1/8 long. If you count the approximate thread length you would need to tighten it in you could add 3/8 to 1/2 inch. I see that Westfolk sells a shorter one but this one fit mine.

Here are some pics of the block heater I got from Navistar/International. I will get pics of the install up later even though it was a very simple process. The heater was $38.00 and the plug was another $12.00. Not to bad for a heater you can walk in and pick up and is in stock darn near...