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  1. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    Bill, I trashed the can when it was empty, but Gunk has this product description (image) on the web:
  2. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    The military specified methanol for the evaporators, wonder if the new fluid (blue in color) is better or worse...
  3. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    The vaporizer shown in the TMs is all you will need, vapor of methanol is taken in by the compressor and mixed with the (if any) water in the air system. The system uses about a pint of alcohol every 1,000 miles or so in my experience....
  4. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    Jon, as you know the little breathers are spring loaded and do work in any position, but upside down you open the possibility of filling the cap with water, condensation, oil or whatever and in that case it wont open. When it doesn't open your brakes wont release. I took it one step further and...
  5. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    The alcohol evaporator bottle is broken on the 8x8, but it shows how the vent tube is situated within. It is teed into the compressor air intake line, which is permanently plumbed to the engine air intake. No long term problem should be expected, I have had the deuce compressor sucking air from...
  6. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    The bottle is vented. In this view with the bottle removed, you can see the long tube, which vents to the atmosphere via an opening in the holder. The TM calls for methanol, but I was using the store bought fluid before the pure methanol became available to me, something that the biodiesel...
  7. cranetruck

    Alcohol Evaporator, Block Heater etc.

    Here is a picture of my alcohol evaporator.
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