Recent content by dseelman

We bought a 300 Watt magnetic block heater for the M1028. It didn't have much affect. Now we are using a coolant heater (NAPA part KAT 14700 ~$35). It makes a world of difference. In the parking lot at work at -10 F it runs off a 200Ah battery bank and 800W inverter for a few hours and the...

Our M1028 doesn't have a block heater. It starts down to about 10 with just the glow plugs. We added a 300W magnetic heater to the oil pan but it doesn't seem to help much. Had a few days below zero and it really didn't want to start. Changing the oil to synthetic helped a little. Now...

So, I decided to test my theory of having a 24V starter. I bought a cable and connected the positive from one battery to the negative of the other. What a difference. Turned over much faster. It still didn't start though. It's about 35 degrees F here. A lot of smoke came out the tailpipes...

I have a possibly stupid question. Let me start with the background info. I bought a M1008 from the side of the road. The previous owner had converted it to 12V. Even when it's warm it starts really sluggishly. Could it still have the 24V starter in it? Would it even turn over?