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When my dad was a boy in northern Wisconsin, his dad would light a smudge pot fire under the oil pan on 40 below mornings when he needed to start the truck. The battery came inside when you shut the truck down, and came back outside in the morning when you needed to start it. Those were the...

Yep! I ended up with an unopened full spare can, and an almost full can installed. I can envision that I will have to use it for some winter starts, as it gets pretty cold here in December through February. I will probably install a block heater, as that seems to do the trick for most of the...

I am not sure how available the red pressurized cans of ether are. The stock setup is a little bit fancy, as it only delivers a preset charge of ether to the air cleaner. When the switch is flipped, a receiver is filled, and when it is released, the ether goes to the a port in the side of the...

Someone on this list is offering a coolant heater that screws into the block where one of the pipe plugs on the left side of the engine went. That is probably a good way to go. A search for block heater should bring results. -Chuck

The swingfire is a big thing that burns diesel, kerosene, or gasoline, as I recall. It can heat both coolant water, and ducted air. Typically, in arctic conditions, it would be set up to heat the engine's coolant water, the rear cargo area of the truck, and the cab. Because it is bulky, and...

There were several cold start options to the deuce: Nothing, electric manifold air heater, arctic fuel burning water/block heater, and ether are the usual culprits. The electric manifold heater is the least effective, followed by ether and the arctic fuel burning water/block heaters. Ether...