[T3] BBbbrrrrrr!

[Gary Forsmo]

>I had an electric sump heater on my '67 911 when I lived in Montana.  The
>same heater should work on a VW as the sumps are similar.

I had a 1959 Rambler American, 3-speed manual with a Continental Kit (neat
little car) when we lived in Madison, WI during college days.

I put an electric canister block heater in that car.  I was able to mount
it under the battery.  Triple benefit.
It not only transferred heat to the block/cylinders/oil with the water
circulation, but being located where it was, it warmed the battery, a bit
and provided instant heat to the "cabin".

We had an outside, switched receptacle.
When I parked the car at night, I simply plugged in the electrical cord to
the heater pigtail.  In the morning, when I went to make coffee, as I
walked by the switch, I flipped it on.  An hour or so later, the car always
started, even on the coldest days.

The only two incidents were:
1.)  I (occasionally) forgot to unplug the heater before I backed out of
the driveway.  Automatic disconnect.
2.)  On the windy, coldest nights, I may throw a blanket over the grill &
radiator and use the hood to hold the blanket in place.
The fan blades made a real mess of the blanket, when I started the car &
 forgot to remove the blanket.
I was picking "lint" from the engine compartment 6 months later.  :-)

-- 
Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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