Recent Content by thartmann

Tim1- I gave good consideration to installing the Grid heater, in fact I am an electronic engineer by trade and thought about actually building up a temp controlled timer but then came to my senses an figured "hey if Penske uses ether I might as well too. " I may use this thing for...

Well, I guess that answers that. It simply was ordered by the RV manufacturer (Coachmen) with no cold start Aids--What'daya expect from an RV MFG! It does smoke real good when and if you can cold start it so I think everything is ok--there is only 28k miles on it. I think I will opt for the the...

Thanks for the thread reference-- That's about what I would expect it to look like but I only have a spacer similiar to what you show and no heater, terminals, bracket etc. It looks like if I want it to start, I am going to have to either go remote ether or the grid heater with all the control...

:confused: I am new to the Cummins but having a couple of powerstrokes not new to diesels. I have a '92 5. 9L in an RV chassis. It is already starting really hard and it is only down to 30 degrees. Batteries are good in fact I can hit with all 4 batteries at one time and it spins fast. I hold...