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Old 09-28-2009, 12:45 PM
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block heater?

Seeing the post about what weight oil got me to thinking,,,, bad thing of course, I live in the south, but plan on going to North Dakota here in the middle of October for a week of hunting waterfowl.

1/Do I need a block heater, or just good batteries?

2/Does all trucks come with the heater (probably not, but I had to ask), if it does, where abouts do I start looking?

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Old 09-28-2009, 12:51 PM
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You'll be fine, just make sure you have good batteries and that the grid heaters are working. No plug in required...

I started my 2000 at -30F without it being plugged in...
Old 09-28-2009, 10:23 PM
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You should be fine. I had one bad battery and the truck barely started in 40 degree weather unless it was plugged in. Got the battery replaced, and it started the rest of the winter, even when it was 20 below, and if not plugged in, it'd still start although I try not to leave it unplugged. If you are worried about it still, the plug should be up under the bumper on the passenger side. Middle of October can't be too terribly cold up there, anyways.
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All trucks do come with a block heater. Look down low on the passenger side bythe radsiator and you should find the 120vac plug.
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All blocks got the heater, some didn't get the cord, look at the block, if no cord attached, they are cheap.

And yea, she will start, but much nicer on her if she is warm......
Old 09-29-2009, 02:34 PM
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Thanks,,,, had no idea it had a heater, I thought I'd seen everything on that truck as much as I crawled over, under, around, and in that thing.
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Look on the right side, towards the front.
You may have a cord too, tucked away someplace.
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