What is this thing?

[George Witt]

Scott,
That's your electric pre-heater for the engine. The switch that
turns it on is right in front of the passenger's feet. It looks like
a light switch you'd see on the wall, but it lights up red when it's on.
A whole bunch of coolant will eventually come out, because that's
one of the lowest places in the whole cooling system. ;o)
Mine quit working and I replaced it with a 2,000 watt unit from
NAPA. Works great.

George Witt
81 FC 35
Lincoln, Nebraska


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> Under the right front corner of my FC, there is a silver cylinder about
> the size of a coke can. There are two hoses comng off it, one goes
> into a 'T' that goes into the radiator, the other goes around the front
> of the engine and enters the left side of the block just in front of
> the bell housing. What is this thing?
>
> The little hose coming from the rad has a slit and needs to be
> replaced. When I loosened the clamps, coolant began to leak. Is the
> full contents of my cooling system going to come out if I remve this
> hose?
>
> Scott Forman
> 82 FC35RB
> Memphis
>