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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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Well it's getting to that time of season now, been dealing with -15 (5) degree weather for about a week now and had our first snowfall today. It's far from the -40's but i'd like to be prepared so can anybody tell me the location of the block heater cord??

I'm also interested in adding a coolant heater, I'm curious if anyone has done this yet if so what brand did you use.

thanks for the help!

btw truck in question is a 09 ram 1500 sport quad cab 5.7L
 

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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 11:15 PM
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passenger side under the hood just behind the grille, looking forward to the winter here too down in the hat
 
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 11:33 PM
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Hey just bring it down to the lower 48 , Dallas texas ... our winter is coming soon ..lol
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 02:14 AM
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never heard of a gasser with a block heater, all of my diesels had them though

learned something new i guess
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 02:56 AM
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I am selling an OEM block heater from Mopar which I purchased for my Ram. It's brand new never installed. I paid 65.00, you can have it for 45.00 plus shipping.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 03:15 AM
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If you bought the truck in canada, it is likely to have the block heater... start hunting for the plug...
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 08:47 PM
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found it! took some searching. yes most cars sold in canada, even gassers have block heaters.

I was still hoping to add a coolant heater though. I wanted to plug it in to heat up the coolant, rather than use the remote start.
 
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by capsfloyd
Hey just bring it down to the lower 48 , Dallas texas ... our winter is coming soon ..lol
haha already tried that route! the wife wasn't having any of it.
 
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Old Oct 15, 2009 | 12:29 AM
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well the block heater heats the coolant....? or did you mean you want like a webasto or proheat style coolant heater? I believe they are only available for diesels....
 
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by TRBODESL
found it! took some searching. yes most cars sold in canada, even gassers have block heaters.

I was still hoping to add a coolant heater though. I wanted to plug it in to heat up the coolant, rather than use the remote start.

So, where was it?
 
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