H1 in various seasons

[KenP]

Originally Posted by SELWA

Good info!! I'll need it when it gets cold up here! ANy problems in the heat? My H1 is coming from Arkansas and I'm not sure what the weathers like there during the seasons. It's been in the same state since 95!

Hot and humid in the summer.

Just curious, is there a solar powered block heater? Not sure if it'd be practicle, but the thought just hit me so I'm asking.

[SELWA]

Not sure about a solar block heater but at least my small solar panel I bought a few years ago might come in handy now.

[HUMTECH]

With A 94 MY hummer, I believe they were all non turbo with A mechanical pump? For cold starting you can also put the throttle pedal to the floor and it will help in starting. Make sure all glow plugs are good, should have A 15A draw on each plug. Test 4 at A time and go from there, each bank should have appox 60A draw. On A mechanical pump you also need to make sure the cold advance works, consult A service manual for that one as I have not even seen one for A few years.

[Boar-Ral]

Something that you might want to consider is installing an engine heater like these ones from Webasto. They use diesel to keep the engine warm, and come with timers so you can set them to start a couple hours before you need to go somewhere, or use it on demand, or all the time. I found out about them through my dad when he bought them for his semis. I'm in Canada too and would seriously consider them on a diesel.

[SELWA]

I'll look at a few different ones. If I can fit into the garage I will but our H3 uses the space in the winter. The other side fit my PT Cruiser but hopefully that's sold soon. All the tools and equipment I have will only fit one of the Hummers in there now. What makes it hard is that it's a 2 door garage and not a single double door.