Weather Stripping The Cab

I sealed mine this year and what a difference.

Not a whole lot of seat time so far this winter but in my few uses I was pleasently suprised. Last season I would get the cab to temp and it would stay or drop slowly, if REAL windy it would drop more rapidly... as I was cleaning the driveway. This year with a tightned cab, (VERY windy day and single digit temps) the temp rose as I used it- NICE!

Well worth the time to do it, for a heated cab at least...


Note: the biggest thing to close off are all the openings in the hood that are also in the cab, they will suck the warm air out of the cab and the cold air in any openings! Cannot stress the importance of this one enough!!!

I used 3"x3" x 42" (can cut to length) foam strips, they are called "air conditioner" weather-stripping at lowes and home depot. About $1.50 a strip!




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I was wondering if anyone tried removing the rad fan for the winter.

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that won't work, that thing will over heat in seconds after becoming warm I'm afraid...

but nice try

just plug the holes... :trink40:




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dpeters said:

I'm not sure that would be true. I don't think my thermostat opens in the winter. My X runs pretty cool in the winter. Next time I run it I will check. Even if it does I think the rad will keep up without overheating. Think about your car, how often does the electric fan kick in the winter? I guess it would be kind of a pain removing the fan each season. The electric fan idea would be best.

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"Think about your car, how often does the electric fan kick in the winter?" when not moving, it comes on ALL THE TIME! if it did not the engine would overheat... regardless of outside temp

if your thermostat does not open than you have a problem. either the wrong or bad thermostat.

the thermostat is there to keep the motor at a constant temp, below that temp the motor is running "cold" and not optimum.

the advantage of a liquid coolder motor is it runs at the same temperature if it is cold or warm outside. It is why they ;ast longer and can produce WAY more power than their air cooled counterparts...

(some guys never could understand why a snowmobile motor needed to be water cooled )

it may take a minute or two longer to open the thermostat on a cold day but not luch longer...

MOTORS GET HOT!


Ask the guys here with x7s with a heater core, they get so hot it can blow them right out of the cab and that is WITH their cooling fan operating! and a larger cooling system than the normal x7... (larger meaning the extra hoses, core and fluid)



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