How to repair the plug on a block-heater cord
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- Had to make a quick fix and replace the plug on the end of the cord for the block heater on my Ford Focus. Simple job and saved money as a new cord was about $45. The replacement repair plug only cost $9 at Canadian Tire.
Thank you, single lady solving her own problems (with your help of course)
No problem glad to help
Deadly tunes, sir. Great video. I’ll attempt to changes this before the minus 30 hits in a couple of days.
its currently minus 43 with the wind chill but im getting this shit done now before i pooch my battery... thank you for showing me how to do this!
Haha I have the exact plug and I also bought it at Crappy Tire. It’s funny how many Canadians call it that. Nice video
I've used this vid a couple of times and I'm grateful, however I am a bit surprised he didn't notice the plug dragging all summer, I'm no car expert but I definitely take a look all around my car regularly just to make sure nothing weird like that is happening. Maybe he had a kid borrowing it a lot.
Well is was my wife's car for starters... and the cord fell down on the inside of the grill and as hanging out of sight below engine. If I recall I noticed it when I was going an oil change or similar thing.
Thank you very helpful. Will need to do this to mine it is half way cut by the wind. 😨😨😨 Cold up here in North Ontario!
The part that I'm thankful you said that I forgot about last time I had this issue. Is that the negative and positive can go either way. Just like a light bulb.
It does matter which terminal your hot & neutral go on. Don't let this guy be the cause of your next fire. Black wire= bronze screw, white wire= silver screw.
is there a way to know, if the wires aren't color coded. mine is not, the only color it has is green... and both hot/neutral is black. so idk which is which.
Pretty sure is doesn't matter in a cars wiring. The block heater is just a big resistor between the two. The concept of neutral/hot (white/black) is only useful when chaining circuits like in an electrical outlet or switch.
Both my plugs were black however I went with assuming the one with some white writing on it was the "white"
@@Ariz04 my wires were cut and both black. when I screwed all the cables together and plugged into my GFCI outlet it tripped right away. Plug into a properly ground GFCI outlet and you'll know right away if you got it right. :)
@@Ariz04im assuming the one with writing is white and the unwritten black one is black
I'm not sure how important it is to get the wires connected to specific terminals on a block heater but the simple rule is: white to light, black to dark when doing electrical plug repairs. Now, I've gotta head out and repair the plug in on my Rogue because its just about 20 below right now.
Lol I’m in those shoes, had someone vandalize our vehicles and cut the damn cords
I’m doing this in -30 feels like -45 with the wind.
I need to do this. Thank You for sharing! Much appreciated! 🙏
Odd how his cord could be removed to work on it. Aren’t all cars hard wired into the oil pan?
Thank you for saving my life. I accidentally turned the power off to my husband's truck. Unfortunately it was freezing out so when he went to unplug the truck the 3 prong plug broke off. If course it was my fault and I apologized, but he still wasn't too happy about it. I can't blame him. Luckily he's a mechanic and can fix it himself and save about $300.00 ... Yeah he told me it was probably going to cost about that much... his way of making me feel guilty about it. Again, thank you for sharing.
he's a mechanic? no wonder he told you it was 300$ for a 10$ fix lol
@@DustLy haha... No honestly! He wouldn't scam anyone. He's actually a trusted mechanic and besides he works at a city bus company. He only told me that just to make me feel guilty, but I knew better. 🤩
@@mrsbarbieluther221 my question is did you at least give him a "hand"?
Thanks man I’m doing this right now.
Good luck!
Thanks friend! Have a great weekend ✌️😀
Lol @ crappy tire... I have a 2005 Chevy Tahoe plug that the mechanic popped off that I gotta replace... awesome video.
Thanks. Not one of my more exciting videos but glad you liked it.
wires are 2 black, 1 green. for the 2 black wires how do i know which one's hot, which ones neutral?
Very helpful. Thanks
Thanks bud! Great video!
Good tunes on the radio
Thank u very much. I bought the same plug 🔌
No problem 👍
Thank you. Will fix mine now
Thanks for the explanation.
Video starts at 2:50
Very useful ! Thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
Where do I find one of those 16" cords to replace it? I'd rather not re-wire the cord.
I'd try your local parts store.
Mint bud, thanks!
Great video, exactly my problem. Will any plug work?
Any "grounded" (three prong) replacement plug should work.
It was really cold oot, aye
I don't have a quick release so should I disconnect the battery before changing the head plug?
As some others have pointed out... Im no expert, but Id say probably not required.
not really...
It's not on your cars battery circuit at all so you can leave the battery connected
Does this have to be a specific type of plug?
Any three prong replacement plug would work fine...
My wires are both black does that matter when installing the plug
In my experience NO, I have replaced plenty of plugs with no issue. That, said plenty on here would disagree.
My block heater just shocked me could it be cuz it was plugged in all night
My guess is that you had some melted snow on the end of the plugs.
Thanks!
My vehicle has 2 wires black and 1 green. What to do?
? What did you do mine is same
Do yourself a favour and wire the polarity correctly.
Lots of videos out there showing the proper orientation of hot and neutral.
I think the only block heater I ever use is on my tractor lol
I actually need one for my tractor. Going to try one of those magnetic ones on the oil pan.
I have a big inline one in the rad hose, works well and heats the tractor up in less then an hour
almost looks cut
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