New to Alaska

[Mr Anderson]

As for winterization go with the block heater, get 150W pad heaters for the oil pan and tranny pan (if automatic). And no 150W will not burn your oil or tranny fluid. Battery pad heaters cause more problems then help. A charged battery will not freeze until -80F. If you gotta warm your battery go with a heated battery blanket that wraps around the battery. The pads that sit underneath the battery wear through and end up shorting out and then none of your winterization works. I fully recommend interior heaters, $60 at napa for a good one. They work much better in smaller passenger cabins but in larger vehicles they keep the drivers area warmer than the outside. Oh and make sure your coolant is rated to -60F. Easy to do if you are putting in the block heater.

You can go even further if you want, Amsoil makes an arctic grease, if you want to change your steering component, ball joint, cv joint grease etc.. Doesnt need to be done though. Lots of people go synthetic with all their fluids, I dont and have had no problems, but I'm cheap 1 bottle of synthetic runs as much as 3 or 4 quarts of conventional, I run 5W30 in the engine and 75W90 in the diffs.