[AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?

[Ronald L. Cook]

Ralph,
         The formulation is changed somehow to lower the vapor pressure for 
cold weather use.  Summer gas won't vaporize as well and therefore engines 
are hard to start on it.  Flooding results quite easily.  Just the opposite 
happens with use of winter gas in warm weather.  Vapor lock gets hard to avoid.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

>Gas redone to match the weather? I have not heard of this. As far as I 
>know we use the same gas in everything year round here in Sask. Only 
>difference is the amount of tax we pay on "non farm use" gas. My old 
>tractors and vehicles start year round on whatever gas is in the tank.
>Of course diesel is another story. Don't even think about running a diesel 
>in the depths of winter here if it has summer fuel in the tank. I usually 
>buy a few gallons of winter diesel for the winter time jobs such as 
>pushing snow, grain vac, etc.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:53 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] Having battery problems--so how to fix?
>
>
>>On a related subject, when they first started messing with the gas, I had 
>>trouble starting my loader in cold weather. It would start but  by the 
>>time it did the battery was low and the starter was hot. After two weeks 
>>and $110 later It wasn' t one bit better. The usual, points, plugs, 
>>rebuild carb, etc.  I then noticed the gas gauge on empty. As a last 
>>ditch effort I went to the gas station and bought 10 gal. of car gas, 
>>problem solved. I had been using farm gas bought in Sept. .  I understand 
>>the newer gas is redone to match the weather. However, when I was growing 
>>up on the dairy farm we started our Super C every day to haul manure and 
>>never had these problems. Even today, if I need to start my Cub, which is 
>>rare in the winter and which I have farm gas in, it will not start even 
>>if pulled,unless I first use a torch to heat up the intake manfold. Greg Hass