[Farmall] Cold and starting fluid

[Jim Kordick]

I did try to start it first without the ether.   It is an old pull start Coleman generator.  
It was cold and hadn't been started in quite a while, so I opted to use a quick shot of the ether.
> To: farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:45:55 -0500> From: farmallgray at aol.com> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Cold and starting fluid> > My Dad (who has been a mechanic for over 40 yrs) has always said not to use it in small air cooled engines. I tore a cub cadet engine down a couple years ago that had? half the skirt broken off the piston. When Dad saw it, he said someone must have used ether to start it. Now that being said, I don't think starting fluid is nearly as volitile as it used to be in years past. I don't use it and don't even keep it in my shop. But I don't have any diesel powered machines. I have?sprayed carb cleaner in engines as a diagnosis to determine if there is a fuel delivery problem, but not as a cold weather starting aid. I have used it ocasionally in the past for mounting tubeless tires, but it doesn't work very well for that anymore. I suspect that may be the reason why it isn't as volatile as it used to be :-). Anymore I pretty much use tubes in all my tires except my road vehicles. If I need to mount vehicle tires, I take them to a buddy who has a tire machine.> > My question for you is; did you try to start it without the ether? If you didn't, how do you know it wouldn't have started right off anyway?? I would only try it if it won't start normally, and then in a very small amount.> > > Todd Markle> Spring Mills, Pa.> > 
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