[AT] Yellow Farmall now cold starting

[Rupert]

	Something else to think about. Many of the newer tractors that used 90 
wt gear oil have a live power take offs. The Cockshutt 30 and 40 and 
1850 are among that group. The cold gear oil in the PTO can make it very 
difficult to turn the engine over. We warmed the gear case with a fire 
pot on the 30 and 40 as we didn't have electricity at the time. The 1850 
had block heaters since we had power when we got the tractor. 3 hours of 
run time on the block heater with the tractor outside was lots to start 
it if the batteries were good.

Rupert

On 12/31/2010 5:32 PM, mpnc282 at juno.com wrote:
> Thanks for the info guys, I will play with it to see how long I need to keep it plugged in to start easily. My tractor has a single 12V battery, that doesn't exactly spin the engine with gusto. When its cold it goes even slower, fortunately it's a pretty good runner. I'm not sure how big the heater is or for that matter what type it is, whatever came from the factory. Mike M
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yvt

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