[Farmall] Starting in the Cold

[john hall]

Good to hear from you Roberto! While you can't help with tips on cold 
weather operation, how about hot weather? I've often wondered if tractors 
destined for hot climates get larger radiators or fans. We had one tractor 
that always got irrigation duty. It pulled so hard we always washed out the 
radiator before starting and we dropped the screens off the radiator to let 
it get all the air it could. It was set up with safety switches for oil and 
water as well. If the overheat switch shut it down once, it shut it down a 
100 times.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberto Rivero" <rj.rivero at gmail.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Starting in the Cold


> There are TWO reasons i keep reading this list since 1998,    first,i am 
> an
> IH enthouthiast and along the years i knew some Very interesting guys from
> this group of people, second .......   learning a lot...., in my country
> Uruguay, south America, we donot have  very cold winters,  but  some times
> temperature  goes under cero celssius  so, reading here i learnt donot 
> leave
> tractors outside with water in radiator   or some day i will have a 
> cracked
> block.
>
> Reading now what L W Schnell posts, i understand why my H is lazy to start
> after three years sleeping  under a shed     in spite here it is not too
> cold,    all that points mus be cheked,  battery , spark plugs, gaps in
> points ignition, cable cleans,,,  any way   i go on thanksfull to the
> internet that let us keep learning .
>
>
> good luck
>
> 2010/10/31 L W Schnell <lwschnell at gmail.com>
>
>> The obvious things that assist in cold starting are good spark plugs,
>> wires, points with correct gap, etc.  It goes without saying that the
>> battery needs to be good.  On these older tractors with 6 volt systems
>> it's particularly important to make sure the cable connections are clean
>> & tight.  I've also found that using a 10W-30 motor oil significantly
>> increases cranking speed when cold.
>>
>> On 10/30/2010 3:33 PM, Ben Wagner wrote:
>> > This is the promised 2nd question, if the emails arrive in the proper
>> > order.
>> >
>> > I was planning to use the Super A to push snow.  However, on some of
>> > these cold mornings, I cannot get the engine to start well (if at all).
>> > Does anyone have some tips to start antique tractors in the cold?
>> >
>> > I am sure you probably have some valuable tips.
>> >
>> > Ben Wagner
>> >
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