[AJD] Hard starting

[Mark Johnson]

No more than you've been doing - have you refilled the gas tank recently? It 
could just
be that the fuel is 'aging' - gasoline is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons, 
and the light
fractions that vaporize easily, making it easy to fire up a cold engine, are 
also the ones
that will vaporize out of the fuel the quickest. I've not particularly had a 
problem with
tractors, but I end up having to dump the gas tank of my small engines 
(lawnmower,
weedwacker, etc) every spring. The small engines won't even 'pop' on the old 
gas, then
pretty much take off on the first or second pull with fresh fuel.

Try fresh gasoline, maybe add some Sta-Bil or another fuel stabilizer 
product. They
aren't perfect, but they do help, especially for over-winter storage.

Mark J
'40 H
Wichita, KS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Walter" <eric at facspro.com>
To: "Antique John Deere list" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2010 7:44 AM
Subject: [AJD] Hard starting


> Just curious whare to start!
> Jacob has had his 43 B for a couple months-- we havent really done much 
> with it. Just putting around the farmstead, dragging branches back to the 
> fire pit. Drove it in a parade. But each time we start it, it just keeps 
> getting harder and harder to get it going. Plugs arent fouled, seems like 
> its getting good spark.
> Probably going to have to give it a pull this morning to gat it started so 
> we can get it back into the barn.
>
> Thanks, Eric & Jacob
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