[AT] cold Farmall

[Mike Sloane]

If you can't find 6 volt battery cables, make your own out of electric 
welding cable sold by the foot at a welding supply outfit. Prices vary 
from $2-4/foot, depending on the gauge, but you probably don't need all 
that many feet for a tractor.

As far as starting in cold weather, farmers around here used to drain 
the oil and the water out of the the engines at night and bring that and 
the battery inside to keep them warm overnight. I also heard stories of 
farmers building small fires under the oil pan to warm the engine, but I 
am not entirely sure I believe that one - it sounds more than a little 
risky to me.

This is dairy and "truck farming" (vegetables) country so there wasn't 
much activity requiring tractors during extremely cold weather around here.

Mike

On 1/19/2012 6:05 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ron,  6 V systems will work but the cables and all connections have to be
> very good.   Bigger cables always help as they flow more current more
> easily.  It is  hard to find 6 V cables these days.  Everything you see in a
> typical auto parts store is light duty 12 V.   The easiest thing might be to
> put a block heater or heat lamp on the engine to keep it nice and toasty
> warm.  Have you changed the oil in it since last year?   If so did you put
> heavier oil in by any chance?
>
> Charlie
>