[AT] Super M hard to start

[Dean Vinson]

Thanks, everyone.  I don't know about the timing, will have to look into it.
Gasoline in the tractor is pretty fresh. it gets used at least weekly.
Freeze plugs appear to be good.  :)

 

I didn't start the tractor this morning but it looked nice with a little
snow on it.

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

 

 

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Subject: [AT] Super M hard to start

 

My Super M is hard to start in cold weather.   It always does start,
eventually, but if the weather is cold it'll take maybe five or six or eight
attempts, with each one resulting in a few pops or a second or two of
running before it dies.   I always think I just need to find the right
amount of choke vs throttle, but I don't know whether I'm really finding it
or whether the engine just gets warmed up enough by the repeated attempts
that finally it settles down and is just plain ready to start.   In warm
weather it typically fires right up with no hesitation.

 

12 volt battery is well charged, and a few years ago I had the starter
rewound for 12 volts, so there's no shortage of cranking power and it turns
the engine over nice and fast (but not crazy fast like it used to with the
12V battery on the original 6-volt starter).    

 

It does have pretty high compression, resulting I assume from a rebuild
shortly before I bought the tractor ten years or so ago, and which helps it
put out about 55 hp on the dyno.  I can't remember the compression numbers
right now, but I remember checking compression after buying the tractor and
thinking "Wow, those are some high numbers, and all four cylinders are just
about dead-on equal."   When hot the engine typically diesels at shut-down
unless I let it sit and idle for several minutes, so I'm wondering if the
hard cold starting is related. 

 

Anybody have similar experiences or recommendations?   The other thing I was
wondering is if maybe the non sequitur is out of adjustment, but I can't
find the factory specs for it in the service manual.

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

 

 

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