"00" starting problem

[Maine_Polack]

Re: \"00\" starting problem

Bob, not sure if you are addressing myself or rivator. At any rate, as stated if the temp is 40, it will start fine. If the temp is 30, it will not start unless block heater is plugged in for a while.

A replacement starter is on the way. Anyone find any surprises when dealing with the starter?

Will post when it is starting normally.

 

[Keith_B]

Re: \"00\" starting problem

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Bob, not sure if you are addressing myself or rivator. At any rate, as stated if the temp is 40, it will start fine. If the temp is 30, it will not start unless block heater is plugged in for a while.

A replacement starter is on the way. Anyone find any surprises when dealing with the starter?

Will post when it is starting normally. )</font>

If it doesn't crank at 30 and does crank at 40 it may indeed be a battery problem. It takes more juice to crank a cold engine than it does a warm engine. That's why so many batteries bite the dust in cold weather.

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Re: \"00\" starting problem

You know, there used to be an old trick to starting cars/tractors/trucks that had a hard time starting (batterywise) when the temps get cold. Before you try to start the tractor, turn on the lights for about 30 seconds. Then turn them off for a few seconds. Now try and start the tractor. I understand the molecular structure of the battery acid starts to stir when the lights come on. It causes the battery to "come to life" (so to speak). Sometimes it actually works. Good luck. BobG in VA

 

[Maine_Polack]

Re: \"00\" starting problem

Thanks all for the suggestions.

I changed the starter the other day and it starts right up at 20 degrees. (Hasn't been colder since the new starter was put in.)
Draw your own conclusions. Mine is that some connection was not tight enough, and the contraction due to cold temp. was enough to cause my problem.

Another cold temp. starting aid: Used to be that guys cutting wood and farmers would take a bucket of coals from their wood stove and put in under the engine.

The guys cutting wood always leave their skidders in the woods and get them started some way, irregardlious of the temps.