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Pitch

01-07-2005 13:55:08

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I know that I shouldn't be doing this but for all you 12v guys I have to. I ran my '49 last on New Years Eve and parked it outside where it always sits. Since then it has rained snowed sleeted and hailed. I looked at the driveway a while ago and decided that the snow blower wouldn't be the best to get off 6" of ice encrusted snow so I got the tractor had to pound the ice of the seat and hood so I could open the fuel door to put gas in. At 28 degrees It started so fast it even startled me. Used the 7'back blade air filled tires with hiway chains on a level 220'driveway three passes and some clean up at the foot and I was done. I know that it is no major feat, but with the way some of thesee 12v guys talk I just couldn't help myself.

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Dean

01-08-2005 05:35:17

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

Congratulations! I agree that there is no valid reason no convert to 12V so long as we can still get good 6V batteries. If the battery and the rest of the electrical system is in good shape, has the proper cables and terminals, the engine has good compression, and the operator knows how to do it those old tractors will nearly always start at 0F. Just be careful: Flatheads flood easily, especiailly at low temperatures. Of course, it always helps to hold the clutch down and have winter blend gas in the tank.

Both my 51 12 speed 8N and my 55 860 have always been 6V. They always will be so long as I can get decent 6V batteries. Rarely does either let me down.

Dean

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Dean

01-08-2005 05:32:45

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

Both my 51 12 speed 8N and my 55 860 have always been 6V. They always will be so long as I can get decent 6V batteries. Rarely does either let me down.

Dean

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Larry 8N75381

01-07-2005 17:54:42

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

You should try starting 6 cylinders with 6 volts (flat head "50 Plymouth) when it is -20 and lower!!! I did that the last year I was at Iowa State Univ. (Ames) for one week EXCEPT for the coldest morning at -28. I tried but after several minutes decided "discretion os the better part of valor" and that I"d better stop while there was still enough battery to try at noon when it would be warm (???) and sure enough it started. Love to have an audio recording of the engine turning at about half a revolution a second, maybe slower. Took a while for the crank to move enough of the molasses out of the way so it could turn a little faster. :-)

Somehow I have learned to like the Virginia winters better.

Regards,
Larry

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Carl in Vermont

01-08-2005 05:14:57

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Larry 8N75381, 01-07-2005 17:54:42

I had a '39 Plymouth under about the same conditions of cold and winter years ago. It would start at -26, but only if I left a 40 watt trouble light on the battery overnight. That gave the warm battery a chance to really crank (very slowly, of course) that flathead over. Once started, I had to wait about 5 nminutes in order to be able to shift it, though! At that point it had 226,000 miles on the original engine.. Thanks for the memory. I use the same trick today on my 8N.

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Paul Leske

01-07-2005 15:04:14

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

Thats great. My 8n was sitting for over a month and it started right up at +3F (a couple weeks ago). I pulled the choke and barely touched the starter button and it came right to life.

I am a big fan of keeping things stock when possible. I see no need to convert to 12v. If 6v isnt enough to get your tractor started, then you have other problems other than the battery voltage.

I have converted my old '66 Beetle to 12v because I wanted brighter lights and a cool Blaupunkt 4 band radio, but I see absolutely no reason whatsoever to convert the tractor. Why fix what ain't broke???

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Galen

01-07-2005 15:00:19

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

No problem with my 6v either! Mine sits outside too, but I did tarp it. Started at 5F this morning. I really need to build a shed, though! Got to much laying out that needs protected.

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corvette8n

01-07-2005 14:52:36

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 13:55:08

Hey Pitch:
I saw from previous posts you are in NY where?
I am near Saratoga. My 48n is also 6v.

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Pitch

01-07-2005 15:41:37

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to corvette8n, 01-07-2005 14:52:36

I,m near Ithaca

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Harry /NY.

01-07-2005 21:40:38

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Re: gots to brag ! in reply to Pitch, 01-07-2005 15:41:37

Me too about twenty miles south of Ithaca. My 44-2N sits in an unheated garge 6volt and startes. In fact come daylight i'am going to plow the drive and move things around so I can get a 46-2N inside, It was delivered today. poor old guy is about a basket case, missing carb, distributor, seezed motor,bad wheel and junk tires. But as money and time permit he well live again. Harry

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