It's -20 below and my M won't start

Posted by Steve L on December 08, 2007 at 13:06:05 from (24.230.68.254):

I spent all morning trying to pull it out of the snowbank with the neighbor's tractor, because I couldn't get it started. Well, we didn't have enough muscle to get the job done, so we decided we would hotwire it and jump it off the 12 volt on the pickup-6 volt was dead. I had a Knipco heating up the pan while we were doing the hotwire job, but even on 12 volt the starter would just barely turn the engine over. I even took all the plugs out to get the holes lubed up good - it got better, but still didn't turn over well at all. Just wondering if a starter can be partially functional? I guess I thought that they either worked or didn't. It looks like this is possibly the original starter from 1949. Any thoughts, folks? I have 10w-30 oil in it, but again it is 20 below. Too much to ask of the old girl perhaps.

Replies:

• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Steve L. 06:12:45 12/10/07 (0)
• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Brownie450 06:54:31 12/09/07 (0)
• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Charles E. McNelly III 21:45:04 12/08/07 (1)
  • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Wardner 23:17:45 12/08/07 (0)
• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Hoss in Maine 16:16:30 12/08/07 (0)
• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start georgeky 13:14:49 12/08/07 (0)
• Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start 460anger 13:13:42 12/08/07 (10)
  • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Steve L 13:27:36 12/08/07 (9)
    • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start georgeky 16:48:33 12/08/07 (2)
      • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start SEMNTractor 18:04:39 12/08/07 (1)
        • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start georgeky 18:26:17 12/08/07 (0)
    • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start John M 16:10:54 12/08/07 (0)
    • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start RustyFarmall 14:45:45 12/08/07 (4)
      • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start El Toro 06:10:40 12/10/07 (0)
      • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start El Toro 06:09:24 12/10/07 (0)
      • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start terryjd 00:44:44 12/09/07 (0)
      • Re: It's -20 below and my M won't start Iowa47M 21:34:19 12/08/07 (0)

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