Re: Need 400 help won't start in cold weather

Posted by mkirsch on December 15, 2010 at 10:10:43 from (64.80.108.56):

In Reply to: Need 400 help won't start in cold weather posted by Denis in MI on December 15, 2010 at 06:25:08:

You shouldn't need to resort to crude gimmicks to get the tractor to start.

First off the tractor will start better closer to idle than wide open. You're shooting yourself in the foot with that regard.

Try giving the tractor a little bit of throttle, 1/3 at most, and blipping the choke to see if it will fire.

Every tractor is a little bit different, and you need to feel out what it wants to make it run. Some you need to set the choke and leave it there until it's warmed up a little. Some just need a quick blip of choke to get it to fire, then a couple more blips to keep it running for the first 15 seconds.

I'd buy the weak spark argument if the problem started in bitter cold, but at 40 degrees the battery isn't weakened much if at all.

Part of the problem with "hard starting" tractors are people used to computer fuel injected cars where you just turn the key and go.

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