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Re: Too Cold for Red Tractors
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Posted by Big Jim on December 20, 2000 at 08:05:48 from (199.150.177.187):
In Reply to: Too Cold for Red Tractors posted by IronHorse on December 20, 2000 at 06:12:22:
I used to have a farmall 560 gas. It had a lot of icing problems in cold weather. Seems to be a common problem of 6 cyl. gas engines. The throat between the carb and the manifold always ices up. I fixed the heat riser and kept the engine covered with tin, this helped a little. Better yet, get rid of the gas tractor and buy yourself a good diesel tractor. Put a 1500 watt tank heater on it, and plug it in. The diesel tractor, once started will run just as good at 20 below or 20 above.
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