bcjmmac
Silver Member
Don't have to use it on my JD & don't need to plug it in as I keep it indoors.
My experience is that ether doesn't hurt diesel engines. I grew up on a farm & we had to use ether to get our old cockshutt (~40hp) started in the winter(when it got much below freezing & hadn't been run for a few days) - despite plugging it in, using glow plugs, & even leaving it in the barn (at times). Didn't effect starting in the summer, but I suspect that there wasn't much difference between summer & winter diesel in those days which might have been an associated issue//we only had one storage tank and am pretty sure it got filled in the spring when the money was coming in (as well don't think dad changed to a lighter oil in the winter). As to engine longevity - Dad bought it used in the early 60s (63 or 64) and last I heard it was still being used by a gas station for show clearing in the winter (we traded up in the 80s).
FWIW
My experience is that ether doesn't hurt diesel engines. I grew up on a farm & we had to use ether to get our old cockshutt (~40hp) started in the winter(when it got much below freezing & hadn't been run for a few days) - despite plugging it in, using glow plugs, & even leaving it in the barn (at times). Didn't effect starting in the summer, but I suspect that there wasn't much difference between summer & winter diesel in those days which might have been an associated issue//we only had one storage tank and am pretty sure it got filled in the spring when the money was coming in (as well don't think dad changed to a lighter oil in the winter). As to engine longevity - Dad bought it used in the early 60s (63 or 64) and last I heard it was still being used by a gas station for show clearing in the winter (we traded up in the 80s).
FWIW