Winter Starting Question

[Dave01]

To be honest I'm not really worried about the tractor turning over and starting, just like the idea of putting less stress on rotating parts by having warm oil right at startup. I know it seems silly since we jump in our cars and start them at 5 below without block heaters, just for me it feels different starting a cold tractor, like I'm abusing it.

I'm probably wrong as usual!

 

[leftybob]

I used to use a dipstick heater on my Ford 1100 Diesel. It worked pretty good but that black oil was a mess. I now use a block heater that warms it up real good and I don't have to use the glow plugsto start it. Without it the diesel is very hard to start in cold weather. I tried the dipstick heater on a Ford 8-N and it was too long and shorted out and burnt it in two and part fell in the oil pan. Not a good idea.
CC-1863 Ford-1100 Ford 8-N John Deere- 345

 

[Dave01]

Sounds like I ought to avoid a dipstick heater after all. Lefty, thanks for telling your experiences with one.

This morning we got 4" of wet, slushy snow followed by rain, a real mess. It seems so warm to be in the mid 30's and 40's all of a sudden, if it got cold now we'd be encased in ice.

 

[MajMac392]

You might look at a magnetic heater that attaches to your oil pan or wherever it is convenient to attach. When I was looking for something a couple of years ago some of the dealers in this area had them.