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Posted by Kirk Grau on November 01, 2005 at 09:35:32 from (205.231.172.3):
OK, here goes. Bought a Ford 3600 Diesel w/ FEL this spring. Been fueling it with heating oil and I really like this tractor for what we need to use it for. My question is how cold blooded is this thing going to be? I came real close to running it out of fuel a few days ago, but it was still running when I got it parked and shut it down. Came back yesterday and fueled her up and could not get it to start. Thinking I might have air in the fuel system, I bled the fuel filter and pump and saw no indication of air so I went to start it up and she was running on about the third spin. Now I am thinking that we had frost warnings the last few nights here in South Central Pennsylvania and maybe it was just too cold to get the diesel running without some assistance. On a related note, gas is reformulated depending on what the season is. Do they do the same thing with diesel? If so, should I be going to the diesel pump to get fuel to take advantage of this. Yet another question, When I bought this I "KNOW" it had a plug for a heater of some sort installed. I even commented to the guy I bought it from that I was kind of staying away from the diesel just because of winter starting concerns. Now I can"t find this plug to save my life (or any indication that it ever existed.) Could I have pulled the plug out mowing/loading/etc.? Anyway, thanks for the help. Kirk
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