Starting tractors

gregww

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I have 6 L/G tractors stored away in shed, They have not been started since November. It is suppose to get near 60 degrees today. I was thinking about starting them all up, and let them run for 15 minutes or so, just to warm them up before the next cold weather returns, which I'm sure it will. Is this a good idea or not? Should I just let them sit until spring, which around here will probably be sometime in early to mid April. Thanks Greg
 
Most of my service calls were from. People that let things sit over time. Better to crank them up and use them. If unable to use at
least let them run.
 
I think you would do more harm than good, just make sure the batteries are charged and leave them sit. One exception might be if you have
synthetic oil in them, it will drain down faster and leave bare metal. In that case maybe starting them to lubricate all the metal parts
might be a good idea. We had a seminar on lubrication put on by a Mobil engineer at work and he said he put conventional oil in for winter
storage, then put synthetic in for summer use.
 
un them long enough to get them good and warm. The theory I use on my farm tractor is run it up to operating temperature then run it twice as long as it took it to get to that point. That gives it time to dry out all the mositure forms in a cold engine. Has worked good for me.
 
Last year I payed a small engine shop A LOT of money to rebuild the K 321 in my Massey. I decided to go ask him what I should do, since he is the one who has to stand behind it. He told me to start them all up and let them run till they were good and warm. I started all the tractors. I had to put a charger on the 165. The only tractor with a new battery. Go figure. (Well the new X370 also has a new battery I guess.) I raised the hood, checked for mice invasion, and checked the oil in each one. I had 6 tractors running,
a lawnboy, a Snapper roto tiller, and a power washer all at one time in the space of a 2 car garage. If there were any mice in there, they are probably gone now, or they have a head ache. The only one I had trouble with was the Lawnboy. After I remembered to turn on the gas, it started up pretty fast. :roll:
 
You are 2 weeks away....not that big of a deal if you do in fact do what you were wanting to do here. Run them long enough and hot enough
to drive the moisture out of the engine oil and the other oil sumps...half hour at half throttle would work I'd think...while doing that check
the tire pressure.
 

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