Crashfarmer
Well-known Member
It's 18 degrees outside supposed to be a high of 21 and in the single digits tonight. I have 30 weight oil in the H Farmall and I was thinking about splitting some wood today but I'm kind of hesitant to fire the H up. My log splitter is tractor hydraulic powered.
This unseasonably cold weather has caught me kind of off guard as I was planning on changing the oil in the H to 10W 30 in mid-December and here we are with January weather.
Am I going to harm the H if I start it in this weather or should I put a pan of charcoal under the oil pan the way my Dad used to do to start diesel engines in the winter? The H does have an electric heater to warm the coolant? I never used it much because it starts so good even in sub zero weather even though it's still a 6 volt system.