Re: Starting a Cub in the cold

Posted by mkirsch on January 16, 2011 at 07:14:21 from (67.253.216.24):

In Reply to: Starting a Cub in the cold posted by ellson on January 15, 2011 at 18:36:45:

The biggest mistake I see people making is, they treat the tractor like it's an EFI (electronic fuel injection), and just press the start button.

These are carbureted with manual choke. Every tractor is a little different, and most will need at least a blip of choke to get the fuel mixture right for starting. Especially, when it's cold.

I gotta figure if it'll start at 15 degrees, it's still sparking at 10. The difference is the air/fuel mixture. As it gets colder, the engine needs more fuel to fire because the air is denser.

The WORST thing you can do is give it a "whiff" of starting fluid, especially when you don't know WHY it won't start. It's a real good way to do some internal engine damage...

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