Hard starting on a 300 can be cured by getting the ignition and carburetor tuned right, unless the engine is just plum wore out and has no compression.
As long as the carb and ignition are anywhere near right, those old 4-cylinder IHs will fire up and run if they will turn over.
The problem is they usually run fine once they're running and warmed up a little, so we don't want to mess with anything. So we put up with hard starting, and then when it gets a little bit cold we complain about it, and start thinking about evil things like coolant heaters.
The Super M I bought last year had a coolant heater on it. The timing was also way off and the carburetor was way off. No wonder it wouldn't start in the cold! We tuned it up, and I took that ugly thing and its rats nest of hoses off!
If anyone wants that coolant heater, they can have it for the price of a US Post Office Flat Rate box.
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Today's Featured Article - The Day Mom Drove the 8N - by Brian Browning. My Dad was wanting to put in a garden but couldn't operate the 8N and handle the old horse drawn plow he had found and rigged up to use with the tractor. Well, he decided to go get Mom out of the house and have her drive the tractor while he walked behind the plow. You got to understand that while my Mom is a hard worker who will always help whenever she can... she had never operated farm machinery before that day. Dad got her out there, explained how the clutch was the same as in our o
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