Here is a really off the wall true story, which might be worth checking on your tractor. My father bought a new 1010 crawler in 1963, like yours, it was always a real pain to start at lower temperatures. He always boosted the battery, and used the old Model T trick of pouring a gallon of hot water over the manifold and carburetor every morning before he tried to start it. Some time in the early seventies, the starter finally gave up, all the smoke leaked out and it stopped turning.
With much cursing he got the starter out and took it to the local rebuilder. The guy looked at it, said "Yup, it's fried, lets see if we can find parts." He got the number off the tag and started looking it up.
"What did you say this was on?"
"John Deere 1010 crawler."
"Twenty four volt?"
"H**L NO."
There was a twenty four volt starter option, with dual twelve volt batteries, and a solenoid set up to connect them in series, to the starter only.
The tractor had the twenty four volt starter, but none of the rest of the system. Dad had the starter rebuilt as a twelve volt, and the tractor started much better after that. It was still cold blooded, but didn't require extreme measures unless it got well below freezing.
In case you haven't found it by now, there is a "sweet spot" where the throttle can be set, where it starts best. A little too much, and it floods, too little and it won't fire.
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