I swear tractors (old ones at least) have a personality. Some of them are just a bugger to get going and nothing you do will help. Growing up our 856 was a mess to get started in the cold. It got parked in November and fired back up after St. Patty's day.
After I read this the first time I started worrying about how much treatment was in the diesel backup generator. I went out and put some in the tank, hit the intake preheater for 15 seconds and it fired right up. I usually plug it in if we have a storm coming but with the next few days below zero I decided to just plug it in anyway. Seems everything gets brittle at those temps and I don't need it to decide not to start for the first time.
That intake heater makes a huge difference. I wonder if you could put a heat lamp on the intake?
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