Winter cold starting trick - plowing snow

[Gary Dotson]

The crankshaft pre-dates Regina. I used to have the pistons, rods and other internals in there, too. I finally moved all but the crank to my shop storage room.

[Denny Clayton]

The crankshaft pre-dates Regina. I used to have the pistons, rods and other internals in there, too. I finally moved all but the crank to my shop storage room.

I figured that, so you must have it well hidden.

[Jim Becker]

I used to have great difficulty getting my '51 started in cold weather. I found out that premium fuel atomizes easier than 87 octane. I run the 92 octane in the cold months and it fires right up as fast as my truck does. I used to hit the carb and manifold with a heat gun to warm it up a bit. That worked well also.

Winter gas is refined to be more volatile than summer gas. Burning off remaining summer gas then refilling with winter gas of the same octane will probably make more difference than changing octane ratings.