Diesel gelled in tractor now what

Change the filter and fill filter/housing with diesel 911.
more diesel 911 in tank.
kerosene in tank.
Warm as needed to get started and you're going again

 

Hair dryer and aluminum foil "oven" wrapped around filter. I've even wrapped up a trouble light to a filter once once and it was enough.

 

A $40 magnetic block heater is very effective also

 

This is what I use can transfer it. Works good

 

I've been known to stick a shovel or two full of hot coals under an oil pan in a pinch, matter of fact if my truck don't start this AM I'll be doing it today.

 

I have used the hot coals trick on an ATV on a -26 degree morning in the Adirondacks years ago. I also heard my father talking about building fires under bulldozers when he logged back in the 50s and 60s.
Both work but the salamander heater under a tarp is much safer!

 

Block heater is already installed, and plugged in...

Wouldn't fire this morning so I set up Genny and a hair dryer on the fuel lines for about 5 mins (previously no fuel flow with petcock open.). The fuel flowed!! My guess is the 911 in the tank worked it's magic overnight and not the hair dryer.

Still tough to get running, but since I already had the hair dryer I aimed it at the intake and was able to get her to start and run!!

Stumbled for a while, finally smoothed out after a good 45 minutes.

Lesson learned.

I had the charcoals lit and ready, but didn't end up needing them.

Thanks for all the help and ideas.

 

Anyone ever heard of stuffing a rag in the exhaust or keeping the rain flap closed? I heard that somewhere before that it would hold heat and the unburned fuel in the cylinder and help with starting?

 

Never heard of that for starting but I saw a spring on a exhaust flapper on a tractor out plowing snow once. Owner said that it was the only way it would come up to temp even with the radiator covered.

 

well this is your excuse to build a pole building with in slab radiant heat..............

 

I have considered putting a nice thick slab through the entire middle bay of our horse barn. Sometime in the future with radiant heat through it. That is where my tractor is parked and I’m sure the horses and chickens would appreciate the heat when it’s this cold. Even to just keep it at 35 degrees in the barn would be nice. Radiant heated by a wood boiler would be nice.

 

Sounds awesome until you get to heat it. I have a not so normal sized garage with radiant. Heat doesn't run often but when it does it really sucks some heat. I don't think I'd ever change it because I love the radiant but with the weather lately it kinda sucks.

 

I have radiant in my two stall, attached garage. Love it. Just keep it at about 45. It’s only about 900 sq. ft. and very well insulated though.

What fuel do you use to heat your radiant?

 

Have a gasification wood boiler in the basement. Garage is 36x40 posted 16ft. Lots of mass in the concrete to hold the heat. Keep it at about 56-57. Alful cold return water and long recovery when it kicks on.

 

Cool. What manufacturer of boiler?

Insulation under and around slab?

Insulation in walls or ceiling of structure?

 

Attack DPS 45 profi. 6 inches in walls 12 inches in ceiling 2 inches foam board under and around slab. Pretty standard insulation. 12x12 and 8x10 overhead door. Boiler keeps up but when the 5 zones in the house run with the garage it's running hard. If I could do it again I'd do things differently but live and learn. Heat wasn't a huge concern in 99 when we started building. Oil prices were cheap compared to today.

 

Sorry cnice_37 .

 

Unfortunately true. Glad you got it running. Now get some fuel conditioner in it.