The coldest I've had it start unassisted was 12º and it went off without a hitch. This time not so much which I thought was weird because it's always been very healthy when it comes to starting. It's been sitting for a month which probably didn't help
That said after about an hour and a half of having it plugged in it still struggled so I started to think something was wrong
PG's tested good, fuel didn't seem to be gelled--a little smoke coming from the tail pipe also. So after I let the GP's cool off I gave her some ether (WITHOUT using the glow plugs) then hooked up a couple more batteries.......
......... cranked her over fast a few times ...... heard a chugalug..... then a loud thug...... clunk clunk clunk wham!!!!!..... motor felt like it locked up then the 0 gauge battery cable melted off of the starter........
Huh... I don't even want to know. I'll report back in the spring