82F100SWB
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My 6.9 has always started what I figured was pretty decent, but, as of late, the starter was starting to make weird noises and do bad things, I finally got around to changing it on Wednesday before it turned cold, and, quite frankly, I am plain old amazed, it has NEVER started this good since I've had it, and I thought it was easy to start.
This morning, it was about -16F(-26C, wind chill of -36F/-38C) when I got up, 10 seconds of glows, and it fired on the first piston up. That was plugged in, so, it wasn't even on high idle(the coolant in the block stays warm enough to kick it off, but, after about 30 seconds the colder water from the rad cools things down and it will set.)
They're moving snow in the yard at work, so, I couldn't park it where I normally do and plug it in. It doesn't run long enough to even get close to temperature in the morning, it's only about a 4 minute drive.
I figured when I went to fire it up before lunch I was going to be hooped, as it's actually gotten colder (-18F/-28C, -40 Wind chill) since this morning, and I'm currently only running a single group 31 battery.
Gave it 12 seconds of glows, and what do you know, fired on the first piston up again... I couldn't believe it, especially since a co-workers CTD took him 3 tries to start(it'd fire for about 10 seconds then die...)
This morning, it was about -16F(-26C, wind chill of -36F/-38C) when I got up, 10 seconds of glows, and it fired on the first piston up. That was plugged in, so, it wasn't even on high idle(the coolant in the block stays warm enough to kick it off, but, after about 30 seconds the colder water from the rad cools things down and it will set.)
They're moving snow in the yard at work, so, I couldn't park it where I normally do and plug it in. It doesn't run long enough to even get close to temperature in the morning, it's only about a 4 minute drive.
I figured when I went to fire it up before lunch I was going to be hooped, as it's actually gotten colder (-18F/-28C, -40 Wind chill) since this morning, and I'm currently only running a single group 31 battery.
Gave it 12 seconds of glows, and what do you know, fired on the first piston up again... I couldn't believe it, especially since a co-workers CTD took him 3 tries to start(it'd fire for about 10 seconds then die...)