Tuna, im with you. We heat with wood only. We keep the house between 52 and 62 on average but have some much chillier mornings. Wife and kids went away a few weeks back. I gave up on running the stove while I was at work as it was just a waste. Had one afternoon I came home and it was 33 in the house. I've yet to have a frozen pipe in this house and after these two winters I don't think its happening. Definitely proud to say I didn't burn a drop of fuel this winter and the cold is waning at this point

I did it.............!  I put my ice scraper and snow shovel away and...............  I put my car snowbrush in the trunk!

Great sunshine day. Ice was nice from 4 pm till 7.. Fish were so.. So .. Was cool to see a largemouth follow my jig to where I could see him and refuse. He couldn't on the back drop though :)

At these temps , my local lakes while having 22" ice will be difficult to access in about 2 weeks. Hoping to get in another 3 weeks on laker water , its been pitiful for me this year.

Yup, spring has sprung, anything from here on is just bump in the road

maybe its time I stop looking down a hole and tie a fly then don the waders before the flood season.
What ya think db, would I need a bodyguard ?

I am thinking of it too.  Very nice day today.  Got the tractor puffing black smoke now, but still a no start. Thing is making me mad.

55 horse 4x4 diesel. Farrtrac

It ran rough I parked it changed the filters and Warmed it up with a heater as I thought it was gelled. Now it will not start. I tried everything from cracking the injectors to bleed it to a little ether. It chugs and puffs. It will not start

I have fuel at the injectors when cracking the lines at them. It will huff and puff black smoke, try to start and not catch. The center injector line will pump fuel to the injector when hooked up, but will put nothing out at the pump when  unhooked. It weird,  it just acts like it wants to but won't. Next step is to pull the injectors and see what they look like.

Nope has a fuel shut off solenoid. Have not ruled the injectors out yet either. That is probably the next step to pull them and see what they look like. No other kill switch that I know of. It just puffs black smoke as Long as hit the starter and almost hits. Was running crappy, thought it was iced up, changed the filters and now nothing. Maybe bad fuel???????, but I doubt it.

 NUTS, wellllll, good luck............  I was hopping for an easy fix for you.  Hope ya get her fixed before ice out,

Absolutely gorgeous today. I talked to the dealer today and he confirmed my suspicions. He said he is not busy so I think I will take it up there, for $300 or so he said he can take the pump off and put it back on. I will be responsible for getting the pump fixed which could run up to $800 or so.  $300 is worth a month of weekends working on it

Duuuuuuuuuuuude, that suxs bad.
 

Rich if your roof is only 4 yrs and you have leak problems you have a faulty installation and I hope who ever installed it will help you out.
I mentioned that I might try a little local fishing but with this sudden thaw and rain on top of it the streams are blown and more rain coming so it does n't look like I'll be out anytime soon.

Clint I spoke with a diesel mechanic about the symptoms you have with that tractor.  Fuel at the injector, no fuel at the pump, etc. and he is betting the culprit is air in the line and/or pump.  Without a manual hand pump or the use of a electric lift pump to force prime the system, evacuating the fuel lines of air can be frustrating.  The smallest amount of air will restrict the fuel line like a partially closed valve or, a bubble of air trapped in the outlet of the fuel filter will keep the engine from getting enough fuel to run.  Even if you filled the fuel filter before you installed it, air could have (leaking gasket, air not completely purged when filled, etc.) re-formed a bubble.  As for the use of starting fluids, I've watched "yard jockeys" use better than two cans trying to restart their "Yard Ponies" after running out of fuel.   Eventually a mechanic (usually madder than a wet hen) would have to go out into the yard and force prime the fuel system with a hand pump.  Got him on the horn now and asking for suggestions about priming the fuel system if there is no inline manual pump.
 
I can understand the frustration (BTDT) with getting your tractor running but I'd sure be sorry to see ya have to spend that kind of money if it's only air.
 
Any Chance there is a sediment bowl inline, that could be a trap also?

Thanks dime............  No arguing about the frustrations of getting a diesel motor to fire, especially in the winter.  Now if it would just warm up and melt the snow that is holding my tractor captive in the field.  I wanna go outside and play(lol)
 
Here's the suggestion from the mechanic:  Requires two people, one to crank the engine and the other to loosen and retighten the connections at the injectors.  Make sure you have a fully charged battery, crank the motor while bleeding each injector, "DO NOT STOP CRANKING", during this process and, continue to crank the engine until it starts.  Even if it fires a couple of times "keep cranking" til your sure she is running.  May require you to hold the throttle wide open till she fires and closing accordingly once she sounds like she want's to go.
 
Good luck Clint hope this helps..........................