When I do cold starts, I’ll crank for about 10-12 seconds and then WAIT about 15 seconds before cranking again. The wait time let’s the heat generated (from the first crank session) soak in a bit - and I think it helps get things going sooner.

I've had this tractor for 20 years and it has been a great reliable tractor with just a couple cables replaced, a gauge, switches, and an injector line...... all just minor things like that. Has somewhere over 5000 hours on it and I think those hours are fairly accurate. I bought it just down the road from my place from the original owner back in 1997-98.

Starts about like my 7050, runs everyday on the tmr mixer. Plug it in and it fires right up. The hour meter didn't work when I got it and it says 9000 or so hours. Seat bushings are egg holed terrible so I imagine well over ten thousand. My 7040 fires right up down to twenty.

Better starting then a John Deere of that vintage