One of the old 4010 John Deere manuals instructs to add the ether when cranking the engine, not before. I think the reason is that they don't want it to build up in the intake or some such. The ether cylinder is near the key, so you can do both at once. No glow plugs on that baby, but below 10 degrees you'd better have plugged her in, or no way will she start.

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