Originally Posted by warmblood58

Damn, car almost did not start this morning in Vail -temp was 9 degrees. Glow system is perfect, battery was strong (this car always starts) and I had winter diesel fuel in tank. What I did not do was plug the block heater in the night before -no outlet available! So engine was cranked about ten -twelve times with no fire! Fortunately, a guy next to me allowed me to jump off his truck which helped but for a while, I was beginning to think that my always highly reliable OM617 was not going to start ('82 300SD)

So hey cold weather brothers, what are your cold start tricks when in dire straits?