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To date it has started every time I tried (at least since I took the starter apart, cleaned and re-lubed it). What prompted me to ask is when it's warm it starts on the first turn, but last time I tried it was probably around freezing ~ 30° F and it probably fired after 3 revolutions. Not terrible but I was assuming would not start if the temperature was much lower than that.My ether system was leaking when I got my see so I just removed it. It starts great down to about 10 F (coldest I've tried). Point being that I'm not sure how necessary it is and secondly, if one really wanted to give her a little shot, the intake is an easy reach from the drivers seat with a spray can of ether conveniently kept in the cab during the cold months.
The cheapest solution is to try it, and then ask myself if I really need to start it if it's that cold. If the answer is yes it is not that big of a deal to do it manually.
After reading the posts, I think I would figure out a way to prevent it from injecting ether through out most of the year. The way that people are describing it I think there must be something wrong with the temperature sensor. I would rather have it only inject when I pull the nob, and I am pretty sure that can be managed fairly easily.