Last Saturday I decided to inspect my splitter to get ready for the coming cutting season. The wheel bearings were shot and one was rusted to the spindle. I got that fixed and put back together but that night I decided to take care of the rust problem from towing it on roads with de-icer. The factory paint job on them is definately a weak point, especially since they don't use primer. I could peel large sheets of paint off of it. While I was at it, I decided to move the filter to the return side from the suction side, like they come now. It did quiet down the pump considerably.
When I asked my 8 year old daughter what color we should use, she said "camo." I did have some paint left over from my tree stand, so that is what we did. I flap-disked the paint/rust and used a rust converting primer before painting it olive drab with tan, black and brown accents. It was a bigger job than I planned on, but I am happy with the results.
I also changed the oil 5w-30 synthetic, new lovejoy bushing, new synthetic hydraulic 32 (free from my boss
), and new hydraulic filter. I bought this spliter on 9/21/2007 and the only thing I had ever done was change the oil every year and the filter once. Also, I would recommend never trying to remove the muffler bolts unless you have a problem. I had to drive out a broken screw extractor and use a heli-coil to reinstall the muffler. 
I am going to install tables also before using it. I have to wait for my buddy to have time since he has a welder. I think the filter would be broken on the first piece that got dropped.
I think it turned out pretty good. I just hope that I don't run into it while I am working, maybe should have used floresent pink, lol!
When I asked my 8 year old daughter what color we should use, she said "camo." I did have some paint left over from my tree stand, so that is what we did. I flap-disked the paint/rust and used a rust converting primer before painting it olive drab with tan, black and brown accents. It was a bigger job than I planned on, but I am happy with the results.
I also changed the oil 5w-30 synthetic, new lovejoy bushing, new synthetic hydraulic 32 (free from my boss
), and new hydraulic filter. I bought this spliter on 9/21/2007 and the only thing I had ever done was change the oil every year and the filter once. Also, I would recommend never trying to remove the muffler bolts unless you have a problem. I had to drive out a broken screw extractor and use a heli-coil to reinstall the muffler. I am going to install tables also before using it. I have to wait for my buddy to have time since he has a welder. I think the filter would be broken on the first piece that got dropped.
I think it turned out pretty good. I just hope that I don't run into it while I am working, maybe should have used floresent pink, lol!
