Hydraulic pump on wood splitter

[John ullmann]

Installed new pump on my wood splitter which was 11 gallons per minute pump on I six horse Briggs & Stratton engine now when I have tried to split would the engine will stall out before it splits any help would be appreciated

 

[lindnova]

Are the hoses routed correctly?

What brand/size? Does it stall out when the lever is moved? Does it move the wedge at all? Need more information.

 

[John ullmann]

It only stalls out when you're trying to split the wood it will cycle back-and-forth on its own without no problem

 

[lindnova]

Hmmm. Sounds like either there is a problem with the pump or it does not have a 2nd stage.

Is it a 2 stage pump? We are assuming the engine is running good. What happened to the old pump that it needed replacing?

 

[John ullmann]

Yes it is a two-stage pump the engine is running good. The reason I replace the old pump was the coupling got loose and messed the key way up

 

[kevin j]

the unloading pressure might be set too high
do you have a gauge

 

[John ullmann]

No

 

[John ullmann]

No

Do you have any other ideas are is there someway I can adjust something

 

[aokpops]

Be sure the pump is 11 gallons . Why I ask ? I put a 16 gallon on a 7 horse , they said I needed a 8 horse . The 7 horse was not close to run this pump . A flat head or a l head engine is not going to make a lot of power with it running good . Been real with happy the change , I got speed an fuel saving . I could be wrong,but if you power that pump up right you might be really happy .