Dave79
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Hello all! Please throw me your 2 bits. Just made a wood splitter with a haldex? 5-8 hp 2 stage pump, 4 gallon reservoir, 3.5" diameter 24" stroke cylinder. Motor is a new 6.5 hp princes auto Honda knock off(harbour freight equivalent),and a log splitter kickoff valve.
I can only run the motor on choke, half or full and it still stalls on me. It can run for 5 minutes splitting hardwood or softwood like a boss and then it craps out every 10 seconds.
I have taken the carb apart, ran wire thru the main jet, shot carb cleaner thru every port I could find. Good flow from the tank, new 94 octane gas, changed the spark plug. Took a propane torch with the valve open up and down the motor to test for vacuum leaks. Motor has 155 psi compression.
Before I take the motor in and try to warranty it with a half hour use and 2 years past warranty
( bought the parts for the wood splitter Johnny cash style, one piece at a time over several years)
I would like to rule out the hydraulics causing excessive load? Or W.H.Y.
I have been picking away at this for years on a budget, this year I planned to finish it and enjoy saving my back and hands.
Any ideas input would be greatly appreciated.
I can only run the motor on choke, half or full and it still stalls on me. It can run for 5 minutes splitting hardwood or softwood like a boss and then it craps out every 10 seconds.
I have taken the carb apart, ran wire thru the main jet, shot carb cleaner thru every port I could find. Good flow from the tank, new 94 octane gas, changed the spark plug. Took a propane torch with the valve open up and down the motor to test for vacuum leaks. Motor has 155 psi compression.
Before I take the motor in and try to warranty it with a half hour use and 2 years past warranty
( bought the parts for the wood splitter Johnny cash style, one piece at a time over several years)
I would like to rule out the hydraulics causing excessive load? Or W.H.Y.
I have been picking away at this for years on a budget, this year I planned to finish it and enjoy saving my back and hands.
Any ideas input would be greatly appreciated.