mtnwkr
ArboristSite Member
I'm repairing an old Montgomery Wards splitter for a friends parents. It's been run regularly for 30+ years and was getting tired.
It didn't have any power to split anything and would bubble over while trying.
I changed the Pump and put a newer engine on it, changed the fluids and hoped for the best. It now has much more splitting power but if you hold it forward against, say a sideways log, it immediately starts to shoot all it's fluid out the filler cap.
Any ideas on what to troubleshoot next? Is it likely the valve or the ram? Any way to test one or the other without buying a pressure gauge?
Thanks for any help!
It didn't have any power to split anything and would bubble over while trying.
I changed the Pump and put a newer engine on it, changed the fluids and hoped for the best. It now has much more splitting power but if you hold it forward against, say a sideways log, it immediately starts to shoot all it's fluid out the filler cap.
Any ideas on what to troubleshoot next? Is it likely the valve or the ram? Any way to test one or the other without buying a pressure gauge?
Thanks for any help!