I bought this like-new, minty, barely used Huskee 22 ton spllitter back in the fall.
I've split maybe 2 chords of wood with it so far without a problem, and why should I have a problem, it's practically new...right?
However, the other day while splitting some very 'stringy' and green 16" hickory rounds, the engine died in the middle of a log.
It started right back up, but didn't have the power to even retract the wedge.
I would have to 'feather' the handle a little at a time. The motor would bog down when pulling the lever.
It's running erratically at high RPM. As if someone is manually going back and forth with the throttle from fast to about medium speed in the RPM range. Like a 'pulsating' idle at high RPM. I can see the little spring/arm linkage from the carburetor and it pulsates back and forth with the motor.
Has fresh gas, stored inside, good oil and hydraulic oil levels, good plug,....Motor seems to vibrate more than it should. Did an adjustment screw on the carburetor vibrate itself out of adjustment?
I've done as much research as I can stand to read, not really coming up with anything except about the coupler/lovejoy being bad....but I haven't been able to link that with an ill running/pulsating engine at high RPM's.
I've split maybe 2 chords of wood with it so far without a problem, and why should I have a problem, it's practically new...right?
However, the other day while splitting some very 'stringy' and green 16" hickory rounds, the engine died in the middle of a log.
It started right back up, but didn't have the power to even retract the wedge.
I would have to 'feather' the handle a little at a time. The motor would bog down when pulling the lever.
It's running erratically at high RPM. As if someone is manually going back and forth with the throttle from fast to about medium speed in the RPM range. Like a 'pulsating' idle at high RPM. I can see the little spring/arm linkage from the carburetor and it pulsates back and forth with the motor.
Has fresh gas, stored inside, good oil and hydraulic oil levels, good plug,....Motor seems to vibrate more than it should. Did an adjustment screw on the carburetor vibrate itself out of adjustment?
I've done as much research as I can stand to read, not really coming up with anything except about the coupler/lovejoy being bad....but I haven't been able to link that with an ill running/pulsating engine at high RPM's.