Husky 22 Ton Splitter NO START...

[Mark Simoniz]

Hey guys,
I've had this splitter for one year. Bought it last year. It's always had issues when starting. The same prime it 5 times (3 recommended). It fires and dies. Fires and dies. Over and over.... but I've always been able to get it starte till this week.
it has good fuel in it. I've pulled the bowl. Float is free and gas poured out. Put back together. Checked the gap on the plug. It was a little closed in. Gapped it to .030. All I get after it fire one time and shuts off is backfire through the carb.... help if possible.... Thanks Mark

 

[Mark Simoniz]

This is a flat head motor. It's like the valve seat has came loose or something. I can't find my receipt so I doubt Tractor Supply is doing anything for me...
thinking about going to Harbor Freight and buy a over head valve engine for $119 and use a 25 off coupon. This thing has ticked me off....

 

[Driver]

I have trouble getting mine started in cold weather, since the Briggs has no choke I push the primer about 8-10 times and when it fires continue pushing the primer bulb til it runs on it's own. It's a pain but it works. Good Luck.

 

[festerw]

Get some carb cleaner and clean out the jets it sounds like the main is plugged.

 

[Mark Simoniz]

I've been through priming it as much as 10 times. That same run for 5 seconds then it shuts of.
I've running carb cleaner through today. You can't adjust the timing on these motors. To me it seems the timing is off. Back firing through the carb...

 

[BrotherBart]

If you get the HF engine, love mine on my old splitter, be sure you check the shaft length before buying it.

 

[Mark Simoniz]

Thanks. All ready meaaured.

 

[Hogwildz]

Are you using stabilizer during storage?
Two things I have experienced, gunked up carb, took apart cleaned every pc, ran fine after.
Last issue, I though was same, I bought a new A/M carb on ebay, still same issue. Found the spark plug although looked okay, went bad. Didn't know till I bought a new plug, installed, and started it right up.
Sometimes its simple, don't over think before you check to obvious.

 

[duramaxman05]

You can also check your coil air gap. I had a kawasaki t do the same thing. I went through the carb and tried plugs. Then I checked the air gap on the coil. It solved that on anyways.

 

[Grateful11]

Sounds like a fuel problem to me as it's only running off what the primer is forcing through and then dying.

 

[Mark Simoniz]

No fuel problem. With everything I did and getting no favorable results... I googled the motor one last time. A guy mentioned on some forum that even though his spark plug was clean and gapped right. He replaced the plug and it fired up. He said that he had heard somewhere that champion had had a problem with that particuler plug. So I went and got a Champion 5861. That's what cross referenced from the original plug. It has a smaller electrode.
Put it in this morning. Fired up the first pull and ran great.... Go figure.... Stripping this thing apart. On the verge of trashing the motor thinking it was a timing issue. Plug looked fine... But oh we'll... lesson learned.

 

[Mark Simoniz]

The plugs.

 

[Ram 1500 with an axe...]

Did you ever contact Huskee about this situation?

 

[lindnova]

That's a lot of thin carbon on that plug. Usually see that on a 2 stroke running rich. Hopefully that is just from the recent hard starting.

The small electrode plugs (easy start?) are supposed to concentrate the spark to start easier.

 

[Mark Simoniz]

No on contacting Husky. I'm sure I would need to contact Speeco. They are the manufacturer I beleive.

As far as the carbon goes. It has always been tough to start. This go round. I flooded it non stop trying to get it started. Hopefully I have no more problems.

Just for some folks that may not know. I found replacement Briggs motors pretty easy for $169.99 or you can use the Harbor Freight (Honda) clone motor with a 25% off coupon for around $88.00. Same bolt pattern, same shafts size and you would just have tie off the brake shut off because of it being a lawn mower motor.

 

[Fifelaker]

I re-gapped the plug to .025" and changed the oil to full synthetic. It did not cure the cold start issue but helped a lot. You can change the timing by filing the flywheel key. I do not think it is a timing issue but a lack of a choke. I also keep pushing the plunger to keep it running once it warms up a bit it runs fine. I have started it at well below zero doing this.