We've had this splitter for about 5 years or so. A couple of months ago the ram cylinder blew out on some big wood. We had it rebuilt and since the re-install nothing but trouble. Mostly the engine won't start now. It's a Briggs and Stratton 6 hp Quantum. Never had engine trouble with it before. First it started bogging down when splitting, then went to dying, now won't start.
We've cleaned the carb, replaced air filters and unhooked kill switch. It seems to have spark but can't really tell if it might be intermittent. It started yesterday with starting fluid but not until after lots of pulls on the rope. Today we checked under the flywheel to make sure key had not sheared. It was okay.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! We don't have alot of money to work with and really need this splitter to run.
We've cleaned the carb, replaced air filters and unhooked kill switch. It seems to have spark but can't really tell if it might be intermittent. It started yesterday with starting fluid but not until after lots of pulls on the rope. Today we checked under the flywheel to make sure key had not sheared. It was okay.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! We don't have alot of money to work with and really need this splitter to run.