troy-bilt 27ton honda gcv160 splitter

[woolybugger141]

Just wondering if anyone has some crafty ideas for the oil drain plug on this honda. the plug is designed piss poorly makes a mess when draining. i know i can nipple and cap it. thinking about buying a drainzit but dont know if they work well, seems like they would but i would be nervous of the cap coming off when i was splitting and losing the oil and smokin the engine. any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[LLigetfa]

AFAIK Honda uses a low oil shutoff so no worries there, mate.

 

[trafick]

10-4, The Honda GVC 160 has a low oil cut-off. I know because that is the motor on my splitter.

 

[woolybugger141]

thanks for the replies, i guess its not that big of a deal with the oil plug and the mess. i've got it down well with limited mess. Just thought this wasn't a very good design. I know alot of members here are very mechanical and just looking to see if anyone came up with a neat retrofit

 

[YZF1R]

I sit the splitter on a slight hill with the drain plug leaning away from the engine a little. Then I have a medium small plastic funnel that I wedge one wall of in the space between the engine block and splitter. It stays in place and the oil runs out a few inches away. I thought about the nipple or valve thing too, but it's not that big of a hole and a nipple or whatever would make the drain hole smaller yet. I guess it wouldn't be that bad but it would drain slower.

Steve

 

[woolybugger141]

check out www.drainzit.com was thinking of trying it.

 

[sedanman]

I have one of these on every 4 cycle engine I own. All my equipment and all of my vehicles NEVER HAD A LEAK.
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[Gooserider]

Just wondering if anyone has some crafty ideas for the oil drain plug on this honda. the plug is designed piss poorly makes a mess when draining. i know i can nipple and cap it. thinking about buying a drainzit but dont know if they work well, seems like they would but i would be nervous of the cap coming off when i was splitting and losing the oil and smokin the engine. any suggestions would be appreciated

I don't see that a properly installed nipple and cap would be any more likely to come off than the OEM plug... (I've never had a nipple / cap setup come off, I did once loose the OEM plug on my Subaru / Robin engine splitter (essentially same as a Honda) Note that if it's a Honda, it's probably metric thread...

Gooserider

 

[jmarv]

I have a oil Extractor works great for sucking old oil also i use it to remove leftover gas from small engines before storage.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200338119_200338119

Jmarv

 

[smokinj]

I have a oil Extractor works great for sucking old oil also i use it to remove leftover gas from small engines before storage.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200338119_200338119

Jmarv

thats cool as many small engines that I have that just may be worth the juice

 

[fire_man]

Just wondering if anyone has some crafty ideas for the oil drain plug on this honda. the plug is designed piss poorly makes a mess when draining. i know i can nipple and cap it. thinking about buying a drainzit but dont know if they work well, seems like they would but i would be nervous of the cap coming off when i was splitting and losing the oil and smokin the engine. any suggestions would be appreciated

I made this from a thick sheet of copper flashing 12" x 4.5" and bent it so one end had a 2" flat lip to slip under the drain plug and the other end forms into a drain-gutter. Its hard to find the thick copper flashing (got mine at HD years ago) but sheet metal would work too. It worked like a charm and I did not spill one drop of oil.

BTW, anyone had problems with the two side support plates that mount the piston to the I-beam bending perpendicular to the I-beam? Mine looks bent 1/8" or so wrt the beam on one side and a little less on the other, but I don't see how the operational stresses could have caused this. Its a great splitter - needs to be choked for a while in cold weather.

 

[bogydave]

Other than the oil issue,
How do you like the Troy-built.
I looked at one the other day, looks heavy duty, well built.
I noticed the engine is located where the split wood can fall off & hit the engine.
Nay issues with that?
$1654 here.

 

[YZF1R]

I don't have a problem with the splits falling onto the engine on mine. The only problem I had with mine was the bolts stripped out for the adjustable gibs from splitting some very tough wood. Check this tread https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/39575/ for a fix that worked for me.

Steve

 

[bogydave]

Thanks Steve

That's not too bad,
I've looked at every log splitter in my area.
The cost here is much more than in the lower 48.
If I bought one of the 5 or 6 types I looked at, I'd get the 22 ton Speeco.
I found a returned one they'd sell me for $1400, speeco 22t
$250 cheaper than the 27 ton /troy bilt.
The ones at HD looked easy to break & needed some beefing up in places & the commercial one $3K & up.
I think we'll try to build one similar to the Speeco. Scrounge some stuff & try to stay under $1000.
Biggest rounds may be 18" so 22 ton plenty big enough.
Will have it for next fall I hope.