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  1. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    If you are going to case harden a bolt first heat it up to cherry and toss it in a can of brown sugar .Of course it will catch fire .After it cools heat it up to orange and quench it in oil .Sugar is c6 H12 o6 .You burn off the hydrogen and oxygen and the carbon infuses into the steel so it...
  2. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    So once you cut to the chase ,whatever works,works .See how simple that is:D
  3. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    A lot of fuss about small engines not starting .Dead of winter is not the time to tinker with your log splitter and when the grass is knee high to a giraffe is not the time to diddle with your lawn mower .Fix that stuff before you park it .mumble grumble ---
  4. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    A shut off probably would help as well as running them dry of gas before you store it .I don't but probably should .The only ones I do are my pressure washer and portable generator .Usually on the older Briggs with points ignitions the damned points get a little bit of corrosion .It's not a big...
  5. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    More times than not small engines like on morter mixers,log splitters etc basically just need a little PM.No body wants to change the oil and other things .Splitters might set 8 months at a time in the weather no cover over the engine and people wonder why they won't start .The newer Briggs...
  6. Al Smith

    New Engine for splitter

    That old boys name is Roy Pagent I think .His business is about 60 miles from me in Dunkirk Indiana .Several buildings and 5 acres of stuff under tarps .He hailed from Wartburg Tenn.,same as my deceased wife's people fact he knew some of them .He buys this stuff a semi load full at a time . Now...
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