Inherited MTD Horizontal/Vertical hydro splitter

Thank you!!!

 

MasterMech your above post are funniest thing I seen this week

Are you sure you haven’t been with me while doing this

 

Hahaha! I'm pretty sure he was listening in on me in my shop too lol.

 

Part #: SME 7070039 is the Napa part number for the whole carb rebuild kit. All gaskets, needle and seat. Amazingly, napa is the least expensive of the reputable kits.
$4.09.



The shaft that the float pivoted on was gunked up. That was the majority of the issue. It's soaking in cleaner now.

 

So, my carb kit I ordered from Napa that said it would be 2 days delivery to my local store ended up taking 3 weeks or so. Today was pretty decent outside, so after I got the carb cleaned and new components installed I went out to work on it . I used the drywall screw method to pull the old seat, and a 5/32 drill bit to install/ seat the new needle seat. Testing it out by blowing into the needle valve with the float attached, verified that it's working as it should. I'm adding a fuel filter to it, because I have one laying around, but I ran out of daylight today to get that done right. The filter is pretty large, so I might need to get a smaller one to make it a little cleaner install, but I'll deal with that later.

So, where I'm stuck at now is the throttle/ choke/ governor linkages get hooked up. I'll look online to see if I can decipher how these need to be hooked up. But it's on the home stretch now.

The recoil works nearly perfectly, after repairing that with an old pull handle from push mower that went south. The last inch of the recoil rope doesn't immediately rewind n, but a tap or two and it pulls that last bit on. Whatever.

 

Sounds like the spring just needs one more wrap...if it's like most recoils, there is a notch in the outer edge of the pulley...snag the rope and pull some slack in it, then drop the rope into the notch, give the pulley 1 more wrap of tension, then pull the rope out and let it recoil...it should be more bettah buttah now

 

I messed with it quite a bit, and want able to get it better. That was a good month ago though. Once I get it running then I'll mess with that again.

I watched a couple of YouTube videos on the governors, so I should be able to figure out out once I have some daylight

 

what kind of wood is that? Maybe red maple? Splits so easy!

 

I have found that a sloppy pull rope will tighten up better when the engine starts.

 

That's a fact !

 

Goodluck. ! Looks like a good project ! It will last years and years after you fix it ! Keep up the good work !

 

I've seen that too. Hoping this one acts the same.

I watched about an hour of YouTube videos last night with the throttle/ governor controls. This one is pretty much it.

 

Donyboy73 is really easy to learn from imo.

 

Figured the linkages out.
It started in about 10 pulls from a dry carb bowl.





Gassed up enough to test it out.

It ran great. I split most of the red oak I had.


There's a couple big noodled quarters/ halves that I need to get freed from the ground. They are frozen at the moment.
Here's what's left.


The only thing was that it doesn't really idle down. Maybe I need to put the linkage bar in a different hole? At any rate, it's only 5hp, so it really needs to be pretty much full throttle anyways. Maybe when it's warmer out I'll mess with that.

I'll see what I can get done tomorrow as far as splitting and emptying the trailer full of ash rounds. The snow on the ground might make this difficult with my 2wd garden tractor. Could always take the pickup and move the trailer too.

The recoil wound itself back as I hoped once it was running. That's still a crappy recoil, clearly severely cost engineered. The recoil on the predator is much much nicer as far as the recoil that's for sure.

 

Here's a better pic of the linkage in the throttle plate. I don't recall what hole the linkage was in originally. So it's guessing time

 

Not sure, but that spring doesn't look right...way too stretched out IMO...but then again, would have to see a diagram or a picture to know what its supposed to look like for sure...

 

Well, the one end definitely goes on the throttle end. The spring is extended like that, because the throttle assembly isn't attached in those pics.

It is here though. Idk if it's visible in this picture though. .

When the throttle is at the engine kill and low rpm position, it's barely got any tension, just enough to keep it in place and not falling off the linkage rod.

 

I don't even have any extra parts after putting it back together.