Hydraulic question on a wood splitter

Seeing as he has gotten 14 years out of it, at this point it's proven itself. If it blows up while I'm useing it now I'll go buy another one and bolt it on for him and not think twice about it.

 

Yep totally understand and I will keep that bit of knowledge tucked away in cause my buddies pump grenades while I'm useing it. I will make the upgrade for him since he now has the HP on the splitter to deal with it.

 

I buy them for work, again too now.. I last bought them for the hydraulics company I worked for.

 

Bet you get 'em for less than $12 too, am I right?!

 

10 and change for the last ones. But those were much bigger than any I've seen for any log splitter

 

Thanks for all the great answers folks

 

So what did you end up doing Karl? Fix it yet??

 

This is the way.

 

I think I am going to pull a motor off of an old lawnmower that I have. Not sure if it will work. I'll have to go through the carb on it and I seem to recall from a small engine class taken 40 years ago that lawnmower engines needed a blade attached to act as an additional flywheel to run. Not sure if that is still the case but I'm going to give it a try.

 

It should be fine...worst case scenario is you have to back off the sensitivity of the governor a bit...no big deal

 

Here’s a question for you gentlemen- does anyone know of a hose that can be threaded into the spot the hydraulic fluid plug goes?
To change the fluid I need to remove the bolt while the unit is upright and angle it downwards to drain it.
This was the first time I did it and tried a few different ways to attempt it. Kind of want a tube I can thread in.
I’m not even sure how to word it in a search bar.

 

Should be pipe thread, or "NPT"...any hose with a NPT fitting will work (or a short piece of pipe?)
I'd guess it'll be 1/2" or 3/4" NPT

 

This was exactly the direction I needed to be pointed in! Thank you very much.
In the manual I have the part specs state "Ø5*190/M14*12*1.5". I'm going to estimate the first two numbers are 5mm wide x 190mm long (that's about what it looks like when I pull out the dipstick from the splitter, and the second numbers are M14- the bolt head size. 12 is the length if the threading and 1.5 the thread size.
Sorry for the quick follow up question, but does that appear right based on my crappy copy & paste job?

 

What part is being described here, the plug? I dunno about the 05 190 (5mm is pretty small) but the M14 12 1.5 sounds like it could be the plug...14mm diam, x 12mm long, x 1.5 thread pitch

 

So then you'd either have to go to a hydraulic shop or order online to get a metric fitting...not quite as common as NPT

 

Wait. What???

Are you talking about a plug on the actual hydraulic cylinder itself? “Remove bolt while unit is upright and angle it downwards to drain it” doesn’t seem right.

The tank which is down between the wheels is what gets drained usually. Not the actual cylinder/piston which pushes into the wood.
If a plug isn’t on the bottom of the tank, then removing the larger hose which is the lower one for suction works to drain the tank.
You don’t have to worry about the little bit still in the cylinder unless water/contamination is found or suspected.

I’ve been known to flip a splitter on its side to drain the tank out the fill plug when the drain plug was stripped. Just let it sit awhile before starting it for safety to let the engine oil drain back down.

Lenny


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Picture of what you are working on.
I’m a little confused.

 

It’s the Boss 7 ton electric splitter, not a gas model. I can see why my question and description sounded so odd.
Was trying to drain it into the oil catch we use for the cars but couldn’t get the catch close enough due to the legs so I muscled the darn thing on top of the workbench and was able to spill the hydraulic fluid over there too.
Someone smarter than me probably has the right answer but my solution is to get a nozzle to thread in when I pull the dipstick and attach a hose to drain it straight into the catch.
I guess I could have gotten a different container.

 

That helps. I honestly have never seen that.

 

I wondered if that wasn't what you were working on once you described the plug dimensions...I think I'd just find a piece of plastic pipe, or fitting, that kinda sorta fits, if you can get it to start in, even half a thread, that will drain most of the oil into the pan...only a few-ish drips to clean up. Could even just work a piece of rubber hose into the hole...