wawajake
Veteran Member
Okay have a woodsplitter bought from TSC store a few years ago (5 hp gas 10 ton ) use it two or three times a year.
It has the hydraulic reservoir integral in the steel beam directly below where the splitting action occurs.
Like normal it has a clear one inch hydraulic line from the tank to the motor pump/spool valve and a return line back down to the tank. It also has a roughly 8 inch long curved pipe that goes up above the level of the tank and it seems to have a small pin hole at the top like a vent for the reservoir.
Now thru the years I have learned that you cannot store this log splitter on anything other than nice level place where the reservoir and beam are very level. if you deviate a few degrees , then when you come back to the splitter a month later you will find a oil spill of maybe a quart. I assume this is coming out of the vent.
The only way to refill is to unclamp the return line and fill it thru that line held high with funnel.
Now my question is , is that 8 inch curved pipe ( one inch diameter ) that is threaded into tank and then extends above highest point ...........is it a vent and is it supposed to have a pinhole near top . It is like they welded the pipe shut but left a space. But maybe the pinhole is a mistake and then I can figure a way to weld it closed? So it won't leak when not level. thoughts????
It has the hydraulic reservoir integral in the steel beam directly below where the splitting action occurs.
Like normal it has a clear one inch hydraulic line from the tank to the motor pump/spool valve and a return line back down to the tank. It also has a roughly 8 inch long curved pipe that goes up above the level of the tank and it seems to have a small pin hole at the top like a vent for the reservoir.
Now thru the years I have learned that you cannot store this log splitter on anything other than nice level place where the reservoir and beam are very level. if you deviate a few degrees , then when you come back to the splitter a month later you will find a oil spill of maybe a quart. I assume this is coming out of the vent.
The only way to refill is to unclamp the return line and fill it thru that line held high with funnel.
Now my question is , is that 8 inch curved pipe ( one inch diameter ) that is threaded into tank and then extends above highest point ...........is it a vent and is it supposed to have a pinhole near top . It is like they welded the pipe shut but left a space. But maybe the pinhole is a mistake and then I can figure a way to weld it closed? So it won't leak when not level. thoughts????
