[AT] AT Digest, Vol 49, Issue 12
JAMES HILGARTNER
jhilgartner at comcast.net
Sun Feb 13 14:17:55 PST 2022
I'm pelieve you are having a fuel problem. take the boul off anclean th jets. the valve adjust ment is usualy a broblem with batery crank engines.if it is valve the adjustment is very important .do it just past TDC on compression Jim Hereford MD
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> 1. Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs (Indiana Robinson)
> 2. Re: Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs (Stephen Offiler)
> 3. Re: Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs (Mike M)
> 4. Re: Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs (Moe Fretz)
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> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:42:19 -0500
> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [AT] Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs
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> We have a log splitter a couple of years old that has a OHV CR950 Briggs.
> It only has a few hours on it but has become quite hard to start (recoil
> start). It is way too recent for my knowledge base... It seems that most
> things are these days. Apparently the OHV Brigg's have a cam bump
> "compression relief" I also understand that there is an important valve
> adjustment procedure that can normally improve starting problems. We can't
> find a site that gives a clear and understandable explanation of the
> procedure.
> Does anyone know of a site with a clear description of how to do it? It
> will usually start if it is sitting in the sun and the temp is at least
> 50... Yesterday at 45 degrees it "ALMOST" started 837 times... It keeps
> firing enough to keep you trying and trying...
> Thanks
>
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> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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> From: Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
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> Hi farmer: I'd have to think you've already been down this road, but, I'll
> say for the record that I've had pretty decent luck downloading manuals
> from the Briggs site. But I haven't done it lately, and it's always
> 20-year old stuff when I do. The other thing I'll mention is the good old
> unlit propane torch in the intake trick. That's my go-to when they're
> almost trying to start. There's spark and fuel but the modern carburetors
> are set lean for emissions and it just seems that the choke doesn't quite
> get the mixture rich enough.
>
> Good luck,
> Steve O.
>
> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:43 PM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > We have a log splitter a couple of years old that has a OHV CR950 Briggs.
> > It only has a few hours on it but has become quite hard to start (recoil
> > start). It is way too recent for my knowledge base... It seems that most
> > things are these days. Apparently the OHV Brigg's have a cam bump
> > "compression relief" I also understand that there is an important valve
> > adjustment procedure that can normally improve starting problems. We can't
> > find a site that gives a clear and understandable explanation of the
> > procedure.
> > Does anyone know of a site with a clear description of how to do it? It
> > will usually start if it is sitting in the sun and the temp is at least
> > 50... Yesterday at 45 degrees it "ALMOST" started 837 times... It keeps
> > firing enough to keep you trying and trying...
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > --
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:51:06 -0500
> From: Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com>
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Need some help, hard starting CR950 Briggs
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> Hi Farmer,
> ?Just a thought, my log splitter was hard to start in cold weather,
> until I changed the hydraulic fluid from the OEM? fluid to transmission
> fluid,a whole world of difference.
>
> Mike M
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> On 2/12/2022 9:24 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> > Hi farmer:? I'd have to think you've already been down this road, but,
> > I'll say for the record that I've had pretty decent luck downloading
> > manuals from the Briggs site. But I haven't done it lately, and it's
> > always 20-year old stuff when I do.? ?The other thing I'll mention is
> > the good old unlit propane torch in the intake trick.? That's my go-to
> > when they're almost trying to start.? There's spark and fuel but the
> > modern carburetors are set lean for emissions and it just seems that
> > the choke doesn't quite get the mixture rich enough.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Steve O.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:43 PM Indiana Robinson
> > <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We have a log splitter a couple of years old that has a OHV CR950
> > Briggs. It only has a few hours on it but has become quite hard to
> > start (recoil start). It is way too recent for my knowledge
> > base... It seems that most things are these days. Apparently the
> > OHV Brigg's have a cam bump "compression relief" I also understand
> > that there is an important valve adjustment procedure that can
> > normally improve starting problems. We can't find a site that
> > gives a clear and understandable explanation of the procedure.
> > Does anyone know of a site with a clear description of how to do
> > it? It will usually start if it is sitting in the sun and the temp
> > is at least 50... Yesterday at 45 degrees it "ALMOST" started 837
> > times... It keeps firing enough to keep you trying and trying...
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > --
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > aka "farmer"
> > Central Indiana USA
> > robinson46176 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 18:51 Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Farmer,
> > Just a thought, my log splitter was hard to start in cold weather, until
> > I changed the hydraulic fluid from the OEM fluid to transmission fluid,a
> > whole world of difference.
> >
> > Mike M
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2/12/2022 9:24 PM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> >
> > Hi farmer: I'd have to think you've already been down this road, but,
> > I'll say for the record that I've had pretty decent luck downloading
> > manuals from the Briggs site. But I haven't done it lately, and it's
> > always 20-year old stuff when I do. The other thing I'll mention is the
> > good old unlit propane torch in the intake trick. That's my go-to when
> > they're almost trying to start. There's spark and fuel but the modern
> > carburetors are set lean for emissions and it just seems that the choke
> > doesn't quite get the mixture rich enough.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Steve O.
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 7:43 PM Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> We have a log splitter a couple of years old that has a OHV CR950 Briggs.
> >> It only has a few hours on it but has become quite hard to start (recoil
> >> start). It is way too recent for my knowledge base... It seems that most
> >> things are these days. Apparently the OHV Brigg's have a cam bump
> >> "compression relief" I also understand that there is an important valve
> >> adjustment procedure that can normally improve starting problems. We can't
> >> find a site that gives a clear and understandable explanation of the
> >> procedure.
> >> Does anyone know of a site with a clear description of how to do it? It
> >> will usually start if it is sitting in the sun and the temp is at least
> >> 50... Yesterday at 45 degrees it "ALMOST" started 837 times... It keeps
> >> firing enough to keep you trying and trying...
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> --
> >> --
> >>
> >> Francis Robinson
> >> aka "farmer"
> >> Central Indiana USA
> >> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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