I am working on a friends Forest King 22 ton wood splitter bought at Menards a couple of years ago.
It has a 6.5 HP LCT 208 Series engine. The engine will run but kicks back when starting. It will rip the cord right out of my hand with a lot of force. At first I thought about maybe a compression release problem but adjusted the valves to no avail. I pulled the flywheel to check for a bad key but all is well there so I cleaned up the flywheel and coil areas but it still pulls out that cord out of my hand like a mule. There is not a lot of information out there for these engines. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks.
It has a 6.5 HP LCT 208 Series engine. The engine will run but kicks back when starting. It will rip the cord right out of my hand with a lot of force. At first I thought about maybe a compression release problem but adjusted the valves to no avail. I pulled the flywheel to check for a bad key but all is well there so I cleaned up the flywheel and coil areas but it still pulls out that cord out of my hand like a mule. There is not a lot of information out there for these engines. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Thanks.