Busted Stater Nose Cone

I was just bragging to my father how well the tractor started the other day when it was 18 degrees out in the morning. Today I was splitting wood with the Unicorn Log Splitter for about 3 hours and I shut her down. I loaded up the trailer and I brought the wood to the woodshed and unloaded it. I then jumped back on the Fergy and hit the starter and I heard a strange sound so I released the starter. I hit the starter again and nothing, no sound at all! The amp gauge jumped to the negative side but that was it. I pulled the starter and this is what I found. I replaced this starter about two year ago because the same thing happened. Anybody have a hand crank?? These starters aren’t cheap!!!!! I've seen posts on Shims??? Timing??? Not sure what the correct answer is...

Just in case there were any questions about the Unicorn Log Splitter I decided to add the picture to the Implements Photo Page.

Dennis, I'm not sure if this is available anymore or not. I found it in the woods at my brother-in-laws and I decided to clean it up and give it a try. After a little trial and error I figured it out. It basically uses the PTO to spin the large cone shaped splitter. As you push the piece of wood into the tip the tip starts drilling into the wood. That’s when you let go and it does the rest. I found out the hard way the you want the lower part of the wood to rest on the rod that is running parallel to the cone. If you don’t the thing will spin the hunk of wood around as fast as the PTO is turning, if that happens you better get out of the way. Once I figured that crucial bit of information out it was a piece of cake! Here is another shot.