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I was just given a didier log splitter sure looks similiar to the one that you have posted. I have searched online for days and only found out company was bought by Foster MFG in 1979! The splitter I was given does actually work but leaks out the cylinder end cap and where the piston rod comes out of the end cap. I have tried to take off the end cap but it only seems spin around like maybe it is strippedI found what appears to be a retaining pin/clip channel about 1" behind the cylinder end cap! One half of the pin is missing in what appears that the pin/clip might have been broken off. About 1/4 - 1/2" of the pin/clip remains deep in the channel. Not enough of the pin/clip there to grab on to pull it out. Found what I can see it appears if the pin/clip could be removed the end cap would come off the end of the cylinder. I am trying to hack saw the top of the cylinder right above the cylinder where the remaining portion of the pin/clip remains. But that pin/clip is playing hard to get out. I may end up removing the cylinder off of the log splitter so I can get my air cutter to get a better angle at the cut above the channel. I figure once I get the remaining pin/clip out and end cap off I will removed the cylinder piston clean up the cylinder and weld the cut area of the cylinder back! Then grind and polish the area rebuild the piston, cylinder etc and put it back together.Way I figure !! If I can fix it fine!! If not well time for a new cylinder. Hopefully this splitter is not dead yet Attached ImagesCo-Own CNC shop:Miller :1251 plasma cutter, MaxStar 700 TIG/Stick, & XMT 456 Multiprocess Welder.&  2 Hypertherm HPR260's Plasma CutterSorry I had a bad stroke but now I am back.
Reply:I've got one just like that, cylinder looks a little different than that on the end you're trying to get loose. Mine might be a little newer, I think the engine is a 1980 or 81 and it was bought new by my dad from Sears. If you get it going it's a pretty decent splitter although not real fast. Mine has been used and used and used and it still works good, one engine rebuild and a couple carb rebuilds have been the only things it needed over the years. If you get it going use some pipe to route the exhaust facing the back of the machine, much quieter and it won't catch rain like the one that's on it.HH 187Miller Bluestar1EAHP AlphaTig 200X
Reply:Thanks for the reply Greyhorse. The splitter does look like it is well made. Someone had already modified  the exhaust just enough to prevent rain from going in. Thanks for Shari over at http://www.arboristsite.com for emailing me a copy of the original owners manual & sale brochure that will really help fully restoring the working log splitter. I only have about 1/4" of the end cap retaining pin/clip remaining in the channel then the end cap should  come off. I have already found a cylinder service company that stocks all the seals I need as well as  a  replacement pin/clip.Co-Own CNC shop:Miller :1251 plasma cutter, MaxStar 700 TIG/Stick, & XMT 456 Multiprocess Welder.&  2 Hypertherm HPR260's Plasma CutterSorry I had a bad stroke but now I am back.