I have several chunks of oak left over from last year that I needed to split and get under a roof. Also need to stock up the wood supply in the mud room at the house. Decided yesterday morning it was time to get a Ranger box load split up. Pulled to plastic tub off the old Briggs cast iron that sits on the wood splitter and no sign of mouse nest under the shroud. Fresh tank of gas, oil was OK. Turned the fuel valve open, wrapped the rope around the pull start hub, gave it a pull and it took off running. I has sat there since December of last year and not run. That old girl just does not fail and never wants to quit. 90% of the time it will fire and run on the first pull.
