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Engine 1. Low oil level/dirty oil. 1. Check oil level/change oil.
overheats 2. Dirty engine air screen. 2. Clean engine air screen.
3. Dirty engine. 3. Clean cylinder fi ns, air
screen, muffl er area.
4. Partially plugged muffl er. 4. Remove and clean muffl er.
5. Improper car bu re tor 5. Adjust car bu re tor to richer
adjustment. position.
Excessive 1. Ground too dry and hard. 1. Moisten ground or wait for
bounce/diffi cult more favorable soil condi-
handling tions.
Soil balls up or 1. Ground too wet. 1. Wait for more favorable
clumps soil conditions.
Engine runs but 1. Tine control is not 1. Engage tine con trol.
tiller won’t engaged.
move 2. V-belt not correctly 2. Inspect/adjust V-belt.
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s). 3. Inspect V-belt.
Engine runs but 1. Tilling too deep. 1. Set depth stake for shallower
labors when tilling.
tilling 2. Throttle control not 2. Check throttle control setting.
properly adjusted.
3. Carburetor out of 3. Make nec es sary adjust
adjustment. ments.
Tines Skip 1. Shear pin (s) broken. 1. Replace shear pin(s).
over ground
Hard to Shift 1. Gears not timmed. 1. Briefl y engage drive control
into gear bar and release or rock tiller
forward and backward un til
are able to shift gears.
Tiller shuts off 1. Shift lever set in between 1. Shift to either counter
when drive counter rotating till posi- rotating till position or
control bar tion and forward rotating forward rotating
engaged till position. till position.
2. Tines jammed. 2. Clear tines.
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART:
See ap pro pri ate section in manual un less di rect ed to Sears service center