TROUBLE
SHOOTING
CHART:
See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center.
PROBLEM
Engine
overheats
CAUSE
1. Low oil level/dirty
oil.
2. Dirty engine air screen.
3. Dirty engine.
4. Partially plugged muffler.
5. Improper
carburetor
adjustment.
Excessive
1. Ground too dry and hard.
bounce/difficult
handling
Soil balls up or
1. Ground too wet.
clumps
Engine runs but
tiller won't
move
Engine runs but
labors when
tilling
Tines Skip
over ground
Hard to Shift
into gear
Tiller shuts off
when drive
control bar
engaged
1. Tine control is not
engaged.
2. V-belt not correctly
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s).
1. Tilling too deep.
2. Throttle control not
properly
adjusted.
3. Carburetor
out of
adjustment.
1. Shear pin (s) broken.
1. Gears not timmed.
1. Shift lever set in between
counter
rotating till posi-
tion and forward rotating
till position.
2. Tines jammed.
CORRECTION
1. Check oil level/change oil.
2. Clean engine air screen.
3. Clean cylinder fins, air
screen, muffler area.
4. Remove and clean muffler.
5. Adjust carburetor
to richer
position.
1.
Moisten
ground
or wait for
more
favorable
soil condi-
tions.
1. Wait for more
favorable
soil
conditions.
1. Engage tine control.
2.
Inspect/adjust
V-belt.
3. Inspect V-belt.
1. Set depth stake for shallower
tilling.
2. Check throttle control setting.
3. Make necessary
adjust
meats.
1. Replace shear pin(s).
.
Briefly engage drive control
bar and release or rock tiller
forward
and backward
until
are able to shift gears.
1. Shift to either counter
rotating till position or
forward
rotating
till position.
2. Clear tines.
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