Craftsman 917.38919 - Manual (Page 11)

Trouble Shooting
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
WIil tio! siart • Dirty airfilter,
• Outoffua!.
• Stale fuel.
• Water in fuel,
• Spark plug wire Is disconnected..
• Bad spartt plug.
• Loosa blade or broken
blade adapter.
• Operator Presence Control
Lever In teleesed posttien
■ Operator Prasenca Control
Laver defective
• Clean/replace airfilter,
• Fill fuel tank,
- Drain tank and rafill with fresh clean fuef.
• Drain fuel tank and carburetor and refill
tank with fresh gasoline.
• Connect wire to plug.
• Replace spark plug.
• Tighten blade bolt or replace blade adapter,
• Pull Operator Prasance Control lever to
handle.
• Repleoe Operator Prasance Control Lever.
Loss of power • Rear of Sawn mower housing/
blade dragging in heavy grass,
• Cutting too much grass.
» Ditty air filiar.
• Build up Oí grass, leaves and
Irash under mower.
• Too much oil in engine.
• Raise cutting height
• Raise cutting height
• Clean/replace airfilter..
• Clean underside of mower housing.
• Check oil level. ,
Poorcut - uneven • Worn, bent or loose hieda,
■ Wheel heights uneven.
• Build up ol grass, leaves and
trash undar mower.
• Replace blade. Tighten blade bolt.
• Sot all wheels at same height .
• Clean underside of mower housing
BKcassive vibration * Worn, bent or loose blade.
■ Bent engine crankshaft
" Replace blade, Tighten blade bolt
• Contact ap authorized service
center/department
starter mpe hand to puli • Engine flywheel brake is on
when Operator Presence
Control lever is released.
• Bent engine crankshaft
- Blade adapter bnpkan.
• Blade dragging In grass.
• Depress control bar to upper handle
before pulling starter rope.
• Contact an authorized service
center/department
• Replace blade adapter.
• Move lawn mcwar to cut grass or to hard
surface to start engine.
Loss of drive
{Self-Propelled Mowing) • Drive wheals not turning
with power drive engaged.,
• Belt not driving.
■ Adjust or rapiaca drive control
cable, If broken.
• Put bell on pulleys or replace bells if broken.
Grass bag not filling • Cutting height too low.
• Litton blade worn off.
• Grass bag not venting air..
*
Raise culling height
* Replace blade .
* Dean grass bag.
Hard to push • Grass is too high or wheel '
height is loo low.
• Hear of lawn mower housing/
blade dragging in grass..
• Grass bag too full,
• Handle haight position
not right for you.
* Raise cutting height.
- Raise cutting height
* Empty grass bag.
* Adjust hartdle height la suit