Craftsman 917.292490 - Manual (Page 18)

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