Cub Cadet MTD 70 Series User Manual
Cub Cadet Special machinery
Professional Shop Manual
61, 65 and 70 Series Vertical Shaft Engines
MTD Products Inc. - Product Training and Education Department
NOTE: These materials are for use by trained technicians who are experienced in the service and repair of outdoor power
equipment of the kind described in this publication, and are not intended for use by untrained or inexperienced individuals.
These materials are intended to provide supplemental information to assist the trained technician. Untrained or inexperi-
enced individuals should seek the assistance of an experienced and trained professional. Read, understand, and follow all
instructions and use common sense when working on power equipment. This includes the contents of the product’s Oper-
ators Manual, supplied with the equipment. No liability can be accepted for any inaccuracies or omission in this publication,
although care has been taken to make it as complete and accurate as possible at the time of publication. However, due to
the variety of outdoor power equipment and continuing product changes that occur over time, updates will be made to these
instructions from time to time. Therefore, it may be necessary to obtain the latest materials before servicing or repairing a
product. The company reserves the right to make changes at any time to this publication without prior notice and without
incurring an obligation to make such changes to previously published versions. Instructions, photographs and illustrations
used in this publication are for reference use only and may not depict actual model and component parts.
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Document Outline
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Basic Troubleshooting
- Chapter 3: Air Intake system
- Chapter 4: The Fuel System and Governor
- Fuel Line
- Inspect the fuel lines
- Inspecting the fuel
- Test fuel for alcohol
- The fuel filter
- Fuel tank vent
- The fuel tank
- Evaporative (EVAP) emissions system
- Troubleshooting the EVAP system
- Roll over valve vent
- Charcoal canister
- Manual Choke
- Autochoke
- 1P61/1P65 Autochoke
- 1P70 Autochoke
- Temperature compensating auto choke
- Primer
- Carburetors
- Inspecting the carburetor:
- Disassembly and rebuilding the carburetor
- Governor
- Governor shaft
- Governor cup and the governor gear
- Chapter 5: Lubrication
- Chapter 6: Starter and Charging Systems
- Chapter 7: Ignition System
- Troubleshooting the ignition system
- Troubleshooting the stop switch
- To test the stop switch:
- About the spark plug
- Cleaning the spark plug
- Inspection of the spark plug
- Spark plug removal
- Ignition module
- Module removal
- Installing the module and setting the air gap
- Engine brake and stop switch (if equipped)
- Adjusting the brake assembly (if equipped)
- Flywheel
- Chapter 8: Exhaust
- Chapter 9: Cylinder Head
- Chapter 10: Crankshaft, piston and Connecting Rod
- Chapter 11: Failure Analysis