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TROUBLESHOOTING
CHART:
See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center
PROBLEM
Engine
overheats
Excessive
bounce/difficult
handling
Soil balls up or
clumps
Engine runs but
tiller won't
move
Engine runs but
labors when
tilling
Tines skip over
ground
CAUSE
1. Low oil level/dirty oil.
2. Dirty engine air screen.
3. Dirty engine.
Hard to shift into
gear
Tillershuts
off
when drive
controlbar
engaged
4. Partially plugged muffler.
5. Improper carburetor
adjustment.
1. Ground too dry and hard.
2. Depth stake
incorrectly adjusted.
1. Ground
too wet.
.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
Tine control
is not
engaged.
V-belt not correctly
adjusted.
V-belt is off pulley(s).
Tilling
too deep.
Throttle control not
properlyadjusted.
Carburetor out of adjust-
ment.
1. Drag Stake not lowered
in forward rotating till
mode.
2. Improper tilling mode.
1. Gears not timed.
1. Shift lever set in between
counter
rotating
till
position
and forward
rotating
tilt 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.
2. Adjust depth stake.
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
merits.
1. Lower Drag Stake
.
Forward rotating tine drive
should only be used for soft
ground or for soil that has
already been tilled.
.
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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