Craftsman 917.29249 Owner's Manual page 18

PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
Engine 1. Low
oil level/dirty oil. 1. Check oil leveVchange oil.
overheats 2. Dirty engine air screen. 2. Clean engine air screen.
3. Dirty engine. 3. Clean cylinder fins, air
screen, muffler area.
4. Partially plugged muffler. 4. Remove and clean muffler.
5. Improper carburetor 5. Adjust carburetor to richer
adjustment, position.
Excessive 1. Ground too dry and hard. 1. Moisten ground or wait for
bounce/difficult more favorable soil condi-
handling tions.
Soil balls up or 1. Ground too wet, 1. Wait for more favorable
clumps soil conditions.
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. Tins control is not
engaged.
2. V-belt not correctly
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s).
t. Tilling too deep.
2. Throttle controlnot
properly adjusted.
3. Carburetorout of
adjustment.
t. Shear pin (s) broken.
1. Gears not timmed.
I. Shift lever set in between
counter rotating till posi-
tion and forward rotating
till position.
2. Tines jammed.
1. Engage tine control.
2. InspecVadjust V-belt.
3. Inspect V-belt.
1. Set depth stake for shallower
tilling.
2. Check throttle control setting.
3. Make necessary adjust
ments.
1. Replace shear pin(s).
1. Brieflyengage drivecontrol
bar and release or rock tiller
forward and backwarduntil
are able to shiftgears.
f. Shift to either counter
rotating till position or
forward rotating
till position.
2. Clear tines.