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TROUBLESHOOTING
CHART:
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PROBLEM
CAUSE
CORRECTION
Engine
overheats
Excessive
bounce/difficult
handling
1.
Low oil leve!/dirty
oil.
2.
Dirty engine
air screen.
3.
Dirty engine.
4.
Partially
plugged
muffler.
5.
Improper
carburetor
adjustment.
1.
Ground
too dry and hard.
2. Depth stake
incorrectly adjusted.
Soil balls up or
1. Ground too wet.
1.
clumps
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.
Tine control
is not
engaged.
2.
V-belt
not correctly
adjusted.
3.
V-belt
is off pulley(s).
1.
Tilling
too deep.
2.
Throttle
control
not
properlyadjusted.
3.
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
till position.
2.
Tines jammed
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.
Wait for more favorable
soil
conditions.
1.
Engagetine
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
ments.
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.
Shift to either
counter
rotating
till position
or forward
rotating
till position.
2.
Clear tines.
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