Craftsman 917.293484 Owner's Manual page 21

TROUBLESHOOTING CHART:
See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
Engine
overheats
1. Low oil level/dirty oil.
2. Dirty engine air screen.
3. Dirty engine.
.
2.
3.
Check oil level/change oil.
Clean engine air screen.
Clean cylinder fins, air
screen, muffler area.
Remove and clean muffler.
Adjust carburetor to richer
position.
4. Partially plugged muffler. 4.
5. Improper carburetor 5.
adjustment.
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 1. Tine control is not 1. Engage tine control.
tiller won't engaged.
move 2. V-belt not correctly 2. Inspect]adjust V-belt.
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s). 3. InspectV-belt.
Engine runs but 1. Tilling too deep. 1. Set depth stake for shallower
labors when tilling.
tilling 2. Throttle control not 2. Check throttle control setting.
properly adjusted.
3. Carburetor out of 3. Make necessary adjust
adjustment, ments.
TinesSkip 1. Shear pin (s) broken. 1. Replace shear pin(s).
over ground
Hard to Shift 1. Gears not timmed. 1. Briefly engage drive control
into gear bar and release or rock tiller
forward and backward until
are able to shift gears.
1.
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.
Shift to either counter
rotating till position or
forward rotating
till position.
Clear tines.
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