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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
Hard to shift into
gear
Tiller shuts off
when drive
control bar
engaged
CAUSE
1. Low oil level/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•
1. Ground too wet.
1. Tine control is not
engaged.
2. V-belt not correctly
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s).
1. Tilling too deep.
tilling.
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
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 conditions.
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
2. Check throttle control setting•
3. Make necessary
adjustments.
1. Lower Drag Stake
.
o
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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