Craftsman 917.293482 Owner's Manual page 21

TROUBLESHOOTING CHART:
See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
Engine
overheats
Excessive
bounce/difficult
handling
Soil balls up or
clumps
Engine runs but
tiller won't
move
Engine runs but 1.
labors when
tilling 2.
3.
Tines Skip 1.
over ground
Hard to Shift 1.
into gear
Tiller shuts off
when drive
control bar
engaged
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.
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. Tine control is not
engaged.
2. V-belt not correctly
adjusted.
3. V-belt is off pulley(s).
.
Moisten ground or wait for
more favorable soil condi-
tions.
1. Ground too wet. 1. Wait for more favorable
soil conditions.
Engage tine control.
Tilling too deep.
.
2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
Throttle control not
properly adjusted.
Carburetor out of
adjustment.
Inspect/adjust V-belt.
1. Shift lever set in between
counter rotating till posi-
tion and forward rotating
till position.
2. Tines jammed.
Inspect V-belt.
Set depth stake for shallower
tilling.
Check throttle control setting.
Make necessary adjust
meats.
Shear pin (s) broken. 1. Replace shear pin(s).
Gears not timmed. 1. Briefly engage drive control
bar and release or rock tiller
forward and backward until
are able to shift gears.
1.
a
Shift to either counter
rotating till position or
forward rotating
till position.
Clear tines.
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