Handle Height; Service 1 - Craftsman 3One 917.372940 Owner's Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING
POUNT$
PROBLEM
Does not start
Loss of power
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Poor cut - uneven
Excessive vibration
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Starter rope hard to pufl
Loss of drive
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Grass catcher not filling
(if so equipped)
Hard to push
CAUSE
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Dirty air filter
Out of fuel
Staie fuel
Water in rue!
5 Spark plug wire is disconnected
6 Bad spark plug
7 Loose blade or broken blade adapter
8, Controt bar in released position
9 Control bar defective
1 Rear of lawn mower housing/blade_ dragging
In heavy grass
2_ Cutting too much grass
3 Dirty air filter
4 Buildup of grass, leaves and trash under mower
5 Too much otl tn engine
6 Walking speed too fast
1 Worn, bent or loose blade
2 Wheel heights uneven
3. Low engine speed
4 Buildup of grass, leaves, and trash under mower
1 Worn, bent or loose blade.
2 Bent engine crankshaft
1 Engine flywheel brake is on when control bar is
released,
2 Bent engine crankshaft
3 Blade adapter broken
4 Blade dragging In grass
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Drive wheels not turning with ddve control engaged,
2 Belt not ddving
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1 Cutting height too low
2, Lift on blade worn off.
3. Catcher not venting air
4 Low engine speed
1 Grass is too high or wheel height is too low
2. Rear of lawn mower housing/blade dragging
in grass
3 Grass catcher too fufi
4 Handle height position not right for you
CORRECTION
1 Clean/replace air filter
2 Fill fuel tank
3 Drain tank and refill with fresh clean fuel
4 Drain fuel tank and carburetorand refill tank with fresh
gasoline,
5 Connect wire to plug
6 Replace spark plug
7 Tighten blade bolt or replace biade adapter
8o Depress control bar to handle
9 Replace control bar
1. Set in "Higher Cut" position,
2 Set in =Higher Cut" position
3 Clean/replace air filter
4 Ctean underside of mower housing
5 Check oil level
6 Cut at slower walking speed
1 Replace blade. Tighten blade bolt
2 Set aJl wheels at same height
3 Set engine speed control in fast position
4 Clean underside of mower housing.
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Replace blade, Tighten blade bolt
Contact authorized service center!department
Depress control bar to upper handie before
pulling starter rope
Contact authorized service center/department
Replace blade adapter
Move lawn mower to cut grass or to hard surface
to start engine
1, Adjust or replace drive control cab{e, if broken
2 Put belt on pulEeysor reptace botts if broken
Io Raise cutting height
2 Replace blade
3 Cleangrass catcher.
4 Set engine speed control in fast posilion
l r Raise cutting height
2 Raise rear of lawn mower housing one (1)
setting higher
3 Empty grass catcher
4, Adjust handle height to suit
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