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
CAUSE
CORRECTION
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. 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.
2. Throttle control not
properly adjusted.
3. Carburetor out of
adjustment.
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.
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2.
3.
1.
2.
3.
Moisten ground or wait for
more favorable
soil condi-
tions.
Wait for more favorable
soil conditions.
Engage tine control.
Inspect]adjust V-belt.
Inspect V-belt.
Set depth stake for shallower
tilling.
Check throttle control setting.
Make necessary
adjust
ments.
Tines Skip
1. Shear pin (s) broken.
1. Replace shear pin(s).
over ground
Hard to ShiR
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.
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.
1. Shift to either counter
rotating till position or
forward
rotating
till position.
2. Clear tines.
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