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PROBLEM

 

 

 

CAUSE

 

 

 

 

 

CORRECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine

 

 

 

1.

Low

oil

level/dirty

 

oil.

1.

Check

oil level/change

 

oil.

overheats

 

 

2.

Dirty

engine

air

screen.

2.

Clean

 

engine

 

air

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Dirty

engine.

 

 

3.

Clean

 

cylinder

fins,

air-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

screen,

 

muffler

area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Partially

plugged

 

muffler.

4.

Remove

and

clean

muffler.

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Improper

carburetor

5.

Adjust

 

carburetor

to

richer

 

 

 

 

 

 

adjustment.

 

 

 

 

 

position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excessive

 

 

1.

Ground

too

dry

and hard.

1.

Moisten

 

ground

or

wait

for

bounce/difficult

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

more

favorable

soil

condi-

handling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Depth

stake

 

 

 

2.

Adjust

 

 

depth

 

stake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

incorrectly

 

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soil

balls

up

or

1.

Ground

too

wet.

 

 

1.

Wait

for

more

favorable

soil

clumps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

conditions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine

runs

but

,

Tine

control

is not

 

1.

Engage

tine

control.

 

 

tiller

won't

 

 

engaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

move

 

 

 

 

2.

V-belt

not

correctly

 

2.

Inspect/adjust

V-belt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

adjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-belt

 

is off

pulley(s).

3.

Inspect

 

V-belt.

 

 

 

 

 

Engine

runs

but

1.

Tilling

 

too

deep.

 

 

1.

Set depth stake for shallower

labors

when

 

2.

Throttle

control

not

 

tilling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tilling

 

 

 

 

2.

Check

throttle

control

setting.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

properlyadjusted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carburetor

 

out of

adjust-

3.

Make

necessary

adjust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tines

 

skip

over

1.

Drag

Stake

not

lowered

1.

Lower

 

Drag

Stake

 

 

 

ground

 

 

 

 

in forward

rotating

till

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Improper

tilling

mode.

,

Forward

 

rotating

tine

drive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

should only be used for soft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ground or for soil that has

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

already

 

been

 

tilled.

 

 

 

Hard to shift into 1. Gears not timed.

gear

,Briefly engage drive control bar and release or rock tiller forward and backward until are able to shift gears.

Tiller

shuts off

1.

Shift lever set

in

between

1.

Shift

to either counter

rotating

when

drive

 

counter

rotating

till

 

till

position or forward

rotating

control bar

 

position

and

forward

 

till

position.

 

engaged

 

rotating

till position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Tines jammed

 

 

2.

Clear

tines.

 

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Craftsman 917.29604 owner manual Problem, Correction

917.29604 specifications

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