TROUBLESHOOTING CHART:
See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center
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| 1. | Low | oil | level/dirty |
| oil. | 1. | Check | oil level/change |
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| 2. | Dirty | engine | air | screen. | 2. | Clean |
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| 3. | Dirty | engine. |
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| 3. | Clean |
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| 4. | Partially | plugged |
| muffler. | 4. | Remove | and | clean | muffler. | |||||||||
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| 5. | Improper | carburetor | 5. | Adjust |
| carburetor | to | richer | ||||||||||
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| 1. | Ground | too | dry | and hard. | 1. | Moisten |
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bounce/difficult |
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| more | favorable | soil | condi- | |||||||||
handling |
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| 2. | Depth | stake |
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| 2. | Adjust |
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Soil | balls | up | or | 1. | Ground | too | wet. |
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clumps |
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Engine | runs | but | , | Tine | control | is not |
| 1. | Engage | tine | control. |
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tiller | won't |
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| is off | pulley(s). | 3. | Inspect |
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Engine | runs | but | 1. | Tilling |
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| 1. | Set depth stake for shallower | ||||||||||||
labors | when |
| 2. | Throttle | control | not |
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tilling |
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| 2. | Check | throttle | control | setting. | ||||||||||||||
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| 3. | properlyadjusted. |
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Tines |
| skip | over | 1. | Drag | Stake | not | lowered | 1. | Lower |
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| 2. | Improper | tilling | mode. | , | Forward |
| rotating | tine | drive | |||||||||
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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 |
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control bar |
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engaged |
| rotating | till position. |
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| 2. | Tines jammed |
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