
18 Operator’s Manual
Check the transmission grease level after the rst
10 hours of use, then check yearly.
With the tines off, remove the transmission plate
(Figure 3) and gasket to see if the grease level is up
to the plate ange (Figure 4). If it is not, you will need
to add lithium zero or lithium one grease.
Wipe off any excess grease, replace the transmission
gasket and plate.
1. Remove the engine cover (Figure 5)
2. Disconnect the spark plug cap from the spark plug.
3. Remove the cotter pin. (Figure 6)
4. Remove the mufer screen.
5. If screen is clogged it needs to be cleaned. use
carburetor cleaner, and any brush that is not metal.
Brush the screen until you are able to see through it.
6. If the screen remains clogged after attempts at
cleaning, it must be replaced.
7. Re-install the mufer screen, spark plug cap and
engine cover.
At some point, you may nd that the tines won’t turn when you
press the throttle. This may mean the engine isn’t sitting all the
way down on the worm gear housing.
Perhaps you’ve been using your Tiller for several years. Or
perhaps you’ve removed the engine for use with our hedge
trimmer attachment, then replaced it. In either case, the ange
bolt may have come loose and lifted the engine up.
If this happened you’ll notice a gap between the bottom of
the engine clutch case and the top of the worm gear housing.
(Figure 1)
To x this, loosen the ange bolt. Take the engine off the worm
gear housing. Notice the hex head on top of the drive shaft .
Inside the clutch case, you’ll nd the clutch drum. Make sure
the hex head lines up with the clutch drum inside the clutch
case.
Then put the engine back on the worm gear housing. Make
sure the plastic carrying handle is not under the fuel tank.
If you’ve followed these steps properly, there will be no gap
between the clutch case and the worm gear housing. (Figure
2) Make sure you tighten the ange bolt!
HOW TO RESEAT THE FLANGE
TRANSMISSION CARE
CLEANING THE MUFFLER SCREEN
4-Cycle Tiller Maintenance (Continued)
Figure 3
Figure 4
Note how the engine doesn’t sit all
the way down on the transmission.
Note how the engine sits all the
way down on the transmission.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Cotter Pin
Mufer
Screen
Figure 5
Figure 6
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