PROBLEM
15. Engine Won't Recharge Battery
WHAT
TO
DO
& REFERENCE
- Fuse on recharging line
blown
out.
-Battery
won't
take a charge.
- Diode
might
be
defective.
-Battery
recharging wire loose
or
broken.
16. Battery Gets Hot
And/Or
Foams
-Battery
acid level
low-refill
with
distilled water. See
top
of
page
25for
minimum
specific gravity
of
acid in battery.
-Battery
acid level
too
high
(foams).
- Bad starter
or
short in fields
of
armature.
HANDY
TOOLS
TO
HAVE
-Look
for
loosewires,
or
wires
touching
metal.
I
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9/16"Wrenches
1
/2"
Wrenches
7
/16"
Wrenches (at least
one
open end)
3/8"
Wrench
Rubber
Mallet
Hammer
Screwdriver
Phillips Screwdriver
3/16"
Socket Head (Allen) Wrench
5/32"
Socket Head (Allen)
Wrench
Pair
of
Pliers
PairofVise-Gripping
Pliers
1/4"
Drift
Pin
Ice Pick, Awl,
or
Cold Chisel
"(Oil seal removal)
'"
Spark Plug Removal
Socket
(Wrerfch)"
Snap Ring Pliers
"
OilCan
Ug~t
General PurposeGrease
,-:
. :.
One
One
Two
Two
Two
One
One
One
One
One
One
One
One
·One
One
One
-Discharged
battery. Check acid level and recharge battery.
-Short
in Key Switch,
or
Key Switch wires. See
page 117, Section
7.
- Defective solenoid. See pages 117 and 118,
Photo
7/61·
-Short
in fields
of
starter.
-Positive
and negative battery cables reverse (fuse blows
immediately).
-Check
for
worn
bronze
tiller
worm
gear inside
tiller
housing
and loosedriveshaftand bearing.
-Check
governor
linkage
for
freedom
of
movement.
-Check
throttle
setting and
carburetor
adjustment.
-Tilling
depth
pos.sibly
too
deep,
lower
adjustment bar.
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17. Turn Key Switch
And
Nothing
Happens
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