THE DEPTH
REGULATOR-From
Setting
of
Tines
Not-Touching-Surface
to
their
Maximum
Tilling
Depth-Three
components
make up
the
Depth Regulator, although we all
frequently
refer to the Depth
Adjustment
Bar alone
as
the
"regulator."
See Sketch 2/7
for
an illustration
of
the Depth regulating assembly.
This'impor-
tant
control
allows the
operator
to
select a
suitable
tilling
depth and get a
uniformly
deep
and even seedbed. It also has a "travel" setting
which allows
for
moving the
tiller
from
shed to
garden
without
disturbing the
lawn
or
drive-
way surfaces. See 3 in
Photo
2/1
and Photo
5/1 in Section
5,
page
56.
"TRAVEL"
SETTING
NOTCH
(Photo 2/8)
To
till
deeper.
1.
To
adjust
tilling
depth, pull
the
lowest lever
in the center
of
photo
first back
toward
you,
and then upward
for
deeper tilling. The bar
will lock at any
of
8
positions
you
select. Lift
gently
on the handlebars
while
you
adjust the
depth regulator. Photo 2/8.
2.
For more shallow
tilling,
such
as
going
from
5th notch back
up
to
3rd notch, pull the lever
back and push down.
3. For traveling to the garden
or
moving
the
tiller
around
under
power
so the tines will
not
touch
the
ground
or
floor, pull
the
lever back
and push it all the way
down
to
the
top
notch.
(See Photo 2/9.)
This
is also
the
position
to
set
the
Depth
Adjustment
Bar when
putting
Illotor
oil in
your
new6
HP Tecumseh-Lfluson engine.
See Section
1,
page
21,
for
adding oil to 7 HP
Kohler engine.
'The
closeup, Sketch
217,
shows
how
the
spring and
plunger
assembly
of
tt'le depth reg-
ulator
work
with
the rear
hood
bracket. PUlling
back on the depth
adjustment
bar
compresses
the spring and moves
the
plunger
back.
At
the
same time, the
motion
of
the
bar
also moves
the slot in the bar away
from
the
spirol pin in
the hood bracket.
If
you
lift
the bar
up
to a
low-
er
slot
and release backward pressure, the
spring and
plunger
will
push,the
bar
forward
to
engage the pin with
the
slot
you
have selected.
(Sketch 2/7)
Depth
Regulator
I..
(Photo 2/9) For
shallower
depth.
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