Craftsman 917.387402 - Manual (Page 16)

• Cover your unit with a suitable protective
cover that does not retain moisture. Do not
use plastic. Plastic cannot breathe which
allows condensation to form aid will cause
your unit to rust.
IMPORTANT: Never cover mower while
engine and exhaust areas are still warm.
ACAUnON: Never store the lawn mower
with gasoline in the tsunk inside a building
where fumes may reach an qpen flame or
spark. Allow tile engine to cool before storing
in any enclosure.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART
PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION
Does not start • Dirty air filter. • Clean/replace air filter.
• Out of fuel. • nil fuel tank.
• Stale fuel. • Drain tank and refill with
fresh clean fuel.
• Water in fu^. • Drain fuel tank and
carburetor and refill tank
with fresh gasoline.
• Spark plug wire is
disconnected.
• Connect wire to plug.
• Bad spark plug. • Replace spark plug.
• Loose blade or broken blade• Ttghten blade bolt or
adapter. replace blade adapter.
• Control bar in released • Depress control bar to
position. handle.
• Control bar defective. • Reffece control bar.
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