20 Most Recent Troy Bilt, Tuffy, Rear - Tine Tiller, 4.0 Tecumseh Engine - Page 4 Questions & Answers

You will need to disassemble the carburetor and spray with carb.cleaner. Make sure the small screen is free of debris. (Should be able to see daylight through it.)

Use a Den Tek Brush, (http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=165357&catid=1152), to clean the small portals in carb. These portals can become blocked. You can also use the Den Tek Brush to clean the jet in carb. if it has one. Reassemble and start.

If the carb. parts are more than 4 years old, you may have to replace them.

If you need further assistance, just let me know.

Jim

The float needle in the carb isn't shutting off the fuel and it's pouring out the vent. This is a common problem. You should tear the carb down and replace the needle and seat. You should check the float to make sure it doesn't have fuel in it (if you shake it and hear fluid inside it, it's shot and you'll need a new one.) Parts for Tecumseh engines are readily available from most decent lawn mower shops. Be sure to take you model numbers from the engine to the dealer to get the right parts.

It's likely that your clutch needs adjustment. To adjust, you just need to loosen the two screws on the plate and slide it a bit so the clutch better engages the rear dog clutch. Have you ever taken the tiller portion off the transmission to grease the clutch? If not, before adjusting it you might want to do that. It could be that the clutch isn't sliding back far enough to engage the rear end and a little grease is all it needs. This service requirement is explained in the owners manual for the tiller. One last point, the tiller must be in neutral when engaging the pto clutch. From your note, it sounded like you were engaging the clutch with the forward/reverse lever in the forward position. The lever must be in neutral when engaging the pto clutch.

The troy bilt tiller is designed so that the engine revs up when the tiller starts to dig. If it is running just start tilling and the engine will rev as it needs to. If it won't start, get back as I can assist you with that.

Some Troy Bilt Tillers were designed with a manual "free-wheel". If yours is a Tuffy (and maybe a Junior), you have to pull pins out of the wheels to move the tiller without starting it. The larger tillers, Pony's and Horses, had a lever to shift to release the wheels.

it sounds like you need a new sparkplug. Bring the old sparkplug to auto zone and tell them to give you the same kind.

its possibly the gears inside the box they are spider gears & wearout on those they are great machines but the gear drives are weak most of the time or the belt could be slipping

here is the Tuffy webpage at the troybuilt.com... directly under the photo of the tiller is a gray "download manual" link...

best wishes,
k

Here is a website that will tell you where to look for your particular engine number and how to obtain original tecumseh parts. good luck with it. if you need any other assistance please get back. i really do want to help you get your tiller running again.

Hello:

Most Small Engine Service Centers Carry the Fuel Line as Do All the Automotive Parts Retailers in your Area.
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John

Bogging down may indicate debris or old gas in the carb. Try doing a carb cleaning, and add a small amount of Seafoam gas additive to your gas.

Check the Troybuilt website and get an owner's manual.
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Check the Troybuilt website for specific info on your tiller.
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Gilson stuff was eventually bought out by Toro. You may want to try the Toro website for some asnswers.

Try checking the Troybuilt website for a manual on your tiller.
www.troybuilt.com

Shift your Wheel gear lever to "disengage". Use the disengage position only when the engine is not running.

Make sure you haven't used ethanol-blended gas in a briggs small engine. It will destroy the plastic internal carb pieces, thereby causing your carb to leak gas into the crankcase and flooding out the engine. If you check your gas it will be really thinned out, gassy smelling and black. It will also be overfilled.

You need a few things for a combustion engine to work. Firstly you are going to need to know a little about engines and how they work.
Fuel - try draining the tank and putting fresh fuel in it - fues does go stale. This will include fuel in the carburetor so that needs drained too. There was liquid, assuming water in the oil, perhaps it is in the fuel too.
Fire - do you get a spark to the spark plug? Pull the plug out and see if you get spark when trying to start - remember the earth of the spark plug needs to be touching the grounded metal such as the engine or frame. Perhaps the electricals have been water damaged.
Air - clean out the air filter and surrounds.
You have already drained the oil and replaced it - good start.
Maybe something has corroded since it has been in the weather for so long.
If it still does not want to start, try pulling out the plug & trying to start - is anything spitting out the spark plug hole? If so, what?
Once that is clean and clear and it still doesn't start but you have spark, try putting a bit of fuel carefully in the plug hole, say half a tablespoon.
How does that go?

lac spark plug on motor pull cord if no spark take the pull start cover off and sand rust off fly wheel