Maintenance
Recommended Maintenance Schedule(s)
Maintenance Service
Interval
Maintenance Procedure
After the first 25 hours
• Change the engine oil.
Before each use or daily
• Check the engine oil level.
• Clean debris from the air cleaner.
• Inspect the air cleaner elements.
Every 50 hours
• Clean the air filter elements. Clean them more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
Every 100 hours
• Change the engine oil.
• Adjust the belt.
• Inspect, clean, and adjust the spark plug; replace it if necessary.
Every 200 hours
• Replace the spark plug.
Every 300 hours
• Replace the paper air cleaner element. Replace it more frequently in dusty operating
conditions.
• Change the eccentric oil.
Monthly
• Check the eccentric oil level.
Yearly
• Change the eccentric oil.
Disconnecting the Spark Plug
Wire
Before performing any maintenance on the engine, disconnect
the spark plug wire from the spark plug (Figure 16).
Figure 17
1.
Spark plug wire
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Service Interval:
Before each use or daily—Inspect the air
cleaner elements.
Every 50 hours—Clean the air filter elements. Clean
them more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Every 300 hours/Yearly (whichever comes
first)—Replace the paper air cleaner element. Replace
it more frequently in dusty operating conditions.
Important:
Do not operate the engine without the air
filter assembly; extreme engine damage will occur.
1.
Set the throttle to slow, stop the engine, and wait for
all moving parts to stop.
2.
Models 68072 and 68073 only:
raise the cover (Figure
8).
3.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
4.
Remove the nut that secures the cover (Figure 18).
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