Craftsman 90 Snow Manual

  
KNOWYOURSNOWTHROWER 
READTHISOWNERSMANUALANDSAFETYRULESBEFOREOPERATING 
YOURSNOWTHROWER.ComparetheillustrationswithyourSNOWTHROWER 
tofamiliarizeyourselfwiththelocationofvariouscontrolsandadjustments.Save 
thismanualforfuturereference. 
Auger 
ElectricDriveLever 
Start(righthand) 
Button 
Primer 
nitionBuSwitch --TractionDriveLever 
(lefthand) 
,Remote 
ChuteControl 
LeverCrank 
Assembly 
-ChuteDeflector 
Discharge 
Chute 
Choke 
RecoilHeight 
ControlThrottleStarterAdjust 
ControlHandleSkid 
Figure10...

  
Theoperationofanysnowthrowercan 
resultinforeignobjectsbeingthrown 
intotheeyes,whichcanresultinse- 
vereeyedamage.Alwayswearsafety 
glassesoreyeshieldswhileoperating 
thesnowthrower. 
Werecommendstandardsafety 
glassesorawidevisionsafetymaskfor 
overyourglasses. 
_ARNING:ReadOwners  Manualbeforeoperating 
machine.Neverdirectdis- 
chargetowardbystandersstopthe 
enginebeforeuncloggingdischarge 
chuteoraugerhousingandbefore 
leavingthemachine. 
TOSTOPYOUR 
SNOWTHROWER 
1.Tostopthrowingsnow,releasethe...

  
KlickPin 
Unlocked 
Position 
SingleWheelDrive 
Figure13 
NOTE:Makesurethattheklickpinis 
inthesinglewheeldrivepositionofthe 
axleonlyandnotthroughthelocked 
position. 
BEFORESTARTINGTHEENGINE 
, 
Beforeyouserviceorstarttheen- 
gine,familiarizeyourselfwiththe 
snowthrower.Besureyouunder- 
standthefunctionandlocationofall 
control_. 
. 
Checkthetensionofclutchcable 
beforestartingtheengine.SeeTo 
AdjustTheControlCablepara- 
graphintheService&Adjust- 
mentssectionofthismanual. 
. 
4....

  
Neveruseengineorcarburetorcleaner 
productsinthefueltankorpermanent 
damagemayoccur. 
1.Fillthefueltankonlywithafresh, 
clean,unleadedregular,unleaded 
premium,orreformulatedautomo- 
tivegasoline.DONOTuseleaded 
gasoline.Makesurethatthecon- 
taineryoupourthegasolinefromis 
cleanandfreefromrustorotherfor- 
eignparticles.Neverusegasoline 
thatmaybestalefromlongperiods 
ofstorageinthecontainer. 
AARNING:Gasolineisflam-  mable.Alwaysusecaution 
whenhandlingorstoring 
gasoline. 
Donotfillfueltankwhilesnow...

  
. 
Pushtheprimerbuttonwhilecov- 
eringtheventholeasfollows:Re- 
movefingerfromprimerbutton 
betweenprimes. 
Donotprimeiftemperatureabove 
50°F(10°C). 
Pushtwotimeiftemperatureis50° 
F(10°C)to15°F(-10°C). 
Pushfourtimesiftemperatureis 
below15°F(-10°C). 
8.Pushdownonthestarterbutton 
untiltheenginestarts.Donotcrank 
formorethan10secondsatatime. 
Thiselectricstarteristhermallypro- 
tected.Ifoverheateditwillstopau- 
tomaticallyandcanberestarted 
onlywhenithascooledtoasafe 
temperature(awaitofabout5to10...

  
2.Releasethestarterhandleandletit 
snapbackagainstthestarter. 
Iftheenginestillfailstostart,repeatthe 
twopreviousstepsuntiltheengine 
starts.Thencontinuewiththedirec- 
tionsforcoldstart. 
Tohelppreventpossiblefreeze-upof 
recoilstarterandenginecontrols,pro- 
ceedasfollowsaftereachsnowremov- 
aljob. 
1.Withtheenginerunning,pullthe 
starterropehardwithacontinuous 
fullarmstrokethreeorfourtimes. 
Pullingofstarterropewillproducea 
loudclatteringsound.Thisisnot 
harmfultotheengineorstarter....

  
CUSTOMERRESPONSIBILITIES 
SERVICERECORDS 
FillindatesasyouBefore 
completeregularEach 
service.UseOften 
CheckEngineOilLevel 
!ChangeEngineOil 
]]ghtenAllScrewsand_._ 
Nuts 
CheckSparkPlug 
LubncateAllPivot 
Points EveryEveryEvery 
51025EachBeforeSERVICE 
HoursHoursHoursSeasonStorageDATES 
,j 
LubricateDiscDrive 
PlateZerk 
(SeeMaintenance) 
CheckFuel 
DrainFuel 
CheckCable 
Adjustment 
(SeeCableAdjustment) 
AdjustDriveBelt 
GENERALRECOMMENDATIONS 
Thewarrantyonthissnowthrower...

  
PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS 
HORSEPOWER9HP 
DISPLACEMENT19.34cu.in. 
GASOLINE4quarts 
CAPACITY(unleaded) 
OILCAPACITY5W30 
20ozcapacity) 
;PARKPLUG:ChampionRJ19LM 
(Gap.030in.)or 
equivalent 
VALVECLEARANCE:Intake:.010In. 
Exhaust:.010In. 
SNOWTHROWER 
ASREQUIRED 
Thefollowingadjustmentshouldbe 
preformedmorethanonceeachsea- 
son. 
1.Augerdrivebeltshouldbeadjusted 
afterthefirst2to4hoursofuse, 
againaboutmid-seasonandtwice 
eachseasonthereafter(SeetoAd- 
justBeltsparagraphintheSer-...

  
driveplateorfrictionwheelcomein 
contactwithgreaseoroil,damageto 
thefrictionwheelwillresult. 
Shouldgreaseoroilcomeincontact 
withthediscdriveplateorfriction 
wheel,besuretocleantheplateand 
wheelthoroughly. 
NOTE:Forstorage,thehexshaftand 
sprocketsshouldbewipedwith5W30 
motoroiltopreventrusting. 
2.AugerGearBox-Theaugergear 
boxislubricatedatthefactoryand 
shouldnotrequireadditionallubrica- 
tion.Ifforsomereasonthelubri- 
cantshouldleakout,haveauger 
gearcasecheckedbyacompetent 
repairman. 
ENGINE...

  
,_WARNING:Alwaysdiscon-  nectthesparkplugwireand 
placeitwhereitcannot 
makecontactwithsparkplugtopre- 
ventaccidentalstartingwhenmak- 
inganyadjustmentsorrepairs. 
TOADJUSTSKIDHEIGHT 
Thissnowthrowerisequippedwithtwo 
heightadjustmentskids,locatedon 
theoutsideoftheaugerhousing.See 
Figure19. 
Theseskidselevatethefrontofthe 
snowthrower. 
Mountin_Nuts 
,.O 
AugerHousmgHeightAdjustSkid 
Figure19 
Fornormalhardsurfaces,suchasa 
paveddrivewayorwalk,adjustthe 
skidsasfollows....