Tillers

Garden Tiller Engine Tune Up

Small engine tune-ups are very good for the performance of the machine. tillers are no exception. Tillersare available with 2-cycle or 4-cycle engines, and mantis assembles tune-up kits for both engine styles. The easiest way to find these tune-up kits is through the online store. The kits include everything you need to complete a full tune-up on your tiller. A project like this will not take you very long to complete as tune-ups take little time. Soon you will have a tiller that is running well and ready to break more ground.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Engine Tune Up

Things You’ll Need

• New air filter
• Combination wrench
• Gapping tool
• New spark plug
• Transmission grease
• Gear box petrolket
• Tine pins
• Fresh fuel
• Fuel stabiliser
• 2-cycle engine oil (for 2-cycle engines)

Engine Repair Manual

1. Remove the air filter cover by unscrewing the wing nut that secures the air filter cover to the engine. Pull the cover away from the engine and remove the air filter pad. Put a new air filter in its place after looking over the air filter cover and removing dirt, debris and other foreign material from the cover. Slide the cover back into place, and replace the wing nut.
2. Disconnect the spark plug. Unscrew the spark plug with a combination wrench, and pull the old spark plug away from the engine. Check the gap between the electrodes on the new spark plug with a gapping tool, and insert the new spark plug into the engine. Hand screw it into the engine until it is hand tight. Fully tighten the new spark plug with the combination wrench.
3. Remove the tines from the gear box. Open the gear box by removing the gear box cover. Remove the old gear box petrolket. Top the grease level in the gear box off with a tube of transmission grease. Place a new gear box petrolket in the place of the old petrolket, and reinstall the gear box cover. When reinstalling the tines, replace the old tine pins with a new set of tine pins.
4. Mix a fresh gallon of petrol with fuel stabiliser. Add 2-cycle oil for 2-cycle engines. Swirl the petrol can to mix the stabilizer and oil into the fuel well. Fill the fuel tank with the fresh fuel mixture.

Tips & Warnings on Tillers

Tips & Warnings on Tillers

As an option, the tune-up may include replacing the tine assembly. A whole new tine assembly will make a huge difference in the performance of the tiller. The easiest way to tell if the tine assembly needs to be replaced is to look at the condition of the current set of tines. If most of the tine tips are rounded off and blunted, it is time to replace them. If the tips are bent over but in otherwise good condition, straighten the tips with a pair of pliers.

Mantis Tiller

Mantis Tiller

Once you have decided to buy a garden tiller, you then have to decide which is the right one for you. And there are many to choose from.

But you will be spoiled for choice once you take a look at the range from Mantis Tillers. They are so confident in their range of garden tillers they are prepared to give a one year money back guarantee, plus a 5 year warranty on all of them. That alone speaks volumes for the quality of this range of tillers.
But which is the right Mantis tillerfor you?

Mantis offers both a 2-cycle and 4-cycle garden tiller along with a 3-speed electric tiller. So no matter what sort of garden you have there will be a Mantis tiller to suit your needs.

The 2-cycle Mantis tillers are the original models, and are the only version that will operate all the attachments. It is also the lightest of all the other models weighing in at only 20 pounds. Being a 2-cycle engine it operates on a petrol and oil mix and is the noisiest of their range.

Tillers come with a Honda engine

Tillers Come Witha Honda Engine

The 4-cycle tiller weighs in at 24 pounds and uses a confidence boosting Honda engine. This 4-cycle engine is becoming more and more popular in certain states due to noise and emission regulations. Being a 4-cycle engine there is no need to mix the petrol and oil together.

The electric Mantis tiller is the quietest of all the models. This in itself will be a big bonus for a lot of gardeners as early morning and late evening use will be no problem with this model. Although electric, this machine is packed with power to complete even the toughest of jobs.

All the above Mantis tillers will till to a width of 9 inches. For those who need a much wider till width Mantis has recently introduced a new machine to fulfil this role.

Mantis Tiller

The Mantis XP tiller is a 4-cycle tiller that can till to a width of 16 inches. Utilizing a 35cc Honda GX35 commercial-grade engine it offers the power and width to tackle a much larger garden job, but weighting in at only 34 pounds is lightweight enough to handled easily by anyone. Combining the larger width with the 4-cycle engine will surely make this tiller very popular in time to come.

The tines on all the above tillers spin at up to 240 rpm and are guaranteed for life against breakage.

So, no matter what sort of garden you may have, there is a Mantis tiller that can handle the job and at an affordable price too.

Nowadays there is no need to put your back out with a shovel when you can easily use a Mantis tiller to finish the job.

I hope you have enjoyed this article and that it has been of some help for you when it comes to choosing which Mantis tiller to buy.