Black & Decker LST136 - Maintenance; Trouble Shooting Guide; Tool Runs Slowly; Automatic Line Feed Issues

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WARNING: Toavoidseriousinjury,removethebatteryfrom
thetoolbeforeperforminganymaintenance.
1. Keeptheairintakeslots cleantoavoidoverheating.
2. Yourtrimmerlinecandryoutovertime.Tokeepyourlineintop
condition,storesparepre-woundspoolsorbulklineinaplastic,
sealablebagwithatablespoonofwater.
3. Plasticpartsmaybecleanedbyusingamildsoapandadamprag.
4.Thelinecutterontheedgeoftheguardcandullovertime.Itis
recommendedyouperiodicallytouch-upthesharpnessofthe
bladewithafile.
trouble shootIng guIDe
problem
Toolrunsslowly.
Automaticlinefeeddoesnot
feedmoreline.
solutIon
•Removebatteryfromtool.
•Checkthatthespoolhousing
canrotatefreely.Carefullyclean
itifnecessary.
•Checkthatthecuttingline
doesnotprotrudemorethan
approximately4-13/16inches
(122mm)fromthespool.
Ifitdoes,cutitoffsothatitjust
reachesthelinetrimmingblade.
•Morelineisfedwhentheline
shortenstoapproximately3
inches(76.2mm).Todetermine
ifthelineisnotfeeding,letline
wearpastthispoint.
problem
Automaticlinefeeddoesnot
feedmoreline.
solutIon

•Keepthetabsdepressedand
removethespoolfromthespool
housinginthetrimmerhead.
•Ensurethatthelineisnot
crisscrossedonthespoolas
detailedinfigure U.Ifitis,
unwindthecuttingline,then
winditbackonthespoolneatly
sothatthelinesdonotcross.
•Inspecttracksatthebottomof
spoolfordamage.Ifdamaged,
replacespool.
•Readthecodeonthebackof
spool.Ifitreads“PA66”call
customerserviceforareplacement.
Ifitreads“ABS”thisisnottheissue.
•Pullthecuttinglineuntilit
protrudesapproximately4-13/16
inches(122mm)fromthespool.If
insufficientcuttinglineisleftonthe
spool,installanewspoolofcutting
line.
•Alignthetabsonthespoolcap
withthecutoutsinthehousing.
•Pushthespoolcapontothehousing
untilitsnapssecurelyintoplace.
•Ifthecuttinglineprotrudes
beyondthetrimmingblade,cut
itoffsothatitjustreachestheblade.
Iftheautomaticlinefeedstilldoes
notworkorthespoolisjammed,try
thefollowingsuggestions:
•Carefullycleanthespooland
housing.
•Removethespoolandcheckifthe
leverinthespoolhousingcan
movefreely.