User guide

SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped WITHOUT GASO
LINE or OIL. Be certain to service engine with gaso
line and oil as instructed in the separate engine
manual before operating your mower.
NOTE: Reference to right or left hand side of the
mower is observed from the operating position.
HOW TO SET-UP YOUR LAWN MOWER
Refer to Illustration Below
1. Remove carton inserts (if any) and the side dis
charge chute which is loose in the carton. Lift the
mower from the carton, or cut the corners of the
carton and roll the mower out.
2. Remove any cardboard pieces which may be
between the upper and lower handles for ship
ping purposes. If there is any packaging (plastic
or cardboard) around the upper handle, remove
it.
3. Disconnect the spark plug wire and move it away
from the spark plug.
4. Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the
handle into the operating position. Make certain
the lower handle is seated securely into the han
dle mounting brackets. Tighten the hand knobs
on each side of the handle.
NOTE: Your mower is shipped with the handie in the
higher height position. If you wish to lower the height of
the handle, refer to the Adjustment Section at this time.
Blade Control
Wing Nut Handle
Upper
Handle
7.
Remove the hairpin clips from the outer hole in
the weld pins on the handle mounting brackets.
Place the hairpin clips in the inner hole.
The rope guide and wing nut are attached to the
starter rope, on top of the engine. Remove the
wing nut from rope guide. Remove the rope guide
from the starter rope.
With the spark plug’wire disconnected and
grounded, hold the blade control handle against
the upper handle, and pull the starter rope out of
the engine. Hold the rope guide as shown so the
opening in the rope guide is toward the front of
mower. Slip the rope guide around the starter rope
and into the right side of upper handle using the
hole shown. Secure using the wing nut.
Make certain all nuts and bolts are tightened
securely.
Your mower has been shipped as a mulcher. To dis
charge grass to the side, proceed with step 9.
9. To convert your mower from a mulcher to a
side discharge mower, lift the mulching plug.
Slide the two hooks on the side discharge deflec
tor under the hinge pin on the mulching plug
assembly. Lower the mulching plug.
8.
SELF-PROPELLED MODELS:
Rope
Guide
Starter
Rope
Muiching
Piug
Handie
Mounting
Bracket
Handle
Mounting
Bracket
Rope
Guide
Lower
Handle
Lower
Handle
Hairpin Clip
in Inner
Hole
Weld
Pin
Spark
Plug
PUSH MODELS:
Hairpin
Clip in
inner Hoie
Lower
Handie
FIGURE 1.—Self-Propelled Model Shown
Weld
Pin
Handie
Mounting
Bracket