Operator's Manual

Figure10
CheckingtheEngine-OilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Removethedipstick,wipeitclean,andinsertitintothe
oil-llerneck,butdonotscrewitin(Figure11).
Figure11
2.Removethedipstickandchecktheoillevel(Figure11).
IftheoillevelisbelowtheAddmarkonthedipstick,
slowlypouroilintotheoil-lltubetoraisetheoillevel
totheFullmarkonthedipstick.Donotoverll.(Max.
ll:0.65L(22oz),type:10W-30orSAE30detergent
oilwithanAPIserviceclassicationofSJorhigher.)
Note:Ifyouoverlltheengine,poursomeoiloutof
itasdirectedinChangingtheEngineOil(page13).
3.Installthedipsticksecurely.
AdjustingtheCuttingHeight
WARNING
Adjustingthecuttingheightmaybringyouinto
contactwiththemovingblade,causingserious
injury.
Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingparts
tostop.
Donotputyourngersunderthehousingwhen
adjustingthecuttingheight.
CAUTION
Iftheenginehasbeenrunning,themuferwillbe
hotandcanseverelyburnyou.Keepawayfromthe
hotmufer.
Adjustthecuttingheightasdesired.Setthefrontwheelsto
thesameheightastherearwheels.
Note:Toraisethemachine,moveallthecutting-height
leversrearward.Tolowerthemachine,moveallthe
cutting-heightleversforward(Figure12).
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Figure12
1.Lowerthemachine2.Raisethemachine
Note:Thecutting-heightsettingsare25mm(1inch);35
mm(1-3/8inches);44mm(1-3/4inches);54mm(2-1/8
inches);64mm(2-1/2inches);73mm(2-7/8inches);83mm
(3-1/4inches);92mm(3-5/8inches);and102mm(4inches).
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