Operator's Manual

CheckingtheEngineOilLevel
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
1.Removethedipstick,wipeitclean,andfullyinstall
thedipstick(Figure8).
2.Removethedipstickandchecktheoillevel
(Figure8).IftheoillevelisbelowtheAddmarkon
thedipstick,slowlypouroilintotheoillltubeto
raisetheoilleveltotheFullmarkonthedipstick.
Donotoverll.(Max.ll:0.59l,type:SAE30
detergentoilwithanAPIserviceclassicationofSF,
SG,SH,SJ,SL,orhigher.)
3.Installthedipstick.
AdjustingtheCuttingHeight
Youcanadjustthemowertocutgrassatanyheight
from2.2cmto7.6cm.
Adjustingthecuttingheightmaybringyouinto
contactwiththemovingblade,causingserious
injury.
•Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingparts
tostop.
•Donotputyourngersunderthehousing
whenadjustingthecuttingheight.
Iftheenginehasbeenrunning,themuferwill
behotandcanseverelyburnyou.Keepaway
fromthehotmufer.
•CutthegrassattheC,D,orEsettings.Donot
attempttorecyclethegrassattheAorB
settings.
•DonotcutbelowtheCsettingunlessthegrassis
sparseoritislatefallwhengrassgrowthbeginsto
slowdown.Whenyoucutlonggrass,useahigher
cuttingheightsettingandwalkslower;thencutthe
grassagainatanormalsetting.Mowingthegrass
whenitistoolongcanplugthelawnmowerand
causetheenginetostall.
Note:TheSmartWheel
®
calculatesthepropersetting
toensurethatyoucutnomorethanathirdofthegrass
blade(Figure11).
Figure11
1.Cuttingheightadjustment
handle
4.Raiseorlowerthemower
2.Cuttingheightadjustment
button
5.SmartWheel
3.Cuttingheightscale
1.Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
2.Movethemowerintothegrass;stopmovingthe
mowerwhentheSmartWheeldesignisupright
(Figure11).
3.UsetheSmartWheeldesigntocomparethetipsof
thegrassbladestothelettersonthewheel.The
letterontheSmartWheelthatmatchesthetipsofthe
grassbladesisthepropercuttingheight.
4.Pressdownonthecuttingheightadjustmentbutton
andholdthecuttingheightadjustmenthandleto
movethecuttingheightupordown(Figure11).
5.Liftuporpressdownonthehandle,andusethe
cuttingheightscaletosetthelawnmowertothe
desiredcuttingheight(Figure11).
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