Section 2 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
2.2STARTING & OPERATION
2.2.1.ENGINE & BLADE (Kawasaki Engine)
1.Make sure fuel valve on engine is open. See Figure 2.5.
FUEL
VALVE
CLOSE
OPEN
FIGURE 2.5
2.Move engine speed control past “Fast” detent to “Choke” position. See Figure 2.4 and
“FAMILIARIZATION”.
3.Pull blade control against handle.
4.Pull rope start handle to crank engine.
5.After engine starts, turn off choke, reduce engine speed, and allow a brief
NOTE: Stop the engine (and blade) by releasing the blade control.
2.3STOPPING
Stop forward motion of mower by releasing the wheel drive control. Stop engine and blade by releasing the blade control.
2.4HANDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
The height of the mower handle can be adjusted as follows:
1. Loosen the lower nuts on each lower handle as shown in Figure 2.7.
HIGHER
LOWER
HANDLE
LOWER
LOOSEN LOWER
NUTS ON EACH
LOWER HANDLE
FIGURE 2.7
2.Move upper mower handle up or down until the desired position is achieved.
3.Tighten the lower nuts on each lower handle to maintain desired position.
2.2.3.PROPELLING MOWER (Self Propelled Models Only)
1.Start engine. Refer to Section “Starting & Operation”.
2.Move ground speed control to the desired speed position. See Figure 2.6.
3.Move wheel drive control against handle to engage wheel drive and propel mower forward. Forward speed can be adjusted while the mower is moving by changing position of the ground speed control. See Figure 2.6.
| ENGAGE | |
WHEEL | SLOWER | |
GROUND | ||
DRIVE | ||
SPEED | ||
CONTROL | ||
CONTROL | ||
| ||
| FASTER |
FIGURE 2.6
WARNING
STOP engine and mower blade by releasing the blade control before adjusting cutting height or handle height.
2.5CUTTING HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
1. Pull the height adjusting latch outward and move to desired cutting height. See Figure 2.8.
1 | LOWEST CUTTING | LATCH |
HEIGHT |
1
2
3
4
5HIGHEST 6
CUTTING
6 | HEIGHT |
FIGURE 2.8
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