Cub Cadet 977A Attaching Starter Rope, Attaching The Grass Bag, Attaching Side Discharge Chute

•Fasten the cable to the lower handle with the two cable ties found on the lower handle. Pull the cable ties tight and trim off the excess. See Figure 5.

Cable Tie

Lower

Handle

Figure 5

Attaching Starter Rope

NOTE: Make certain the drive cable is routed around the outside and above the lower handle so it does not interfere with attaching the grass bag.

•The rope guide, which is connected to the support rod, is located on the right side of the lower handle. See Figure 6.

•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. Release the blade control handle. Slip the starter rope into the rope guide.

Lower

Handle

Starter

Rope

	Support
Rope	Rod
Guide

Figure 6

Attaching The Grass Bag

The mower was shipped with the mulching baffle installed on the unit. You can keep this baffle on as long as you want to mulch the grass clippings. For bagging purposes, you will have to attach the grass bag and its adapter in place of the mulching baffle.

•Remove three wing nuts holding the mulching baffle or side discharge chute in place and remove the accessory from the unit.

•Replace with grass bag adapter, while making sure the front lip of adapter goes under the edge of the deck. Secure with wing nuts previously removed. See Figure 7 .

Grass Bag

Adapter

Wing

Nuts

Figure 7

•Lift chute door on the grass bag adapter and slide grass bag onto the adapter. See Figure 8.

NOTE: The chute door has been designed to move the starter rope out of the way of the bag when the chute door is opened.

Chute

Door

Grass

Bag

Figure 8

Attaching Side Discharge Chute

•Remove mulching baffle or grass bag adapter from unit by disconnecting wing nuts.

•Attach side discharge chute to unit and secure with the three wing nuts. See Figure 9 .

Side Discharge

Chute

Figure 9

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