Starter Rope
1.The starter rope is attached to the engine. Additional rope may be wound around the starter handle. If so, unwind the rope from the handle.
2.With the spark plug wire disconnected and grounded, depress the blade control handle and pull the rope out of the engine.
3.Place the rope guide around the starter handle, so the opening in the rope guide is toward the front of the mower. Insert the rope guide into the right side of the handle, and secure with hex locknut. See Figure 4.
NOTE: If the starter rope becomes disconnected from rope guide on handle, disconnect and ground the spark plug wire. Depress the blade control handle and pull the starter rope out from engine slowly. Slip the starter rope into the rope guide bolt on handle.
Starter
Handle
Hex
Lock
Nut
Rope
Guide
Starter 
Rope
Figure 4
Cable
Tie
Mulching Baffle
If your mower is equipped with a mulching baffle, install it on the right side of the deck. Follow the sequence indicated here.
1.Lift up and hold the
2.Insert bottom lip of the mulching baffle inside the chute opening (marked 1 in Figure 5).
3.Snap hooks of the mulching baffle over the hinge pin of the chute deflector (marked 2 in Figure 5). The hooks must snap into place on the hinge pin, locking the mulching baffle firmly onto the mower. Release the chute deflector.
NOTE: For proper assembly, install bottom lip inside chute opening before placing hooks over the hinge pin.
IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil in the engine. Fill up gasoline and oil as instructed in the accompanying engine manual before operating your mower.
Chute
Deflector
2 
Mulching 
Baffle 
1
Lip of Mulching Baffle (insert inside chute opening)
Figure 5
Hooks
Chute Opening
7