White Outdoor HW-656 manual Assembling Your Lawn Mower

SECTION 3: ASSEMBLING YOUR LAWN MOWER

To Remove Unit From Carton

•Remove staples, break glue on top flaps, or cut tape at carton end and peel along top flap to open carton.

•Remove loose parts included with your unit (i.e., operator’s manual, etc.).

•Cut along corners and lay carton down flat. Remove packing material.

•Roll or slide unit out of carton.

Hardware Pack

1.Carriage Bolt 1/4-20 x .75” (2)

2.Wing Nut with Bell Washer (2)

Tools Required

1.Pair of Pliers

2.Funnel

Disconnect Spark Plug Wire

•Before setting up your lawn mower, disconnect the spark plug wire from the spark plug, and ground it against the engine. See Figure 1.

NOTE: On engines with a rubber boot, attach rubber boot to a bolt on the engine to ground.

Spark Plug

Wire

Spark Plug

Figure 1

IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil in the engine. Be certain to service engine with gasoline and oil before operating your mower.

NOTE: Reference to right or left hand side of the mower is observed from the operating position.

Setting Up Your Lawn Mower

•Remove the grass catcher from the unit and set it out of the way. See Figure 2 (step 1).

•Raise the lower handle in the direction shown in Figure 2 (step 2) till it snaps into place.

•Raise the upper handle in the direction shown in Figure 2 (step 3). Tighten the wing nuts which are already on the handle.

2. Lift lower
handle	1. Move bag
	away

3. Lift upper handle

Figure 2

NOTE: Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. If you wish to lower the height of the handle, refer to the Adjustment Section at this time.

•Remove the hairpin clips from the outer hole in the weld pins on the handle mounting brackets. Using a pair of pliers, squeeze one leg of the lower handle against the handle mounting bracket. Insert the hairpin clip into the inner hole on the weld pin. Repeat on the other side. See Figure 3.

Handle Mounting

Bracket

Insert hairpin clip here

Hairpin

Clip

Weld

Pin

Figure 3

•The rope guide is attached to the right side of upper handle. Loosen the wing nut which secures the rope guide. See Figure 4.

•With 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 blade control handle. Slip the rope into the rope guide. Tighten the wing nut. See Figure 4.

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