Yard-Man 24A-060F401 manual Attaching The Handle, Attaching The Hose Assembly, Attaching The Bag

Attaching The Handle

•Unfold the upper handle until it aligns with the lower handle.

•Secure the two handles by tightening the wing nuts (carriage bolts must be seated properly into the handle). See Figure 1

•Remove the hairpin clips from the handle brackets on the Yard Vacuum and remove the carriage bolts and wing nuts from the lower handle. See Figure 2.

•Place the bottom holes in lower handle over pins on handle brackets and secure with hairpin clips.

•Insert carriage bolts through upper hole in lower handle from the outside and secure with wing nuts.

Figure 2

•Loosen the wing nut that secures the rope guide to the right side of upper handle.

•Pull the starter rope out of the engine slowly and slip the starter rope into the rope guide. Tighten the wing nut.

Attaching The Hose Assembly

•Slide hose adapter of hose assembly into the base adapter located on the left front of the Yard Vacuum. See Figure 3.

•Pull spring loaded pin out on the base and align pin with the first hole in the hose adapter.

•Release the pin to lock the hose in place.

•Connect the hose handle near nozzle end of hose to the side bracket on the upper handle. Refer to Figure 6.

•Snap hose handle to the lower handle bracket to secure in place and lay hose tubing on side bracket hanger next to chipper chute. Refer to Figure 6.

Figure 3

Attaching The Bag

•Grasp bag handle with one hand and slide locking rod on mounting bracket with other hand toward engine. Use the end of mounting bracket as leverage when sliding the locking rod. See Figure 4.

•Slip bag over the rim of the discharge opening and release locking rod to secure bag in place.

•Place the straps on the bag over the lower handle, hooking them on the studs.

•Snap bag clip to the top of the lower handle.

NOTE: The safety switch button attached to the mounting bracket must be fully depressed by the front tab on the bag handle when securing the bag or the engine will not start.

Figure 4