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Setup and
Adjustments
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. NOTE: Each end of the lower handle must be placed in the same relative position.
IMPORTANT
This unit is shipped
WITHOUT GASOLINE or OIL. After assem- bly, service engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit.
NOTE: This owner’s manual covers various models of lawnmowers. The units illustrated may vary slightly from your unit. Follow only those instructions which pertain to your model lawnmower.
| WARNING: Disconnect and | |
| ground the spark plug wire as | |
| instructed in the separate engine | |
| manual. | |
| 1. The chute deflector on your mower may be held in an | |
| upright position by a block for shipping purposes only. | |
| This shipping block must be removed and discarded | |
| before the mower is put into operation. See Figure 1. | |
| a. Pull the chute deflector up towards engine. | |
| b. Remove the block and carefully lower the chute into | |
| operating position, keeping fingers out of the way. | |
| 2. Perform the following sequence for handle setup: | |
| a. Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the | |
| handle from position A into the operating position | |
Figure 1 | B. See Figure 2. | |
b. Make sure the carriage bolt is seated properly in | ||
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| the handle. Tighten knobs securing upper handle to | |
| the lower handle. |
3.If satisfied with height of handle, tighten knobs at the ends of the lower handle shown in Figure 3. For convenience of operating, you may adjust the handle
| height as follows: | |
| a. Remove the knobs shown in Figure 3 and remove | |
| B | the lower handle. |
A | b. | Position each handle bracket stud into the top hole |
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| in the lower handle. See Figure 3 inset. |
| c. | Tighten the knobs. |
| 4. Insert post on cable ties into holes provided on the | |
| lower handle. Pull cable tie tight and trim excess. See | |
| Figure 4. | |
Figure 2
Figure 3 | Figure 4 |