MTD 440 Thru E459 Attaching Grass Catcher, Removing the Grass Catcher, Optional Chute Deflector

Attaching Grass Catcher

•If your mower is equipped with a mulching plug, and it is in place on the mower, lift the rear discharge door and remove the rear mulching baffle from the mower. See Figure 12.

Rear Mulching Plug

Figure 12

NOTE: Make sure that the cables are routed to the outside of the handle when attaching the grass catcher.

•Lift the rear discharge door.

•Place the hooks of the grass catcher into the slots in the handle bracket assemblies on both sides. See Figure 13. Release the rear discharge door.

Rear Discharge Door

Figure 13

Removing the Grass Catcher

•Lift the rear discharge door on the mower.

•Lift the grass catcher up, out of the slots in the handle bracket assemblies.

•Reinstall the plastic rear mulching baffle.

•Release the rear discharge door.

WARNING: Never operate the mower unless the hooks on the grass catcher are seated in the slots on the handle bracket assemblies, and the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of the grass catcher.

Optional Chute Deflector

If your mower is equipped with the optional chute deflector, assemble as follows:

•Slide the rod into the upper edge of the chute deflector so the tab on the rod is toward the left side of the chute deflector. When assembled correctly, the rod will extend further to the left side than the right side. See Figure 14.

•Slide the push nut onto the right side of the rod to secure.

Rod Tab

Chute

Deflector

Push

Nut

Figure 14

Attaching Chute Deflector

•Lift the rear discharge door on the mower.

•Place the ends of the rod into the slots in the handle bracket assemblies. See Figure 15.

•Release the rear discharge door.

Rear

Discharge

Door

Slots in

Handle Bracket

Assemblies

Figure 15

Converting to Mulcher

•Lift the rear discharge door.

•Remove the grassbag or chute deflector.

•Insert the mulch plug. See Figure 12.

•Release the rear discharge door. See Figure 13.

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