MTD 500 Thru 519 manual Assembling Your Lawn Mower, Removing Unit From Carton, Hardware Pack

SECTION 3: ASSEMBLING YOUR LAWN MOWER

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

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

Removing 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 if included with unit (i.e., operator’s manual, etc.)

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

•Roll or slide unit out of carton and check carton thoroughly for loose parts.

Hardware Pack

This lawn mower is shipped with following loose parts in the hardware pack for attaching the wheels:

Rear Wheels

•Two lock nuts 3/8-16

•Two spring washers

Front Wheels

•Two shoulder screws 3/8-16

•Two cupped washers .401 ID x .870 OD

Disconnecting Spark Plug Wire

Before setting up your lawn mower, disconnect the spark plug wire from the spark plug and ground to a bolt on the engine. See Figure 1.

Bolt
	Spark Plug
	Wire
Spark
Plug Wire	Spark Plug

Figure 1

Setting Up Your Lawn Mower

•Lift up and pull back on the upper handle to raise the handle into the operating position. Make certain

the lower handle is seated securely into the handle bracket assemblies. To secure the upper and lower handle, tighten the wing nuts near the top of lower handle (carriage bolts must be seated properly into the handle).

•Tighten the wing nuts at the end of the lower handle to secure the handle to handle bracket assemblies. See Figure 2.

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

	Lower
Wing	Handle
Nuts
Handle
Bracket
Assemblies

Figure 2

•Fasten the cable to the lower handle with the cable tie found on the lower handle. Pull the cable tie tight and trim off the excess. See Figure 3.

Cable Tie

Lower

Handle

Figure 3

•Move rope guide to the first hole above the lower handle on right side. The wing nut loosens and secures the rope guide to handle. See Figure 4.

Starter	Upper Handle
Rope
	Wing Nut

Rope

Guide

Lower

Handle

Figure 4

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