Engine Speed
WARNING: Overspeeding engine above the factory setting can be dangerous. Do not attempt to increase engine speed or it may result in personal injury. Changing of engine governed speed will void engine warranty.
•If you believe the engine is running too fast or too slow, take your lawn mower to the nearest SEARS service center.
Adjusting Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as follows.
•Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
•Remove the upper handle by removing the hand knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out of the way, being careful not to bend or kink the cable.
•Remove the hairpin clip from the weld pin on the handle bracket on each side of the lower handle. See Figure 18 inset. Press out on the legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle from the mower.
•Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as shown in Figure 18. Reassemble, placing the bottom hole on the handle over the weld pin in the handle mounting bracket.
•Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the Assembly section. See Figure 18 inset.
| Notch |
| Lower |
| Handle |
Hairpin |
|
Clip | Lower |
| Handle |
Figure 18
Adjusting Cutting Height
IMPORTANT: All wheels must be placed in the same relative position.
•Raise the mower wheels for low cut and lower the wheels for high cut. For rough or uneven lawns, move the height adjustment lever to a higher position. This will help stop scalping of the
grass.
There is an adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel position to adjust the cutting height. Each adjusting plate has nine height positions. Height of cut will change if you move the thumb lever from one hole to another.
•Simply depress the lever towards wheel and move the wheel and lever assembly to the desired position. See Figure 19. All wheels must be placed in the same relative position for uniform cutting height.
•For rough or uneven lawns, move the height adjustment handles to positions which will give a higher cutting height. Both front and rear handles must be placed in the same relative position.
Height Adjustment
Lever
Figure 19
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