Craftsman 247.77099 Attaching The Handle, Attaching The Hose Assembly, Figure

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ATTACHING THE HANDLE

ATTACHING THE HANDLE

Remove the hairpin clips from the handle brackets and remove the carriage screws and wing nuts from the lower handle. See Figure 3A.

A

Carriage

Cable

 

Guide

 

Screw

 

 

Wing

 

 

Hairpin

Cable

 

Clip

Nut

 

 

 

Tie

 

Handle

 

 

 

Bracket

 

 

B

 

 

 

 

Wing

 

 

 

Nut

Cable

 

 

 

 

Tie

 

 

Carriage

 

Lower

 

Bolts

 

Handle

Rope

Handle

 

 

Guide

 

 

Knobs

 

 

 

Figure 3

 

 

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

Insert carriage screws through upper hole in lower handle from the inside and secure with wing nuts.

Unfold the upper handle until it aligns with lower handle. Make sure the rope guide is on the right side of upper handle. See Figure 3B.

IMPORTANT: Make sure the cables are routed outside the lower handle. Also, do not crimp the cables while lifting up the handles.

Secure the two handles by tightening the handle knobs (carriage bolts must be seated properly into the handle). See Figure 3B.

Pull the two cable ties attached to the cables tight approximately 8 inches from each cable end and place the cables into the cable guide. See Figure 3A and B.

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. See Figure 5A.

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 4.

Hose

Adapter

Spring

Loaded Pin

Figure 4

Pull spring loaded pin out on the base and align pin with the first hole (closest to the end of the tube) in the hose adapter.

Release the pin to lock the hose in place.

Snap the hose handle first into the upper hose handle bracket and then into the lower hose handle bracket. Refer to Figure 5A.

A Starter

 

Rope

 

Rope

 

Guide

 

Upper

 

Hose

 

Handle

 

Bracket

 

Lower

 

Hose

 

Handle

 

Bracket

 

Hose

 

Handle

 

B

Chipper

 

Chute

Hose

 

Hanger

 

Bracket

 

Figure 5

Lay hose tubing on hanger bracket next to chipper chute. Refer to Figure 5B.

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Craftsman 247.77099 operating instructions Attaching The Handle, Attaching The Hose Assembly, Figure