7
5. Lift the round door of the discharge chute and place
the grass catcher into place on the discharge chute.
NOTE: Be sure the grass catcher is securely locked in
place and the round door of the discharge chute rests on
the grass catcher as shown.
• Mower is now ready for rear bagging operation.
• To convert to mulching operation, remove grass catch er
and discharge chute. Secure mulcher door to mower
housing with knob.
• To convert to side dis charg ing operation, remove grass
catch er and discharge chute. Install side discharge
defl ector and secure it to lawn mower housing with
knob.
OPERATION
CASTER WHEEL OPERATION
The front wheels can be “locked” into position or set to
“freewheel” for better maneuverability. Placing the lockbars
in the outer holes of the adjustment brackets “locks” the
front wheels. Likewise, placing the lockbars in the inner
holes of the adjustment brackets allows the front wheels
to spin freely (“freewheel”).
• Lift lockbar until the frontmost end clears the adjust-
ment bracket, then pivot lockbar to desired position.
IMPORTANT: Front wheels must be “locked” into position
when operating on a slope. Mow across the face of slopes:
never up and down.
TO CONVERT MOWER (See Figs. 7 thru 9)
Your lawn mower was shipped ready to be used as a mulcher.
To convert to rear bagging or side discharging:
REAR BAGGING
1. Remove knob securing mulcher door to lawn mower
housing.
FIG. 9
DISCHARGE
CHUTE
ROUND
DOOR
GRASS
CATCHER
CROSSBAR
MULCHER DOOR
KNOB
REAR HANDLE
THREADED
STUD
SIDE
DISCHARGE
DEFLECTOR
KNOB
THREADED
STUD
MULCHER
DOOR
FIG. 7
FIG. 8
HINGE BRACKET MULCHER
DOOR
DISCHARGE
CHUTE TABS
3. Secure rear of discharge chute to lawn mower housing
with knob.
4. Place rear handle of grass catcher on the crossbar of
the lawn mower's lower handle as shown.
2. Open mulcher door and insert tabs of discharge chute
into hinge bracket opening and position rear of chute
over threaded stud.
SIDE DISCHARGING
1. Grass catcher and discharge chute must be re-
moved.
2. Open mulcher door and install front of side dis charge
defl ector beneath it as shown.
3. Secure rear of side discharge defl ector to lawn mower
housing with knob.
• Mower is now ready for side discharging operation.
• To convert to mulching operation, side dis charge de-
fl ector must be removed and mulcher door secured to
mower housing with knob.
• To convert to rear bagging operation, side discharge
defl ector must be removed; discharge chute and grass
catcher installed and discharge chute secured to mower
housing with knob.