Mantis SV-5C/2 ASSEMBLY comi..ed, Starting, Warm Engine, To Start Your Tiller for the, First Time

ASSEMBLY (comi..ed)

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FUEL IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE.

HANDLE IT WITH CARE. KEEP AWAY FROM IGNITION SOURCES. DO NOT

SMOKE WHILE FUELING YOUR :

Your MANTIS Tiller is powered by a commercial two stroke, air cooled engine which requires a fuel mixture of gasoline and lubricating oil.

Use a mixture of 50 parts unleaded

regular gasoline and 1 pan two-stroke

MANTIS oil (50:1) Use branded 89 octane MANTIS :::50:i

(R+M+2) unleaded gasoline or gasohol

(maximum I0% ethyl alcohol, or 15% MTBE, no methyl alcohol )

STARTING

To Start Your Tiller for the

First Time:

1 Fill the fuel tank with the proper oil/gasoline mixture

(See previous section )

2 Hand tighten the gasoline cap just until it's snug

3 Place the oi! switch into the t

"start/on" position (Picture 1)

4 Pull the choice button all the way out, to completely close the choke• (Picture 2)

5 Locate the purge bulb on the upper right of the engine, in front of the fuel tank (See Picture 3) It sends fuel into the carburetor, for easy

g

starling.

Press

the purge

bulb

until

five times.

Overpulling

may

cause

you see fuel flow through

the

clear

fuel

flooding

Also,

bear' in mind

that,

when

return

line

Since

you're

starting

the

engine

fires,

it

only

coughs

or

';eold," yon may need lo press six to

sputters,

and

will

not

run

on

choke.

eight times As soon as fuel starts

8 Push the choke button in, all the

flowing through the clear fue! line, stop

wa), to open the choke (Picture 5)

pressing!

(Picture

3)

6.

Don't

press

the

throttle trigger

9 Then putt the st,alter cord again

during

the

starting

of the

engine.

The

engine

should

st,art and

ran,. Let the

7. Pull the starter cord (Picture 4)

engine warm up two to three minutes

before

using

until resistance is felt Then give the

recoil starter

cord

a few

brisk

pulls

until

Follow

these steps

whenever

you

are

the engine

fires. Note:

Pull the

starter

starting

the

engine

"cold", or whol

the

cord

about

t2"

to

18". During

cold start-

engine

has

run

dry

and you

have jvst

ing,

you

may

need

to

pull

at least

three or

added fi_d

RemembeT; ahvays

use short,

four' times before the engine fires,

brisk lmlts Don't give the cord a long,

NOTE:

When

the

choke

is closed,

forceful

yanh_ And,

do not let the cord

never pull the cord more

than

four

or

snap

back

fllto

the

starter

hm_sing,

Never

use

starting

fluids as the)'

will

cause

permanent

engine

damage° Using

them will void the warranty

Before you use the

tiller, read the Safety & Warning rules on pages 3-4,.

o

Picture 1 Picture 2

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Picture 3	Picture 4	Picture 5

A WARNING A

AVOID ACCIDENTAL BLADE ENGAGEMENTDO NOT SOUEEZE THE THROTTLE

TRIGGER WHEN STARTING.

MAINTAIN PROPER IDLE SPEED ADJUSTMENT

Starting a

Warm Engine

1, Push ignition switch to t "start/on" position.

2.Push choke button in to the RUN (open)posifion_

3.If there is no fuel in the

clear return line, push primer bulb 3-4 times or until fuel is _dsible in the line.

4.Pull starter rope using short pulls. 1/2 to _3 of flae rope length.

5.If engine fails to start in 4

pulls, use "First Time" starting procedure on page this page.

6.With engine running, and both hands on the handles,

press the throttle lock out button (Picture !), then squeeze the throttle trigger gradually to increase the engine speed and engage the tines.

NOTE: Once the throttle

trigger is squeezed, you can release the lockout button

(Picture 2).

NOTE: Step #6 must be repeated each time ),our tiller trigger is released

(2500-3100 RPM) Picture 1 Picture 2