a.The mower does not propel itself with the drive control lever engaged.
b.The mower’s drive wheels hesitate with the drive control lever engaged.
•To resolve the above problems, rotate the adjustment wheel with your fingers: clockwise to tighten the cable, and
To tighten cable
Adjustment Wheel
To loosen cable
Figure 23
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 cables.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4. 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 24. Reassemble, placing the bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle mounting bracket.
Notch
Lower
Handle
Figure 24
•Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes of the weld pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the Assembling Your Lawn Mower section.
Adjusting Cutting Height
IMPORTANT: All wheels must be placed in the same relative position. For rough or uneven lawns, move the height adjustment lever to a higher position. This will help stop scalping of the grass.
An adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel position provides cutting height adjustment. Each adjusting plate has nine height positions. Height of cut will be changed when the thumb lever is moved from one hole to another.
•Simply depress the lever towards the wheel and move the lever assembly to desired position. See Figure 25.
Height Adjustment
Lever
Figure 25
Adjusting Carburetor
NOTE: A dirty air cleaner may cause an engine to run rough too. Make sure that the air cleaner is clean and attached to the carburetor before deciding to adjust the carburetor.
To adjust the carburetor, please follow the recommendations and instructions found in the engine manual.
WARNING: If any adjustments are made to the engine (e.g. carburetor) while the engine is running, keep clear of all moving parts. Be careful of heated surfaces like the muffler.
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