Setup and Adjustments, 3 A

NOTE: The units illustrated may vary slightly from your unit.

1. Remove loose parts and any packing material which

may be between upper and lower handles.

a. Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the

Setup and

Adjustments

WARNING

Disconnect and ground the spark plug wire as instruct- ed in the separate engine manual.

Your mower is shipped with the handle in the

Figure 1

Figure 2

handle from position A into the operating position

B. See Figure 1.

b. Tighten hand knobs (star knobs) securing upper

handle to lower handle. Make sure that each

carriage bolt is seated properly in the handle.

NOTE: On some models wing nuts have been replaced with star knobs. Figures show wing nuts only.

2. Locate hairpin clip in one hole on the weld pin on each
side of lower handle.
a.	Remove hairpin clip from this hole. Using a pair of
	pliers, insert hairpin clip into the other hole on the
	weld pin. Repeat on other side.
b. Place one carriage bolt (found in the hardware
	pack included with your unit) in the upper hole of
	the right handle mounting bracket from the inside
	outward. See Figure 2. Secure with one wing nut
	(star knobs). Repeat process on the left side.
3. Rope guide Setup as follows, see Figure 3:
a.	Hold the blade control against the upper handle.
	Position A.
b. Slowly pull starter rope out of engine. Position B.
c.	Slip starter rope into the rope guide. Position C.
d.	Tighten rope guide wing nut (star knobs).Position D.
4. Insert post on cable ties into holes provided on the
lower handle. Pull cable tie tight and trim excess. See
Figure 4.
5. Each wheel has a height adjustment lever to change
the cutting height of the mower. To change the height
of cut, squeeze adjuster lever toward the wheel,
moving up or down to selected height. See Figure 5.

higher height position. NOTE: Each end of the lower handle must be placed in the same

relative position.

6. To assemble the grasscatcher:

a. Place bag over frame (black plastic side is the

Figure 4