MTD Push Mower, 540 warranty Assembly & Set-Up, Contents of Carton, Handle

Assembly & Set-Up

Contents of Carton

•	One Lawn Mower	•	One Lawn Mower Operator’s Manual	•	One Bottle of Oil
•	One Grass Catcher	•	One Engine Operator’s Manual	•	One Hardware Pack

•One Side Discharge Chute

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Assembly

NOTE: This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil in the engine. Fill up gasoline and oil as instructed in the accompanying engine manual BEFORE operating your mower.

Handle

1.Remove any packing material which may be between upper and lower handles.

a.Pull up and back on upper handle as shown in Fig.

3-1. Make certain the lower handle is seated securely into the handle mounting brackets. Do not crimp cable while lifting the handle up.

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B

Figure 3-1

b.Tighten star knobs to secure upper handle to lower handle. Make sure that each carriage bolt is seated properly in the handle.

2.Locate the hairpin clip 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 hole on pin closest to the bracket. See Fig. 3-2. Repeat on other side.

Hardware Pack

Carriage Bolts (2)

Wing Nuts (2)

B

A

Figure 3-2

b.Insert a carriage bolt from the hardware pack into the upper hole on the handle mounting bracket. Secure with one plastic wing nut, also included in the hardware pack. Repeat on other side with remaining items from hardware pack.