Sears 917.38783 To Adjust Cutting Height, Rear Deflector, Carburetor, Engine Speed

SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS

CAUTION: BEFORE PERFORMING ANY SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENTS: o Release control bar.

•Make sure the blade and all moving parts have completely stopped.

..... o Disconnect spark plug wire from spark PlUg and place where .i.t,.cannot c°me in contact with plug,

LAWN MOWER

TO ADJUST CUTTING HEIGHT

See "TO ADJUST CUTTING HEIGHT" in the Operation section of this manual.

REAR DEFLECTOR

SHIPPING POSITION
MEDIUM LOW	MEDIUM HIGH

The rear deflector, attached between the rear wheels of your lawn mower, is provided to minimize the possibility that objects will be thrown out the rear of the lawn mower into the operator's mowing position.

If the rear deflector becomes damaged, it should be re- placed.

TO ADJUST HANDLE (See Figs. 12 Thru 14)

Your lawn mower handle can be raised or lowered for your mowing comforL Four (4) positions are available: high, medium high, medium low and low. Handles are shipped mounted in the medium low position°

oTo change from medium lowto medium high position, the upper-and lower'handle sections will have to be turned over (See Fig.. 12B)_

°Remove the cable clips_

oRemove the controls and operator presence control bar from the upper handle,.

•Remove the starter rope guide from the lower handle° o Remove hairpin cotters.

. Disconnect the lower handle from the handle brackets (See Fig. 14)_

oTurn the handle over and reassemble the hairpin cotters that have been removed_

•Reassemble the starter rope guide.

•Reassemble the controls and the operator presence control bar to the upper handle.

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CAUTION: The operator presence con-

trol bar must pivot freely to permit blade brake engagement when control bar is

released. Do not over tighten the fas- teners holding the controls to tile up- per handle.

•To change from medium low to high position only the upper handle section will have to be turned over (See Fig_ 13A),

oTo change from medium low to low position, only the lower handle section will have to be turned over (See Fig. 13B).

ENGINE

CARBURETOR

Your carburetor has a non-adjustable fixed main jet for mixture control. If your engine does not operate properly due to suspected carburetor problems, take your'lawn

mower to an authorized service center for repair or adjust- ment.

FIG. 12A FIG. 12B

LOW

HIGH

FIG, 13A	FIG.	13B	!
	LOWER	HANDLE
SQUEEZE
TO REMOVE

HAIRPIN CLIP

FIG. 14

ENGINE SPEED

Your engine speed has been factory seL Do not attempt to increase engine speed or it may result in personal injury, tf you believe that the engine is runningtoo fast ortoo slow, take your lawn mower to an authorized service center for repair and adjustment.

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