Section 2 - OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
2.2 STARTING & OPERATION
WARNING
Stop engine and mower blade by releasing the blade control before adjusting ground speed.
2.2.2.PROPELLING MOWER (Self Propelled Model Only)
1.Stop engine and mower blade by releasing the blade control before adjusting ground speed. Move ground speed control to the desired speed position. See Figure 2.4.
2.Start engine. Refer to Section “Starting & Operation”.
3.Move wheel drive control against handle to engage wheel drive and propel mower forward. See Figure 2.1.
MOVE GROUND SPEED
CONTROL TO SIX SPEED
POSITION
SIXTH SPEED
SIXTH POSITION
FIRST | FIRST SPEED | |
POSITION | ||
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FIGURE 2.4
2.3STOPPING
Stop engine and blade by releasing the blade control. Stop forward motion of mower by releasing the wheel drive control.
2.4HANDLE HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
The height of the mower handle can be adjusted as follows:
1.Loosen the lower nuts on each lower handle as shown in Figure 2.5.
2.Move upper mower handle up or down until the desired position is achieved.
3.Tighten the lower nuts on each lower handle to maintain desired position.
HIGHER
LOWER
HANDLE
LOWER
LOOSEN LOWER
NUTS ON EACH
LOWER HANDLE
FIGURE 2.5
2.5CUTTING HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT
1. Pull the height adjusting latch outward and move to desired cutting height. See Figure 2.6.
IMPORTANT: Move rear height adjustment latch for rear wheel adjustment to correspond with raising or lowering the front wheels to maintain the level of the deck.
1 | LOWEST CUTTING | LATCH | |
HEIGHT | |||
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1
2
3
4
5 |
| HIGHEST | 6 |
| CUTTING | ||
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6 | HEIGHT |
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FIGURE 2.6
2.Set all wheels at the same cutting height. The highest cutting position is Notch 6. The lowest cutting position is Notch 1.
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