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Setup and

Adjustment

IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped without gasoline or oil in the engine. Fill up gasoline and oil as instructed in the accompanying engine manual BEFORE operat- ing your mower.

1.

Remove any packing material which may be between

 

upper and lower handles.

 

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

 

Figure 3-1. Make certain the lower handle is seated

 

securely into the handle mounting brackets. Do not

 

crimp cable while lifting the handle up.

 

b. Tighten star knobs securing upper handle to lower

 

handle, Figure 3-1. Make sure that each carriage

 

bolt is seated properly in the handle.

2.

Locate the hairpin clip on the weld pin on each side

 

lower handle.

Stand behind the mower as if you were going to operate it. Your right hand corresponds to the right side of the mower; your left hand corre- sponds to the left side of the mower.

Figure 3-1: Unfold handle and tighten hardware.

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Figure 3-2: Secure lower handle to mounting brackets.

a.

Remove hairpin clip from this hole. Using a pair

 

of pliers, insert hairpin clip into the hole on pin

 

closest to the bracket, Figure 3-2. Repeat on other

 

side.

b. Insert a carriage bolt from the hardware pack into

 

the upper hole on the handle mounting bracket,

 

Figure 3-2. Secure with one plastic wing nut, also

 

included in the hardware pack. Repeat on other

 

side.

3. The rope guide is attached to the right side of the

upper handle. Loosen the wing nut which secures the

rope guide, Figure 3-3.

a.

Hold blade control handle against upper handle.

b. Pull starter rope out of the engine. Release blade

 

control handle.

c.

Slip starter rope into rope guide.

d.

Tighten wing nut.

4. Insert post on cable ties into holes provided on the

lower handle. Pull cable tie tight and trim excess,

Figure 3-4.

Each end of the lower

 

handle must be placed at

 

the same position on the

 

mounting brackets.

 

IMPORTANT: This unit is

 

shipped without gasoline

 

or oil in the engine. Fill

 

up gasoline and oil as

instructed in the accom-

panying engine manual

BEFORE operating your

mower.

 

Figure 3-3: Pull recoil starter through rope guide and tighten.

Figure 3-4: Secure cable to handle using cable ties.

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