SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS
This unit is shipped WITHOUT GASOLINE or OIL. After assembly, service engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit.
NOTE: Reference to right or left hand side of the mower is observed from the operating position.
HOW TO SET-UP YOUR LAWN MOWER
Refer to Illustration Below
•Disconnect the spark plug wire and move it away from spark plug as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit.
•Remove the carton inserts (if any). Remove the loose parts which are in the carton, lift the mower from the carton, or cut the cor- ners of the carton and roll the mower out.
•Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the handle into the operating position. See Figure 1. Make certain the lower handle is seated securely into the handle mounting brackets. Tighten the wing nuts on each side of the handle. See Figure 2.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the outer hole in the weld pins on the handle mounting
brackets. Place the hairpin clips in the inner hole. See Figure 2.
•Place one carriage bolt (found in the hard- ware pack included with your unit) in the upper hole of the right handle mounting bracket from the inside outward. Secure with one plastic wing nuts. Repeat process on other side. See Figure 2.
NOTE: Make certain the drive cable is routed around the outside and above the lower handle so it does not interfere with attaching the grass bag.
•The rope guide (pigs tail) is part of the grass catcher support rod attached to the lower handle. See Figure 3. With the spark plug wire disconnected and grounded as in-
structed in the separate engine manual, hold the blade control handle against the up- per handle, and pull the starter rope out of the engine slowly until it extends past the rope guide (pigs tail).
•Guide the starter rope around the rope guide (pig tail) until the rope is securely in the cen- ter.
•Make certain all nuts and bolts are tightened securely.
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Drive Clutch
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