Attaching Side-Discharge Chute
Your lawn mower was shipped as a mulcher. Remove the mulching cover and attach the
•Lift the hinged mulching plug. Slide the two hooks on the side discharge deflector under the hinge pin on the mulching plug assembly. See Figure 5. Lower the mulching plug.
Mulching Plug
Hinge Pin
Deflector
Hook
(Slide hooks under the two sides of hinge pin)
FIGURE 5
IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped WITHOUT GASOLINE or OIL. Be certain to service engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate engine manual before operating your mower.
Attaching Rear Bagger
•To convert your mower from a mulcher to a rear bagger, remove
•Lift the chute door on the mower. Remove the rear mulching plug. Place hooks, located on two sides of the grass catcher frame, over the chute door pivot rod on the back of the unit. See Figure 6. Release chute door.
Rear Mulching |
Plug |
Chute Door
Rear Discharge
Grass Catcher
FIGURE 6
•To remove the grass catcher, lift the chute door on the mower. Lift the grass catcher up, and off of the pivot rod. Release the chute door.
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