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SECTION 7: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
WARNING: Do not at any time make any
adjustment to lawn mower without first
stopping engine and disconnecting spark
plug wire.

Cutting Height Adjustment

Figure 8
An adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel
position provides cutting height adjustment. Each
adjusting plate has nine height positions. Height of cut
will be changed when the thumb lever is moved from
position to another.
•Simply depress the lever towards wheel and move
wheel and lever assembly to desired position. All
wheels must be placed in the same relative
position. See Figure 8.
•For rough or uneven lawns, move the height
adjustment handles to positions which will give a
higher cutting height. Both front and rear handles
must be placed in the same relative position.

Handle Height Adjustment

Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher
height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as
follows.
•Remove the starter rope from t he ro pe gu ide.
•Remove the upper handle by removing the hand
knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out
of the way, being careful not to bend or kink the
cables.
•Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the
handle brackets. Press inward on the legs of the
lower handle. Remove lower handle from the
mower.
•Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the
bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as
shown in Figure 9. Reassemble, placing the bottom
holes in the handle over the weld pins in the handle
mounting bracket.
•Reassemble the upper handle.
•Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes in the weld
pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the
Set-Up Instructions.
Figure 9
Adjustment
Lever
Notch
Lower Handle