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545196741 Rev. 2 4/30/09
STARTING AND STOPPING
Warm engine
With a warm engine, move the blue engine
choke lever to the ½ po sition. Pull starter
rope until engine runs. Move the blue en-
gine choke lever to the opened position.
CAUTION!
Do not put any part of your body in marked
area. Contact can result in burns to the
skin, or electrical shock if the spark plug
cap has been damaged. Always u se
gloves. Do not use a machine with dam-
aged spark plug cap.
CAUTION! Do not pull the star ter cord all
the way out and do not let go of the starter
handle when the cord is fully extended.
This can damage the machine.
NOTE: If engine dies, retur n blue engine
choke lever to the closed position and
repeat starting steps.
Stopping
Stop the engine by pushing and holding
the stop switch in the STOP position until
the engine stops.
CAUTION! The stop switch automatically
returns to the start position. In order to pre-
vent unintentional starting, the spark plug
cap must be removed from the spar k plug
when ass embling, checking and/or per-
forming maintenance.
WARNING: Whentheengineis
started with the choke in the closed
position the cutting attachment will
start to rotate immediately .