MTD 11A-545D034 Lawn Mower User Manual


 
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Attaching Rear Wheels
Remove hardware from hardware pack.
Insert shoulder screw through wave washer, flat
washer, rear wheel, and spring washer.
Secure shoulder screw with hardware to rear pivot
bar. See Figure 5.
Figure 5
Attaching Starter Rope
The rope guide is attached to the right side of upper
handle. Loosen the wing nut which secures the
rope guide. See Figure 6.
Figure 6
With the spark plug wire disconnected and
grounded, hold the blade control handle against the
upper handle, and pull the starter rope out of the
engine. Release the blade control handle. Slip the
starter rope into the rope guide. Tighten the wing
nut.
Grass Catcher Assembly
NOTE: Make certain the grass bag is turned right side
out before assembling (warning label will be on the
outside).
1. Frame Assembly
2. Bag
3. Hardtop Cover*
4. Mounting Bracket *
5. Two self Tapping Screws*
*Hardtop Cover only.
Assembling Soft Top Grass Catcher
Place the bag over the frame (black plastic side is
the bottom of bag). Slip the openings in the side of
the plastic channels on the bag over the hooks on
the grass catcher frame.
Secure bag to frame by working the plastic
channels on bag over frame as shown in Figure 7B.
All of the plastic channels except the center top of
the bag attach from the outside of bag. The center
top of the bag attaches from inside the bag.
Figure 7
Attaching Hardtop Cover
Slide the hardtop cover under the grass catcher
handle, positioning it so the handle rests snugly into
the notch in the cover, and press the frame into the
tabs at the back of the cover.
Position the mounting bracket facing down
between the front of the handle and the front of the
hardtop cover so that the holes in the cover line up
with the holes in the bracket. Insert the self tapping
screws down through the hardtop cover and
mounting bracket. See Figure 8.
Figure 8
Spring Washer
Wave Washer
Rear Wheel
Flat Washer
Shoulder
Screw
Wing Nut
Starter
Upper Handle
Rope
Rope
Guide
Lower
Handle
Frame
Assembly
Bag
Hook
Plastic
Channels
A
B
Frame
Plastic
Channels
Self Tapping
Grass
Catcher
Handle
Screws
Notch in
Hardtop
Cover
Mounting
Bracket