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Setup and
Adjustment
IMPORTANT: This unit is shipped without gasoline or
oil in the engine. Fill up gasoline and oil as instructed
in the accompanying engine manual BEFORE operat-
ing your mower.
1. Remove any packing material which may be between
upper and lower handles.
a. Pull up and back on upper handle as shown in
Figure 3-1. Make certain the lower handle is seated
securely into the handle mounting brackets. Do not
crimp cable while lifting the handle up.
b. Tighten star knobs securing upper handle to lower
handle, Figure 3-1. Make sure that each carriage
bolt is seated properly in the handle.
2. Locate the hairpin clip on the weld pin on each side
lower handle.
a. Remove hairpin clip from this hole. Using a pair
of pliers, insert hairpin clip into the hole on pin
closest to the bracket, Figure 3-2. Repeat on other
side.
b. Insert a carriage bolt from the hardware pack into
the upper hole on the handle mounting bracket,
Figure 3-2. Secure with one plastic wing nut, also
included in the hardware pack. Repeat on other
side.
3. The rope guide is attached to the right side of the
upper handle. Loosen the wing nut which secures the
rope guide, Figure 3-3.
a. Hold blade control handle against upper handle.
b. Pull starter rope out of the engine. Release blade
control handle.
c. Slip starter rope into rope guide.
d. Tighten wing nut.
4. Insert post on cable ties into holes provided on the
lower handle. Pull cable tie tight and trim excess,
Figure 3-4.
Stand behind the mower
as if you were going to
operate it. Your right
hand corresponds to the
right side of the mower;
your left hand corre-
sponds to the left side of
the mower.
IMPORTANT: This unit is
shipped without gasoline
or oil in the engine. Fill
up gasoline and oil as
instructed in the accom
-
panying engine manual
BEFORE operating your
mower.
Each end of the lower
handle must be placed at
the same position on the
mounting brackets.
Figure 3-1: Unfold handle and tighten hardware.
Figure 3-2: Secure lower handle to mounting brackets.
Figure 3-3: Pull recoil starter through rope guide and tighten. Figure 3-4: Secure cable to handle using cable ties.