Homelite F-3040 User Manual page 15

F3040_25 lgs 10/04/06
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F D E I
OPERATION
Note: It is normal for smoke to be emitted from a new
engine during and after first use.
WARNING
Always shut off engine before fueling. Never add
fuel to a machine with a running or hot engine.
Move at least 9 m from refueling site before
starting engine. Do not smoke!
1 Litre + 20 ml
2 Litres + 40 ml
3 Litres + 60 ml
4 Litres + 80 ml
5 Litres + 100 ml =
OPERATING THE TRIMMER (Fig. 9)
Hold the trimmer with the right hand on the rear handle
and the left hand on the front handle. Keep a firm grip with
both hands while in operation. Trimmer should be held at a
comfortable position with the rear handle about hip height.
Always operate trimmer at full throttle. Cut tall grass from
the top down. This will prevent grass from wrapping
around the shaft housing and string head which may
cause damage from overheating. If grass becomes
wrapped around the string head, stop the engine,
disconnect the spark plug wire, and remove the grass.
Prolonged cutting at partial throttle will result in oil
dripping from the silencer.
ADVANCING THE STRING
ADVANCING STRING USING THE EZ LINE™ TAP
ADVANCE SYSTEM
String advance is controlled by tapping string head on
grass while running engine at full throttle.
Run engine at full throttle.
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Tap string head on ground to advance string.
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String advances each time the head is tapped.
Several taps may be required until string strikes the
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cutoff blade.
Resume trimming.
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NOTE: If the string is worn too short you may not be able
to advance the string by tapping it on the ground. If so,
STOP THE ENGINE, and manually advance the string.
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ADVANCING THE STRING MANUALLY
Push the spool retainer down while pulling on string(s) to
manually advance the string.
CUTTING TIPS (Fig. 10)
Keep the trimmer tilted towards the area being cut;
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this is the best cutting area (45).
Do not cut in dangerous cutting area (43).
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Use the tip of string to do the cutting; do not force
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string head into uncut grass.
Wire and picket fences cause extra string wear, even
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breakage. Stone and brick walls, kerbs and wood
may wear string rapidly.
Avoid trees and shrubs. Tree bark, wood mouldings,
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cladding and fence posts can easily be damaged by
the string.
GRASS DEFLECTOR LINE TRIMMING CUTOFF
BLADE (Fig. 11)
This trimmer is equipped with a line trimming cut-off blade
(15) on the grass deflector. For best cutting, advance
string until it is trimmed to length by the cut-off blade.
Advance string whenever you hear the engine running
faster than normal. This will maintain best performance
and keep string long enough to advance properly.
OPERATING THE BRUSHCUTTER (Fig. 12 & 13)
Hold the brushcutter with the right hand on the rear handle
and the left hand on the front handle. Keep a firm grip with
both hands while in operation. Brushcutter should be held
at a comfortable position with the rear handle about hip
height. Maintain your grip and balance on both feet.
Position yourself so that you will not be drawn off balance
by the kick-back reaction of the cutting blade.
Adjust the shoulder strap to position the brushcutter at a
comfortable operating position and to assure that the
shoulder strap will reduce the risk of operator contact
with the blade.
Exercise extreme caution when using the blade with this
unit. Blade thrust is the reaction which may occur when the
spinning blade contacts anything it cannot cut. This contact
may cause the blade to stop for an instant, and suddenly
"thrust" the unit away from the object that was hit. This
reaction can be violent enough to cause the operator to
lose control of the unit. Blade thrust may occur without
warning if the blade snags, stalls or binds. This is more
likely to occur in areas where it is difficult to see the
material being cut. For cutting ease and safety, approach
the weeds being cut from the right to the left.
In the event that an unexpected object or woody stock is
encountered, this could minimise the blade thrust reaction.
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