Yard-Man 950 series Owner's Manual page 5

your clothes which can ig nite. Wash your
skin and change clothes im mediately.
a) Use only an ap proved gas oline con tainer.
b) Never fill containers in side a ve hicle or on
a truck or trailer bed with a plas tic liner.
Always place containers on the ground
away from your ve hicle be fore fill ing.
c) When prac ti cal, re move gas-pow ered
equipment from the truck or trailer and
refuel it on the ground. If this is not possi-
ble, then re fuel such equipment on a
trailer with a por table container, rather
than from a gas oline dis penser noz zle.
d) Keep the nozzle in con tact with the rim of
the fuel tank or con tainer opening at all
times un til fueling is com plete. Do not
use a noz zle lock-open de vice.
e) Ex tin guish all cig a rettes, ci gars, pipes
and other sources of ignition.
f) Never fuel machine in doors.
g) Never re move gas cap or add fuel while
the en gine is hot or run ning. Al low en -
gine to cool at least two minutes be fore
re fu el ing.
h) Never over fill fuel tank. Fill tank to no
more than ½ inch be low bot tom of filler
neck to pro vide space for fuel ex pansion.
i) Replace gas oline cap and tighten se -
curely.
j) If gas oline is spilled, wipe it off the en gine
and equip ment. Move unit to an other
area. Wait 5 min utes be fore start ing the
en gine.
k) Never store the machine or fuel container
inside where there is an open flame,
spark or pilot light as on a wa ter heater,
space heater, fur nace, clothes dryer or
other gas ap pliances.
l) To re duce fire haz ard, keep ma chine free
of grass, leaves, or other de bris build-up.
Clean up oil or fuel spill age and re move
any fuel soaked de bris.
m) Allow ma chine to cool at least 5 min utes
be fore stor ing.
GEN ERAL SER VICE:
Never run an en gine in doors or in a poorly
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ven ti lated area. En gine ex haust con tains car-
bon mon oxide, an odor less and deadly gas.
Be fore clean ing, re pair ing, or in spect ing,
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make certain the blade and all mov ing parts
have stopped. Dis connect the spark plug
wire and ground against the en gine to pre -
vent un in tended start ing.
Check the blade and en gine mounting bolts
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at fre quent intervals for proper tight ness.
Also, vi sually in spect blade for dam age
(e.g., bent, cracked, worn) Re place blade
with the orig i nal equip ment man u fac turer's
(O.E.M.) blade only, listed in this manual.
"Use of parts which do not meet the orig inal
equip ment spec i fi ca tions may lead to im-
proper per for mance and com pro mise
safety!"
Mower blades are sharp and can cut. Wrap
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the blade(s) or wear gloves, and use ex tra
cau tion when ser vic ing them.
Keep all nuts, bolts, and screws tight to be
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sure the equipment is in safe working con di-
tion.
Never tamper with safety de vices. Check
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their proper op er a tion reg u larly.
After strik ing a for eign ob ject, stop the en-
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gine, dis connect the spark plug wire and
ground against the en gine. Thoroughly in -
spect the mower for any dam age. Re pair the
dam age be fore start ing and op er at ing the
mower.
Grass catcher com ponents, dis charge cover,
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and trail shield are sub ject to wear and
damage which could expose mov ing parts
or al low ob jects to be thrown. For safety
pro tec tion, fre quently check com po nents
and re place im me di ately with orig i nal equip-
ment manufacturer's (O.E.M.) parts only,
listed in this man ual. "Use of parts which do
not meet the orig i nal equip ment spec i fi ca -
tions may lead to im proper per formance
and com pro mise safety!"
Do not change the en gine governor setting
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or overspeed the en gine. The governor con -
trols the max imum safe op erating speed of
the en gine.
Maintain or re place safety and in struction la-
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bels, as nec essary.
Observe proper dis posal laws and reg ula-
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tions. Im proper dis posal of flu ids and
ma te ri als can harm the en vi ron ment.
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