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SET-UP
This unit is shipped WITH OUT GAS O LINE or OIL.
Af ter as sem bly, ser vice en gine with gas o line and oil
as in structed in the sep a rate en gine man ual packed
with your unit.
NOTE: Ref er ence to right or left hand side of the
mower is ob served from the op er at ing po si tion.
This owner's man ual cov ers var i ous mod els of
lawnmowers. The units il lus trated may vary slightly
from your unit. Fol low only those in struc tions which
per tain to your model lawnmower.
Dis con nect the spark plug wire and ground move it as
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in structed in the sep a rate en gine man ual packed with
your unit.
Re move grass bag from the unit and set it out of the
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way.
Re move the car ton in serts (if any). Re move the loose
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parts which are in the car ton, lift the mower from the
car ton, or cut the cor ners of the car ton and roll the
mower out.
Fig ure 1
Pull up and back on the up per han dle to raise the
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han dle into the op er at ing po si tion. Make cer tain the
lower han dle is seated se curely into the han dle
mount ing brack ets. Tighten the large wing nuts on
each side of the han dle. See Fig ure 1.
Re move the hair pin clips from the outer hole in the
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weld pins on the han dle mount ing brack ets. Place the
hair pin clips in the in ner hole. See Fig ures 2 and 3.
Place one car riage bolt (found in the hard ware pack
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in cluded with your unit) in the up per hole of the right
han dle mount ing bracket from the in side out ward.
See Fig ures 2 and 3. Se cure with one wing nut. Re -
peat pro cess on the left side.
The rope guide and wing nut are at tached to
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the starter rope, on top of the en gine. Re move the
wing nut from rope guide. Re move the rope guide
from the starter rope. See Fig ure 4.
With the spark plug wire dis con nected and grounded,
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hold the blade con trol han dle against the up per han -
dle, and pull the starter rope out of the en gine. Hold
the rope guide as shown so the open ing in the rope
Carriage Bolt
Lower
Handle
Wing Nut
Hairpin
Clip
Fig ure 2- For mod els with 8" rear wheels.
Wing Nut
Hairpin
Clip
Fig ure 3 - For mod els with 12" rear wheels.
Rope Guide
Fig ure 4
guide is to ward the front of mower. Slip the rope
guide around the starter rope and into the right side
of up per han dle us ing the hole shown. Se cure us ing
the wing nut.
Fas ten the ca ble to the lower han dle with the ca ble
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ties found on the lower han dle. Pull the ca ble ties
tight and trim off the ex cess. See Fig ure 5.
Make cer tain all nuts and bolts are tight ened se curely.
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NOTE: If the starter rope be comes dis con nected
from rope guide on han dle, dis con nect and
ground the spark plug wire. De press the bail and
pull the starter rope out from en gine slowly. Slip
the starter rope into the rope guide bolt on han -
dle.
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Place
the
hairpin
clip in
Lower Handle
Carriage
Bolt
Place the
hairpin clip
in the inner
hole of weld
pin.
Starter Handle
Small Wing
Nut
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