Assembly - Craftsman 358.797921 Operator's Manual

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ASSEMBLY
A.PREPARAT ON
Your Operator's Manual has been developed to help
you assemble the unit and to understand its safe opera_;-
fion._ It is importer that you read your mauual com-
pletely to become familiar with the unit befvre you be_
' gin assemb_. Blower
L READ YOUR OPE_ATOR'S MANUAL
2. The only tool required is a standard screwdriver.
To ease assembly, lubricate locking tabs before
assembling tubes.
Locking _
Bo BLOWER TUBE ASSEMBLY
L Locate the two lockingtabs on the side ofthe bIower
tube. Figure 1.
2. Align thegrooveson thefiozzle withthe locking
tabson the blower tube and push the nozzle onto
the blower tube.
3. Turn the noz_e dock-wise untiI the parts snap into
• .phce and arefirmly tightened.
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4. _Mign Grooves on ttIe Blower Tube with I.ec_g
mower
1,met) dp h
• e BlowerTube into the Blower Outlet.
5. Turn the Blower Tube clockwise until the parts
snap into place and arefirmly tightened.
•C.VACUUM BAG ASSEMBLY
1... Open'thezipper on thelarge'end ofthevacuum bag.
2. Insert theElbowTube, grooved end first, through
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the zipper openiag in the va__um beg _ 2).
Then, push the grooved _ of the Elbow Tube
through the bagtube openingin theother end ofthe
bag.Figures2 &3. Makesurethebegtubeopening
• _sflushagain_thetubeflauge.
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"3..Closethe zipper on theb_t_ Make sure the zipper is
.!:,:_dosedcompletely and the zipper seam is tucked to-
.:.'wa.'_l.theinside of the beg. Figure 4 (inset).
D.VACWJUM TUBE ASSFAdBLY
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i Stop.the engine before opening thevaeuum inlet !
| debt or _em_ =_g _ _er_ _ _ the vacu-i
l 'ram tubes. The engine must be st_pped and the Im-I
| p e!!@r,blades no longer tur-aing to avoid serious]
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1. Remove the blowertubefrom the engine. Figure 4,
2. Settheunit_ M ower outlet u p,on aflat s urface (Fig-
ura 5).Open thevacuum iv-let cover asfollows:
• _u Insertascrewdrivei"int_latcharea._gu:re5.
=b..Gently twist the tip ofthe screwdriver and open
l;he _m_um inlet cover with your other hand.
_; -Holdopenvacuum inlet . cover andalign the _es
• on, the upper vacuum tu_e with the I_:_f_:,_'_m -
s_de the vacuum inlet, Figure 6. Insert the upper
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rac:m_m into the vacuum inlet; twLst the upper vac-
uum tube clockwise until parts snap together.
4, Assemble the vacuum tubes by aligning the danted
end of the lower vacuum tube with the blower outlet
as shown in Figure 6. Push the two tubes together
'_ower'vacuum:tube
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• ::_ cu.t:at an angle. Make sure slanted end of vacuum
'__ •'_ :.__:'_.b_e _se_igned w lth bloweroutlet. F igure 6.
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