To Start The Engine For The Very First Time; To Start Engine Thereafter - Craftsman 580.752260 Operator's Manual

8. Move throttle lever (A) to "Fast" position, shown here as
a rabbit•
To start the engine for the very first time:
9A. Push
primer bulb (B) firmly 5 times, waiting
2 seconds
between each
push•
To start engine thereafter:
9B. Press
primer bulb firmly 3 times, waiting
2 seconds
between each
push•
For a warm
engine,
DO NOT press
primer
bulb.
IMPORTANT: Before
starting
the pressure
washer,
be sure
/ou are
wearing adequatesafety goggles•
WARHIHG
Risk of eye injury.
• _ ISpray can splash back or propel objects.
Always wear safety goggles when using this equipment or in
vicinity of where equipment is in use.
Before starting the pressure washer, be sure you are wearing
adequate safety goggles.
NEVERsubstitute safety glasses for safety goggles.
10. When starting engine, position yourself as
recommended, grasp handle and pull recoil starter
lightly until you feel some resistance, then pull briskly.
11. Return recoil starter slowly. DO NOTlet rope "snap
back" against starter.
12. After each starting attempt, where engine fails to run,
always point gun in safe direction, press red button and
squeezespray gun trigger to releasehigh pressure.
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Starter cord kickback (rapid retraction) can result
in
bodily injury.
Kickback will
pull
hand and arm
_< toward engine faster than you can let go.
Broken bones, fractures, bruises, or sprains
could result.
• NEVERpull starter cord without first relieving spray gun
pressure.
. When starting engine, pull cord slowly until resistance is felt
and then pull rapidly to avoid kickback.
. After each starting attempt, where engine fails to run, always
point spray gun in safe direction press red button and squeeze
spray gun trigger to releasehigh pressure.
. Firmly grasp spray gun with both hands when using high
pressure spray to avoid injury when spray gun kicks back.
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The high pressure stream of water that this
equipment produces can cut through skin and its
_ nderlying tissues, leading to serious injury and
)ossible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when
engine is stopped and water is disconnected,
which can cause injury.
. DONOTallowCHILDREN to operatepressure washer.
. Keephigh pressurehoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• NEVER aim spraygun at people,animals,or plants.
• DONOTsecurespraygun in openposition.
. DONOT leavespraygun unattended while machine is running.
• NEVER usea spraygun whichdoesnot havea triggerlock or
triggerguardin placeandin workingorder.
• Alwaysbe certainspraygun,nozzles and accessories are
correctlyattached.
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_,_ Contact with muffler result in serious
area can
burns.
_ Exhaustheat/gases can ignite combustibles,
structures or damage fuel tank causing a fire.
. DONOT touch hot partsand AVOID hot exhaustgases.
• Allowequipment t o cool beforetouching.
. Keepat least5 feet (152cm) of clearance on all sidesof
pressure washerincludingoverhead.
• Codeof Federal R egulation (CFR) T itle 36 Parks,Forests,and
PublicPropertyrequireequipment p oweredby an internal
combustionengine to havea sparkarrester,maintained in
effectiveworkingorder,complyingto USDA Forestservice
standard 51BB-1C or later revision.Inthe Stateof California a
sparkarresteris requiredundersection4442 of the California
Publicresources code.Otherstatesmay havesimilarlaws.
NOTE:Always keepthe throttle lever in the "Fast" position
when operating the pressure washer.
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