Lawn Mower Maintenance - Craftsman 917.387382 Owner's Manual

These accessories were a vailable when
t his lawn mowerwas produced.They are also
availaUeat mostSears retailoutletsendservicecenters. MostSears storescan also order
repairpartsfor you,whenyouprovidethe modelnumberofyourlawn mower. Some ofthese
accessories maynot applytoyourlawnmower.
LAWN MOWER PERFORMANCE
CUPPING DEFLECTOR
FOR REAR DISCHARGE LAWN MOWERS
GRASS CATCHERS
FOR
REAR DISCHARGE
LAWN MOWERS
MULCHER KITS
GRASS CATCHERS
FOR
SIDE DISCHARGE
LAWN MOWERS
STABILIZER
GAS CANS
LAWN MOWER MAINTENANCE
MU_UERS AIR RLTENS SPANK PLUGS
BELTS BLADES BLADE ADAPTERS WHEELS ENGINE OIL
Read these in_ andthis manualin its
en_rety beforeyouattempt to assemble or
operate your now lawn mower. Your new lawn
mower bes been assemblad at the factory with
the exceptionof thosepartsleftunassembled
for shippingparposes. Allparis soch as nuts,
washers,bolts,etc., necesealylo co_ptete the
assemblyhave been plasedin the partsbag.
Toensuresere and properoperationof your
lawn mc_er, all pa_tsend berdware you
assemblemustbe _ght_ned seourely.Use the
correcttoolsas necessai_toensureproper
tightness.
TO REMOVE LAWN MOWER FROM
CARTON
• Remove loosepartsincluded withmower.
• Cut downtwo e_I comersof cartoRend lay
endpar_down n at
• Remove aUj0addng rnatedalaexcept
pad_ng bet_ween u pperend lowerhande
and padding holdingoperatorpresence
controlbet to upparhendle.
• RolHawnmower outofcartonandcheck
cartonthoroughly foradditional l ooseparts. "
HOW TO SET UP YOUR LAWN
MOWER
TO UNFOLD HANDLE
IMPORTANT: Unfoldhandlescarefullyso as
notto pinchor damagecontrol cabiss.
• Raisehandlesuntillower berne section
locksintoplace in mowingposition.
• Remove protective padding, raiseupper
handlesectionintoplaceORlowerhandle
and_ghten bothhandleI_t_.
• Remove handle pad_ng holding operator
preseseecoRtrol b er to upperhendle.
* Yourlawn mowerhandlecan be adjusted
foryourmowingcernforL Referto "Adjust
Handle"in the Serviceand Adjustment
seotionof thismanual.