Assembly And Setup; Contents Of Carton - MTD 500 Series Operator's Manual

Assembly & Set-Up
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Contents of Carton
One Lawn Mower
One Engine Operator's Manual
One Lawn Mower Operator's Manual
One Mulching Baffle (If Equipped)
One Bottle of Oil
Assembly
NOTE:This lawn mower is shipped without gasoline or oil in
the engine. Fill up the gasoline and oil as instructed in the
accompanying engine manual BEFOREoperating your mower.
1. For shipping purposes, the chute deflector on your mower
is held in an upright position by a retainer. Remove the
retainer as follows:
a. Push the chute deflector up towards the engine.
Holding the deflector in this position, remove the
retainer and discard. See Fig. 3-1.
b. Lower the chute deflector carefully keeping your
fingers out of the way.
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Figure 3-1
Handle
Perform the following sequence for the handle setup:
NOTE:Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher
height position.
a. Lift the upper handle up from folded position and
pull it to extended position following the arrow in
Fig. 3-2. The handle should click into this position.
2.
Figure 3-2
b. Make sure the carriage bolt is seated properly in the
handle. Tighten the star knobs securing the upper
handle to the lower handle.
If satisfied with the height of the handle, tighten the star
knobs atthe ends of the lower handle shown in Fig. 3-3.
For convenience of operation, you may adjust the handle
height as follows: