Section 5: Making Adjustments; Cutting Height - MTD 11A-083F800 Operator's Manual

SECTION 5: MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
_ ARNING:
Always stop engine, disconnect spark plug, and ground against engine before performing
adjustments.
Cutting Height
Each wheel has a height adjustment lever to
change the cutting height of the mower.
1. To change the height of cut, squeeze adjuster
lever toward the wheel, moving up or down to
selected height.
NOTE: All wheels must be in the same height of
cut.
Height Adjustment
HandleHeight
To lower the handle height, proceed as follows:
1. Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
2. Remove the hardware securing the lower
handle to handle brackets and remove the
lower handle being careful not to bend or kink
the cables.
3. Reassemble placing the top holes in the
handle over the weld pins in the handle
mounting brackets.
4. Secure with hardware previously removed.
5. Reassemble the upper handle to the lower
handle.
6. Attach the starter rope and rope guide as
instructed in the "Set-up" instructions.
7. Remember to attach the spark plug wire after
completing the adjustments and before
operating your mower.
Wing
Nuts
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Handle
Mounting
Brackets
Figure 8
Lower
Handle
Figure 9
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