MTD 469 Operator's Manual page 9

Rear Discharge Door
Figure 9
Removing Grass Catcher
• Lift the rear discharge door on the mower.
• Lift the grass catcher up, out of the slots in the
handle bracket assemblies.
• Reinstall the plastic rear baffle.
• Release the rear discharge door.
WARNING:
unless the hooks on the grass catcher are
seated in the slots on the handle bracket
assemblies, and the rear discharge door
rests firmly against the top of the grass
catcher.
Never operate the mower
Converting to Side Discharge
• Your mower has been shipped as a mulcher. To
convert it to a side-discharge mower, lift the
mulching plug. Slide the two hooks on the side-
discharge deflector under the hinge pin on the
mulching plug assembly. Lower the mulching plug.
See Figure 10 .
• Do not remove the side mulching plug at any time,
even when you are not mulching.
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Mulching
Plug
Hinge
Pin
Side
Chute
Deflector
Figure 10