CALLING CUS TOMER SUP PORT LO CATE YOUR MODEL NUMBER AND SE RIAL NUMBER which ap pears on your unit and • re cord the in for ma tion in the space pro vided be low. IM POR TANT: You must have these num bers, along with the date and proof of pur chase to re ceive war ranty or ser vice.
This unit has been in spected against the man u fac tur ers qual ity check list. In case of a dis crep - ancy, please call us. We will make ev ery ef fort to ship the part(s) by cou rier within one work ing day of your call.
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tive and may re sult in per sonal in jury through con tact with the ro tat ing blade. The Mow across the face of slopes; never up • blade con trol han dle must op er ate eas ily in and down.
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your clothes which can ig nite. Wash your GEN ERAL SER VICE: skin and change clothes im me di ately. Never run an en gine in doors or in a poorly • a) Use only an ap proved gas o line con tainer. ven ti lated area.
OWNER'S WARNING - Your Re spon si bil ity: SAFETY LA BEL MAN UAL Re strict the use of this power ma chine to per sons who read, un der stand and fol low the warn ings and in struc - tions in this man ual and on the ma chine.
SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS This unit is shipped WITHOUT GASOLINE brack ets. Place the hair pin clips in the in ner or OIL. After assembly, service engine with hole. See Fig ure 2. gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate Place one car riage bolt (found in the hard - •...
Upper Hole Lower Handle Carriage Bolt Lower Handle Recoil Starter Support Rope Guide Weld Pin Wing Nut Place the hairpin clips in the inner hole. Fig ure 3 Fig ure 2 Ignition Key (Switch) CONTROLS BLADE CONTROL HANDLE WARNING: This con trol mech a nism is a safety de vice.
LOWER Locking Pin Axle Bolt Spring Washer HIGHER Fig ure 6 Cutting Height Adjustment Lever Figure 5 BEFORE STARTING MODELS WITH ELEC TRIC START ONLY: height. With the spring washer on the axle bolt re in sert in the square hole de sired, WARNING: bat tery con tains...
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WARNING: Do not re move the bat - Blade Control Handle tery pack from the han dle panel for any rea son other than re place ment. Drive When re plac ing the bat tery pack, Clutch re fer to in struc tions in Main te nance Handle sec tion.
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TO STOP ENGINE Wing Nuts Re lease the blade con trol han dle to stop the • en gine and blade. WARNING: The blade con tin ues to ro tate for a few sec onds af ter the en gine is shut off. Dis con nect the spark plug wire and ground it •...
BOT TOM VIEW Figure 13 Figure 15 SIDE DISCHARGE GRASS CLIPPINGS DRIVE CLUTCH CONTROL ADJUSTMENT This mower can also side dis charge grass Use the ad just ment wheel lo cated on the un - clip pings. Fol low steps 1 and 2 to ready this der side of the clutch con trol hous ing to mower for side dis charge op er a tion.
re place ment blade only. Pos si ble dam age re - sult ing from blade un bal ance con di tion is not the re spon si bil ity of the man u fac turer. ENGINE Re fer to the sep a rate en gine man ual for en - gine main te nance in struc tions.
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Re move the bolt and blade sup port which Af ter pro longed use, es pe cially in sandy soil holds the blade and adapter to the en gine con di tions, the blade will be come worn and crank shaft. Re move the blade and adapter lose some of the orig i nal shape.
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Six-Speed Rear Wheels Adjustment Lever Belt Cable Slot Control Bolt Baffle Figure 23 Figure 21 Six-Speed 9. Tilt the trans mis sion for ward and loosen Cable Slot the idler pul ley bolt and locknut ½ turn us ing two 7/16" wrenches. 10.
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17. Using pli ers, ro tate the belt keeper bracket Upper Pulley so that it snaps into slot on the idler Half bracket. 18. Tighten the idler pul ley bolt and locknut ½ turn us ing two 7/16" wrenches. See Fig ure Belt 19.
lead to the pos i tive side of the bat tery pack, Re charge bat tery ev ery two months and be - then con nect the neg a tive side. fore re turn ing to ser vice. Re fer to charg ing in struc tions on page 9.
TWO YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY For TWO YEARS from the date of re tail pur chase within Can ada, MTD PROD UCTS LIMITED will, at its op tion, re pair or re place, for the orig i nal pur chaser, free of charge, any part or parts found to be de fec tive in ma te rial or work man ship.
TROU BLE SHOOTING PROB LEM POS SI BLE CAUSE(S) COR REC TIVE AC TION En gine fails to start 1. Blade con trol han dle dis en - 1. En gage blade con trol han dle. gaged. 2. Spark plug wire dis con nected. 2.
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