Assembly - Craftsman 247.77003 Operator's Manual

Attaching The Handle
1. Remove the hairpin clips from the handle brackets and remove the carriage
screws and wing nuts from the lower handle.
a. Place the bottom holes in lower handle over the pins on the handle
brackets and secure with hairpin clips. See Figure 2.
b. Insert carriage screws through upper hole in lower handle from the
inside and secure with wing nuts. See Figure 2.
c. Unfold the upper handle until it aligns with lower handle. Make sure
the rope guide is on the right side of upper handle. See Figure 3.
IMPORTANT: Make sure the cables are routed outside the lower handle. Also,
do not crimp the cables while lifting up the handles.
d. Secure the two handles by tightening the handle knobs (carriage
bolts must be seated properly into the handle). See Figure 3.
2. Loosen the wing nut that secures the rope guide to the right side of upper
handle.
a. Pull the starter rope out of the engine slowly. See Figure 4.
b. Slip the starter rope into the rope guide.
c. Tighten the wing nut. See Figure 4.
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Figure 2

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Rope Guide
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