Warranty 12-17 IMPORTANT: Thank you for purchasing this Southland® Trimmer. This manual provides complete instructions for safely operating, and maintaining your Trimmer. Read and save these instructions. Refer to this manual each time before using your Trimmer. Record the following for future reference: Mfg.
Safety Definitions • Save all instructions Safety Warning Symbols: Indicates Warning. Keep all by-standers at least 50 ft. (15 m) away. Read these instructions carefully. This equipment can throw small objects at high speed causing personal injury. Inspect area where used and remove all foreign objects.
Important Safety Information • Save all instructions Before Operating Trimmer READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE OPERATING TRIMMER. WARNING Read and follow all warnings and safety instructions. Failure to do so can result in serious injury to you or bystanders. 1.
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5. A guard or other part that is damaged should be properly repaired or replaced by a qualified service center. 6. Use only genuine Southland® replacement parts and accessories. Use of any non-Southland® parts or accessories could lead to injury, damage to the unit, and will void your warranty.
Assembly (Continued) • Save all instructions To Assemble Trimmer Guard: 1. The Trimmer Head Assembly must be removed to enable the Trimmer Guard to be assembled. To remove the Trimmer Head Assembly: a. Remove the bump knob from the trimmer head by turning the knob counter clockwise (see Fig.
Operation • Save all instructions Before Starting Engine: Mixing Fuel / 2-Cycle Oil WARNING Do not smoke or allow smoking near fuel or the Trimmer. Mix and pour fuel outdoors WHERE THERE ARE NO SPARKS OR FLAMES. The 2-cycle engine on your Trimmer requires that fuel and 5.
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Operation (Continued) • Save all instructions Starting Engine: Starting A Flooded Engine 1. Place the Trimmer on a flat surface. 4. Squeeze and hold the Throttle Lever fully depressed and pull the starter handle repeatedly until engine starts 2. Move the Ignition Switch to the “ON” position. and runs.
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Operation (Continued) • Save all instructions Techniques / Applications: WARNING Thoroughly inspect the area where the Trimmer is to be used and remove all foreign objects. Your equipment can throw small objects at high speed causing personal injury or property damage. Your Trimmer is most effective when using the tips of the Trimmer line for trimming grass and other vegetation.
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Operation (Continued) • Save all instructions Replacing Trimmer Line: WARNING Use only 0.080 inch (2 mm) diameter flexible, nonmetallic line with this Trimmer. Other line sizes will not function properly and can cause serious injury. Never use alternative cutting members such as wire or wire-rope, which can break off and become a dangerous projectile.
Routine Maintenance • Save all instructions WARNING Disconnect the spark plug before performing maintenance. Air Filter: Accumulated debris and dust in the air filter will reduce engine performance, increase fuel consumption and increases the risk of engine damage. Clean the air filter every 5 hours of operation. 1.
Troubleshooting • Save all instructions PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) SOLLUTION(S) Engine will not start. 1. Ignition Switch in the “OFF” position. 1. Move ignition switch to the ON position. 2. See Starting a Flooded Engine in 2. Engine flooded. OPERATION section. 3.
Warranty shall apply except where the METL Limited Warranty may provide a longer warranty period. Please read your warranty rights and obligations carefully. Some sections of the warranty may not apply to the specific model you purchased. Unless specifically noted otherwise, the terms below shall apply to all Southland® products covered within this manual.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Other U.S States / Territories: In other areas of the Unites States, your outdoor power equipment engine must be designed, built and equipped so as to conform at the time of sale to U.S. EPA emissions standards for small off-road spark ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Defects Warranty Coverage: METL warrants to the original purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the small off-road engine (SORE) (1) has been designed, built and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations; and (2) is free from defects in materials and workmanship that cause the failure of a warranted part to conform with those regulations as may be applicable to the terms and conditions stated below.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Emission Warranty Parts List: The repair or replacement of any warranted part otherwise eligible for warranty coverage may be excluded from such warranty coverage if METL demonstrates that the engine has been abused, neglected, or improperly maintained, and that such abuse, neglect, or improper maintenance was the direct cause of the need for repair or replacement of the part.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions California Evaporative Emission Control Warranty Statement YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS Applies only to Model No. S-HLT-3017-CBEZ: The California Air Resources Board and METL are pleased to explain the evaporative emission control system’s warranty on your 2010 model year small off-road engine (SORE).
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Defects Warranty Coverage: (a) The warranty period begins on the date the engine is purchased. (b) General Evaporative Emissions Warranty Coverage. The engine must be warranted to the ultimate purchaser and any subsequent owner that the evaporative emission control system when installed was: (1) Designed, built, and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations;...
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