Craftsman 247.77099 Operator's Manual page 7

ATTACHING THE HANDLE
• Remove the hairpin clips from the handle
brackets and remove the carriage screws and
wing nuts from the lower handle. See Figure 3A.
A
Hairpin
Clip
Handle
Bracket
B
Wing
Nut
Carriage
Bolts
Rope
Guide
Figure 3
• Place the bottom holes in lower handle over the
pins on the handle brackets and secure with
hairpin clips.
• Insert carriage screws through upper hole in
lower handle from the inside and secure with
wing nuts.
• 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 3B.
Make sure the cables are routed outside
IMPORTANT:
the lower handle. Also, do not crimp the cables while
lifting up the handles.
• Secure the two handles by tightening the handle
knobs (carriage bolts must be seated properly
into the handle). See Figure 3B.
• Pull the two cable ties attached to the cables tight
approximately 8 inches from each cable end and
place the cables into the cable guide. See Figure
3A and B.
• Loosen the wing nut that secures the rope guide
to the right side of upper handle.
• Pull the starter rope out of the engine slowly and
slip the starter rope into the rope guide. Tighten
the wing nut. See Figure 5A.
Cable
Carriage
Guide
Screw
Wing
Cable
Nut
Tie
Cable
Tie
Lower
Handle
Handle
Knobs
ATTACHING THE HOSE ASSEMBLY
• Slide hose adapter of hose assembly into the
base adapter located on the left front of the Yard
Vacuum. See Figure 4.
• Pull spring loaded pin out on the base and align
pin with the first hole (closest to the end of the
tube) in the hose adapter.
• Release the pin to lock the hose in place.
• Snap the hose handle first into the upper hose
handle bracket and then into the lower hose
handle bracket. Refer to Figure 5A.
A
Starter
Rope
Rope
Guide
Upper
Hose
Handle
Bracket
Lower
Hose
Handle
Bracket
Hose
Handle
B
Hose
Hanger
Bracket
• Lay hose tubing on hanger bracket next to
chipper chute. Refer to Figure 5B.
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Hose
Adapter
Spring
Loaded Pin
Figure 4
Chipper
Chute
Figure 5