Craftsman 917.374510 Owner's Manual page 11

CILINDRO
1. Remueva la bujía.
2. Vacíe una onza (29 ml) de aceite a través
del agujero de la bujía en el cilindro.
3. Tire la manilla de arranque lentamente unas
cuantas veces para distribuir el aceite.
4. Vuelva a montar la nueva bujía.
SOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS - Vea la sección apropiada en el manual amenos que
esté dirigido a un centro de servico Sears.
PROBLEMA CAUSA
No arranca 1. Filtro de aire sucio.
2. Sin combustible.
3. Combustible rancio.
4. Agua en el combustible.
5. Alambre de la bujía desconectado. 5. Conecte el alambre a la bujía.
6. Bujía mala.
7. Cuchilla suelta o adaptador
de la cuchilla quebrado.
8. Barra de control en la
posición suelta.
9. Barra de control defectuosa.
10. Válvula del combustible (si equ-
ipada) está en la posición OFF.
11. Batería débi (si equipada).
12. Desconecte el conector
de la batería (si equipada).
13. Fusible quemado.
OTROS
• No guarde la gasolina de una temporada a
la otra.
• Cambie el envase de la gasolina si se emp-
ieza a oxidar. La oxidación y/o la mugre en
su gasolina producirán problemas.
• Si es posible, guarde su unidad en un
recinto cerrado y cúbrala para protegerla
contra el polvo y la mugre.
• Cubra su unidad con un forro protector
adecuado que no retenga la humedad. No
use plástico. El plástico no puede respirar, lo
que permite la formación de condensación,
lo que producirá la oxidación de su unidad.
IMPORTANTE: Nunca cubra la segadora
mientras el motor y las areas de escape
todavia estan calientes.
PRECAUCIÓN: Nunca almacene la
segadora con gasolina en el estanque dentro
de un edificio en donde los gases pueden
alcanzar una llama expuesta o una chispa.
Permita que se enfríe el motor antes de
almacenarla en algún recinto cerrado.
CORRECCIÓN
1. Limpie/cambie el filtro de aire.
2. Llene el estanque de combustible.
3. Vaciar el estanque y vuelva a llenar-
lo con combustible limpio y nuevo.
4. Vaciar el estanque y vuelva a llenar-
lo con combustible limpio y nuevo.
6. Cambie la bujía.
7. Apriete el perno de la cuchilla
cambie el adaptador de la cuchilla.
8. Presione la barra de control
hacia el mango.
9. Cambie la barra de control.
10. Gire a la válvula del combustible
a la posición ON.
11. Cague la batería.
12. Conecte la batería al motor.
13. Cambie el fusible.
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NOTE: Your engine is equipped with an
automatic choke system. No priming or
choking is required before starting.
• To start engine, hold operator presence
control bar down to the han dle and
pull starter handle quickly. Do not allow
starter rope to snap back.
MOWING TIPS
CAUTION: Do not use de-thatcher
blade attachments on your mower. Such
attachments are hazardous, will damage
your mower and could void your warranty.
• Under certain conditions, such as very
tall grass, it may be necessary to raise
the height of cut to reduce pushing
effort and to keep from over load ing the
en gine and leaving clumps of grass
clippings. It may also be necessary to
reduce ground speed and/or run the
lawn mower over the area a second
time.
• For extremely heavy cutting, reduce the
width of cut by overlapping pre vi ous ly
cut path and mow slowly.
• For side discharge operation, cut in
a coun ter clock wise di rec tion, start ing
at the outside of the area to be cut, in
order to spread grass clip pings more
evenly and to put less load on the
engine. To keep clip pings off of walk-
ways, flower beds, etc., make the first
cuts in a clock wise direction.
• If a trail of grass clipping is left on the
right side of the lawn mower during rear
discharge operation, mow in a clock-
wise direction with a small overlap to
collect the clippings on the next pass.
• Pores in cloth grass catchers can be-
come filled with dirt and dust with use
and catchers will collect less grass. To
prevent this, regularly hose catcher off
with water and let dry before using.
• Keep top of engine around starter clear
and clean of grass clippings and chaff.
This will help engine air flow and extend
engine life.
MULCHING MOWING TIPS
IMPORTANT: For best performance,
keep mower housing free of built-up
grass and trash. See "CLEANING" in the
Maintenance section of this manual.
• The special mulching blade will recut
the grass clip pings many times and
reduce them in size so that as they fall
onto the lawn they will disperse into
the grass and not be noticed. Also,
the mulched grass will bio de grade
quick ly to provide nu tri ents for the lawn.
Always mulch with your highest engine
(blade) speed as this will provide the
best recutting action of the blades.
• Avoid cutting your lawn when it is wet.
Wet grass tends to form clumps and
in ter feres with the mulch ing action. The
best time to mow your lawn is the early
afternoon. At this time the grass has
dried, yet the newly cut area will not be
exposed to direct sunlight.
• For best results, adjust the lawn mower
cutting height so that the lawn mower
cuts off only the top one-third of the
grass blades. If the lawn is over grown
it will be nec es sary to raise the height
of cut to reduce pushing effort and to
keep from over load ing the engine and
leaving clumps of mulched grass. For
ex tremely heavy grass, reduce your
width of cut by overlapping previously
cut path and mow slowly.
MAX 1/3
• Certain types of grass and grass
con di tions may re quire that an area be
mulched a second time to com pletely
hide the clip pings. When doing a sec-
ond cut, mow across (perpendicular) to
the first cut path.
• Change your cutting pattern from week
to week. Mow north to south one week
then change to east to west the next
week. This will help prevent matting
and graining of the lawn.
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