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Changing the Fuel Filter
Service Interval: Every 100 hours
1.
Shut off the engine and wait for all moving parts
to stop.
2.
Disconnect the wire from the spark plug.
3.
Close the fuel-shutoff valve
Figure 27
1. Fuel filter
4.
Remove the fuel filter
line by loosening the tube clamps surrounding
the fuel filter.
5.
Install a new fuel filter in the fuel line using the
tube clamps that you removed in step 4.
Servicing the Blade-Drive
System
Service Interval: After the first 5 hours
Every 50 hours—Remove debris from under
the belt cover.
Every 50 hours—Service the blade-drive
system.
1.
Loosen the 2 screws on the belt-cover-access
panel and remove the panel
(Figure
27).
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2. Fuel-shutoff valve
(Figure
27) from the fuel
(Figure
28).
1. Belt-tension spring
2. Adjusting bolt
3. Gap
4. Adjusting nut
2.
Brush or blow out debris from the inside of the
belt cover and around all the parts.
3.
Hold a feeler gauge set between 0.13 and 0.76
mm (0.005 and 0.03 inches) against the wall
and slide it down behind the belt tension spring;
refer to
Figure
1. Read the Operator's
Manual before performing
any maintenance.
Note:
If there is a visible gap between the
gauge and the spring, tighten the adjusting bolt
and the nut until the feeler gauge barely slides
freely in and out of the gap
Important:
Do not overtighten the adjusting
bolt. This could damage the blade-drive belt.
4.
Install the belt-cover-access panel.
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Figure 28
5. Blade-drive belt
6. Wall
7. Belt cover
8. Belt-cover-access panel
29.
Figure 29
2. Check belt tension every
50 hours.
(Figure
28).
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