Starting The Engine; Edging; Stopping The Engine - Craftsman 247.772460 Operator's Manual

STARTING THE ENGINE
Tostart theedger'sengine,proceedas follows:
1. Attachthe sparkplug wireto the spark plug.Makecertainthe
metalcap on the end of the spark plug wireis fastenedsecurely
overthe metaltip on thespark plug.
2. Movethe bladedepthcontrol leverbackto the STARTpositionin
theadjacent(top) notch.
3. Depressthe primerbulb threetimes, pausingtwo to three
secondsbetweeneach push. Incold weather(below50°F/19°0),
it may be necessaryto depressthe primerbulb fouror five times.
NOTE:Usingthe primerto restarta warmengineafter a short
shutdownis usuallynot necessary.Doingso mayresult in a flooded
engine.
4. Standingbehindthe edger,depressthe bladecontrolbail and
hold it againstthe upperhandlewith your Idt hand.
EDGING
Rotatingcuttingblade maythrowobjectscausingpersonalinjury.
Keeparea clearof bystanders and do notoperatewithoutguardsin
)lace.
Donot lowerbladeif bladeis overconcrete,asphalt,rocksor the like.
Bade canstr ke supportng surface,resut ng n persona njury or |
propertydamage.
J
To beginedging,proceedas follows:
1. Moveedgerto an area to be edged,makingsure that the left rear
wheelis on a hard surfaceand the blade is overthearea to be
cut. See Figure7.
_eration.
5. Withyour righthand,graspthe recoilstarterhandleand slowly
pull the rope outwarduntil enginereachesthestart of its com-
pressioncycle (the ropewill pull slightlyharderat this point).
6. After slowlyallowingthe rope to recoil,pullthe ropewith a rapid,
continuous, f ull arm stroke.Keepa firm grip on starterhandle
throughouttheentirestroke.
7. Allowthe starterhandleto slowlyreturnto the eyebolt.
NOTE:If the enginefails to start afterthree pulls,depressthe primer
an additionaltwo times beforepullingthe starterrope again.
STOPPING THE ENGINE
Tostop theedger'sengine,releasetheblade controlbail.
Figure7
2. With the bladecontrol bail squeezedagainstthe handlein the
operatingposition,makea passalong areato be edgedbefore
proceedingto the next notch.The furtherforwardthat the blade
depthcontrol leveris moved,thedeeperor lowerthe bladewill
cut intothe ground.Severalpassesmaybe necessaryto obtain
the desireddepthof cut. Donot lowerblademorethan one depth
notch at a time withoutmakinga pass.
3. Forbest results,proceedslowlyalongthe pathbeing edged.
Slowly moveedger back and forth throughcuttingarea,again
makingsureto keepthe left rear wheelon the hard surfaceand
the blade in the cuttingpath, closeto but not touchingthe edge of
the hard surface.
4. Once youhavefinishededgingselectedarea,raisethe blade
depthcontrol leverbackinto theSTARTposition,moveto the next
area to be edged,and proceedagain from step 1.
12