How To Use Your Lawn Mower; Engine Speed; Engine Zone Control; To Install Attachments - Craftsman 2One 917.372471 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION
HOW TO USE YOUR LAWN MOWER
CAUTION; Do not run your Iawn mower
without
mulcher plate in place and door
latch in locked position
or approved
clipping
deflector
or grasscatcher
in
place.
Never attempt
to operate
the
tawn mower withthe
rear door removed
or propped
open.
ENGINE
SPEED
(See Fig. 4)
The engine speed is controlled
by a lever (red knob)
located on the side of the engine.
"HIGH"
(,1_)position
is for starting the engine, normal cutting, and better grass
bagging.
"LOW"
(_)
position is for light cutting, trim-
ming and fuel economy.
ENGINE ZONE CONTROL
CAUTION:
Federal regulations
require
an engine control to b8 instalted on this
Jawn mower in order to minimize
the
risk of blade contact
injury. Do not un-
der any circumstances
attempt to de-
feat the function
of the operator control°
The blade turns
when
the engine
is
running.
Your lawn mower is equipped with an operator pres-
ence control bar which requires the operator to be
positioned behind the lawn mower handle to start and
operate the lawn mower.
TO iNSTALL
ATTACHMENTS
(See Figs. 5 & 6)
Your lawn mower was shipped ready to be used as a
mulcher, To insta!t attachments for bagging or discharging:
o
Rotate rear door latch clockwise to allow rear door to be
opened.
,
Open rear door, remove mulcher plate and rotate Iatch
counterclockwise
to _ts original position,
o
You can now insta!! catcher or optional clipping deflector.
,
To return to mulching operation
reverse the above
steps.
BE SURE MULCHER
PLATE IS iNSTALLED
AND LATCH iS IN LOCKED
POSITION
BEFORE
USING FOR MULCHING OPERATION,
TO _NSTALL
GRASS
CATCHER
(See Fig, 7)
Lift the rear door on the lawn mower housing and ptace
the grass catcher frame onto the formed up tabs on the
rear door hinge bracket.
The grass catcher is secured to the Iawn mower when
the rear door is lowered onto the grass catcher frame.
ENGINE
FIG, 4
FORIVIED UP TABS _
NULCHER
PL,ATE
F_G, 6
BRACKET
/
/b'_'_
REAR DOOR
-..,.
GRASS CATCHER
FRAME
8
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