Troy-Bilt 12097 Owner's Manual page 6

Section 2: Assembly
Chart 1: FUEL MIXTURE
(Mixture Ratio is 24 parts gasoline to
1 part two-cycle oil)
U.S. Gas U.S. Oil
1 Gal. 5 oz.
2 Gal. 11 oz.
Metric Petrol Metric Oil
4 liters 167 ml
8 liters 333 ml
4. Do not mix fuel directly in engine fuel
tank. Always use a clean, safety-ap-
proved fuel container.
• To Mix:
A. Fill a clean, approved container one
quarter full with recommended
gasoline.
B. Add recommended amount of oil per
Chart 1: FUELMIXTURE.
C. Screw cap on container and shake
vigorously. Then unscrew cap and
fill container with gasoline per
Chart 1: FUELMIXTURE. Screw on
cap and shake again. Once mixed,
oil and gasoline will not separate.
Fill Fuel Tank:
1. Enginemustbe cool. Cleanarea
around fuel tank cap and remove cap.
Inserta clean funnel intothe fuel tank.
2. Slowly pour gasoline/oil mixture into
fuel tank. Fill tank no higher than 1/2"
from top of tank to allow for gasoline ex-
pansion. Install fuel cap and clean up any
fuel spills.
Contact with rotating tines or other
moving parts can cause serious per-
sonal injury.
Before installing or removing attach-
ments, or adjustingor servicingthe ma-
chine, stop the engine, let all moving
parts come to a complete stop, discon-
nect the spark plug wire and move the
wire away from the sparkplug.
STEP 4: To Make Borders and Edges,
Install the Edger Attachment
Tocreate borders or edges near walks,
driveways, flower beds, etc., you must
remove the four tine sections and install
the Edger Attachment (this attachment
was supplied with the unit - see Page5).
To Install the EdgerAttachment:
1. Gathertogether the following parts
(see Figure 4): (A) Border/EdgerTine; (B)
Long Bushing; (C) Border/EdgerWheel
and (D) Short Bushing.
2. Prop the machine carefully on the front
of the tubular carrying handle. Thework
surface should be firm and flat. NOTE:
Usually the Border/Edger Tine is mounted
on the right-side of the unit for right-
handed persons, and on the left-side of
the unit for left-handed persons.
3. Flip open the ring on the two ring lock
pins (E, Figures 3 and 4) and remove the
ring lock pin on eachtine shaft.
IMPORTANT:The ring lock pin is under
spring tension - use carewhen removing
or replacing the ring lockpin.
4. It is important f or proper tilling perfor-
mance that the tine sections be later rein-
stalled in their original patterns. Mark the
position of eachtine section (Left-Outer,
Left-inner, etc.) before removing them.
Referto Figures3 and 9 for tine pattern
information. See also TineRemovaland
Installationin Section 5.
5. Install the short bushing (D, Figure4)
on the right-hand or left-hand tine shaft.
Then place the Border/Edgerwheel (C) on
E
Figure 3: Remove ring lock pins and tines
from bothsides of the tineshaft. Keep left
and right-side tines separated andmarked
for easier reinstallation.
the same shaft - the wheel hub should
face toward the tiller. Insert the ring lock
pin through the rounded side of the tine
shaft and snap the ring down over the
shaft (see DETAIL- Ring Lock Pin,
Figure 4).
6. Slide the long bushing (B) on the op-
posite side shaft. Then install the
Border/Edgertine (A) and secure it with
the ring lock pin.
See Section 4 for instructions on using
the Border/EdgerAttachment.
See TineRemoval and Installation in Sec-
tion 5 for information on how to reinstall
the tines.
DETAIL - Ring Lock Pin
Thisside
Figure 4: TheBerder/Edgertine (A) can he mountedon left or right
sides of machine (with long bushingB). The Border/Edgerwheel
(C) mountson the other side (with short bushingD).