Assembly; Assembling The Handle; Attaching The Handle; Removing The Handle - Black & Decker LM175 Instruction Manual

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE ASSEMBLING YOUR MOWER, CHECK THAT YOU HAVE
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING IN THE SHIPPING CARTON.
SEE FIGURE 1.
A. Mower
B. Upper Handle
C. Lower Handle
D. Plastic Bag with handle bolt, 2 wing nuts, 2 star washers, cable tie
and 2 shroud hole covers.
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ASSEMBLING THE HANDLE
(FIGURE 2)
1. Your mower carton contains the mower, 2 handles and 1 plastic
parts bag.
2. Fasten the upper and lower handle halves together using the eye
bolt (already installed on the power cord) and the bolt and wing
nuts from the plastic bag. Make sure the power cord and switch
are on the same side of the mower as the discharge area. The
eye bolt is installed so that the cord is routed to the outside. Place
star washers on the bolts between handle and the wing
nuts.Tighten the wing nuts securely.
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REMOVING THE HANDLE (FIGURE 4)
1. UNPLUG TOOL, AND WAIT FOR BLADE TO COME TO A
COMPLETE STOP.
2. Brace the rear of the mower so that it cannot roll backward.
3. Push down on each shroud hole cover tab, and rotate each shroud
hole cover out of the shroud. (Figure 4A)
4. Grasp the ends of the lower handle with both hands. Squeeze the
two sides of the handle towards one another while pulling back on
the handle. (Figure 4B)
Z_WARNING: NEVER use a sharp object to move jacketed wires out
of the way.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: A mower is a major appliance and should not be
operated simultaneously with other major appliances on the same
house circuit.
Z_WARNING: Make sure that other persons and pets are at least 100
feet away.
INSPECT CUTTING AREA
Remove all rocks, sticks, wire, toys, bones,
and other debris or items which might be
thrown by the rotating blades.
ATTACHING THE HANDLE (FIGURE 3)
1. UNPLUG TOOL, AND WAIT FOR BLADE TO COME TO A
COMPLETE STOP.
2. Brace the front end of the mower so that it cannot roll forward.
3. Slide the shroud hole cover retaining loop over the end of the
handle. Ensure that the arrows on the hole covers are pointing
towards each other when installed.(Figure 3A)
4. Align the ends of the lower handle with the holes in the mower
shroud. (Figure 3B)
5. Push the handles into the mower until they are fully engaged,
taking care not to pinch or damage the power cord.
6. Pull back on the handles to ensure a secure fit.
7. Install shroud hole covers by inserting the bottom edge of the
shroud hole cover onto the bottom edge of the shroud hole, then
rotate hole cover forward and push down until it is firmly snapped
into position in the shroud. (Figure 3C)
8. Install cable tie on lower handle to secure cord. (Figure 8C)
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ATTACHING EXTENSION CORD TO MOWER (FIGURE 5)
DO NOT connect the extension cord to power source until you have
finished reading this manual and you are ready to start mowing.
1. The extension cord must be polarized and will only plug in one
way, orient the wide slot with the wide blade in the switch housing.
2. Loop the extension cord and push the loop up through the hole in the
switch housing.
3. Pull the extension cord on the side of the loop that is plugged into
the switch housing and remove all the slack in this section of the
extension cord.
4. Place the loop over the strain relief tab on the switch housing and
pull the extension cord so the loop draws down around the strain
relief tab as shown in the detail. Double check to see that you did
not loosen the extension cord.
SWITCH USE (FIGURE 6)
Your mower is equipped with a special switch. To operate the switch,
insert your finger into the opening (Figure 6) and push the lever out so
that you can grasp it with your other hand. Pull the lever back to turn
the unit on and hold it against the mower handle to keep it running. To
turn the mower off, just release the lever. The spring loaded "SNAP
ACTION" lever will quickly turn the mower off.
z_WARNING: NEVER ATTEMPT TO OVERRIDE THE OPERATION
OF THIS SWITCH.