Operation - Craftsman 917.370881 Owner's Manual

ROTATE LEVER TOWARD
ENGINE TO LOWER MOWER
Plate tab .Lever
Discharge
deflector
ROTATE LEVER AWAY FROM ENGINE
TO RAISE MOWER
TO CONVERT MOWER
Your lawn mower was shipped ready to be
used as a mulcher. To convert to bagging
or discharging:
REAR BAGGING
• Lift handle to vertical position. The rear
door will rise to allow easy removal and
replacement of the grass catcher. Place
the grass catcher frame hooks onto the
grass bag brackets.
• To convert to mulching or discharging
operation, remove grass catcher and
close rear door.
positior Rear door
Grass bag
Grass
_ catcher
_handle
Grass
frame hook
SIDE DISCHARGING
• Rear door must be closed.
• Open mulcher door and install dis-
charge deflector under door as shown.
• Mower is now ready for discharging
operation.
• To convert to mulching or bagging
operation, discharge deflector must be
removed and mulcher door must be
closed and locked.
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Open
mulcher door I
\
/
MOWER IS NOW READY
FOR DISCHARGING
OPERATION
SIMPLE STEPS TO REMEMBER WHEN
CONVERTING YOUR LAWN MOWER
FOR MULCHING -
1. Rear door closed.
2. Mulcher door closed and locked.
FOR REAR BAGGING -
1. Grass catcher installed.
2. Mulcher door closed and locked.
FOR SIDE DISCHARGING -
1. Rear door closed.
2. Discharge deflector installed.
,_CAUTION: Do not run your lawn mow-
er without rear door closed or approved
grass catcher in place. Never attempt to
operate the lawn mower with the rear door
removed or propped open.
TO EMPTY GRASS CATCHER
1. Move operator presence control bar
forward to unlock the handle.
2. Lift handle to vertical position. The
rear door will rise to allow easy re-
moval and replacement of the grass
catcher.
3. Lift up on grass catcher using the
frame handle.
4. Remove grass catcher with clippings
from under lawn mower handle.
5. Empty clippings from bag using both
frame handle and bag handle.
NOTE: Do not drag the bag when empty-
9 ing; it will cause unnecessary wear.