Craftsman 917.375923 Owner's Manual page 10

TO CONVERT MOWER
Your lawn mower was shipped ready to
be used as a mulcher. To convert to bag-
ging 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.
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Rear door
Grass bag
Grass
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Full bac
catcher indicator
frame hook window
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.
Open
mulcher door I
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Discharge I \ \
deflector
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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.
_lb 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
Empty the grass catcher when clippings
are visible in the full bag indicator window.
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-
ing; it will cause unnecessary wear.
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