BLACK&DECKER LM175 Manual De Instrucciones página 3

damage, and repair the damage before restarting and operating the mower.
• IF THE lawnmower should start to vibrate abnormally release switch lever wait for
blade to stop and unplug mower check immediately for cause. Vibration is
generally a warning of trouble.
• RELEASE SWITCH lever to turn mower off, wait for the blade to stop and unplug
the mower whenever you leave the equipment, before removing the grass catcher,
discharge chute or unclogging or cleaning the mower housing, and when making
any repairs or inspections.
• MOW ACROSS the face of slopes; never up and down. Exercise extreme caution
when changing direction on slopes. Do not mow excessively steep slopes.
• KEEP HANDS and feet away from cutting area.
• KEEP BLADES sharp.
• IF YOU are using a grass catcher, check it frequently for wear and deterioration. If
excessively worn, replace with new bag for your safety.
• USE EXTREME CAUTION when reversing or pulling mower toward you.
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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, wing nuts, star washers, cable tie and shroud hole
covers.
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A
B
ASSEMBLING THE HANDLE
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.
2
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 lawnmower shroud.
(Figure 3B)
5. Push the handles into the lawnmower 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.
C
D
(FIGURE 2)
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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 the shroud hole cover tab, and rotate the 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)
CAUTION:
NEVER use a sharp object to move jacketed wires out of the way.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: A lawnmower is a major appliance and should not be operated
simultaneously with other major appliances on the same house circuit.
Warning: Make sure that other persons and pets are at least 100 feet away.
INSPECT CUTTING AREA
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.
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C
B
A
B
Remove all stones, sticks, wire, bones,
and other debris which might be thrown
by the rotating blades.