ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS
BEFORE ASSEMBLING
YOUR MOWER,
CHECK THAT YOU HAVE
RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
IN THE SHIPPING
CARTON.
SEE FIGURE 1.
A. Mower
D. Discharge
Chute
B. Upper Handle
E. Plastic Bag with handle bolt, 2 wing nuts,
C. Lower Handle
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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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.
If shroud hole covers are joined,
remove connector
and discard it.
Slide each shroud hole cover retaining loop over an end of the
handle. Ensure that the arrows on the shroud 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 5C)
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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.
MULCHING
The mower is designed
to mulch or discharge
the grass depending
on whether mulch door is closed (mulching)
or the mulch door is
up and the discharge
chute is in place (discharging).
No further
assembly
steps are required if you are mulching.
PROCEED
TO
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS.
DISCHARGE
CHUTE INSTALLATION
(FIGURE 5)
(If you wish to discharge
the clippings rather than mulch,
perform these steps)
1. UNPLUG
TOOL, AND WAIT FOR BLADE TO COME TO A
COMPLETE
STOP.
2. Open mulch door by pulling on the mulch door finger grip.
(Figure 5A)
3. Align the discharge
chute arrows with the positioning
arrows on
the mower deck and insert the discharge
chute as shown.
4.
Position the chute until the chute hooks are trapped under the
deck hooks and release the chute and door. (Figure 5B)
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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.
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ATTACHING
EXTENSION
CORD TO MOWER
(FIGURE 6)
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.