Starting The Engine - Efco DS 2200 Manual De Instrucciones

• Be particularly cautious and alert while
wearing hearing protection because such
equipment may restrict your ability to hear
sounds indicating danger (calls, signals,
warnings, etc).
• Be extremely cautious when working on
slopes or uneven ground.
WARNING: Never use rigid blades
when cutting in stony areas.
Thrown objects
blades may result in serious or
fatal injury to the operator or
bystanders. Watch out for thrown
objects. Always wear approved
eye protection. Never lean over the
cutting attachment guard. Stones,
rubbish, etc. can be thrown up
into the eyes causing blindness or
serious injury. Keep unauthorised
persons at a distance. Children,
animals, onlookers and helpers
should be kept outside the safety
zone of 50 ft (15 m). Stop the
machine immediately if anyone
approaches. Never swing the
machine around
checking behind you to make sure
no-one is within the safety zone.
WARNING:
visibility is poor or in very high
or low temperatures or in freezing
weather.

Starting The Engine

WARNING: When the engine is
started with the choke in either the
choke or start throttle positions
the cutting attachment will start
to rotate immediately.
OPERATION
or damaged
without first
Never cut when
• Place the brush cutter on level ground and
ensure that no objects or obstructions are
in immediate vicinity which could come in
contact with the cutting attachment. Hold
the body of the machine on the ground
using your left hand (CAUTION! Not with
your foot!), see Fig. 12.
Start-up procedure
1) Slowly push the purge bulb 6 times (9,
Fig.1).
2) Pull the choke lever (15, Fig.1) in the
CLOSE position
doing, it also activates automatically half-
throttle.
3) Place the brush cutter on the ground in a
stable position. Check that the blade is free.
Holding the brush cutter down (Fig.12), pull
the starter rope until the first kick over of
the engine is heard (no more than 3 pulls).
A new unit may require additional pulls.
4) Push the choke lever (15, Fig.1) in OPEN
(I) position (B, Fig.13).
5) Pull the starter cord to start the engine.
Once the machine is started, warm up the
machine for about few seconds, without
touch the throttle lever. The machine could
need more seconds to warm up with cold
weather or at high altitudes. Finally, put the
choke lever (18, Fig.1) for deactivate the
automatic half-throttle.
CAUTION:
- Never wrap the starter cord
around your hand.
- When pulling the starter rope,
do not use the full extent of the
rope as this can cause the rope
to break.
- Do not let starter rope snap
back. Hold the starter handle
(14, Fig.1) and let the rope
rewind slowly.
(A, Fig.13). In so
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