Cutting Leaves
When cutting is complete, always be sure that
50% of the lawn shows through the cut leaf
cover. This may require one or more passes over
the leaves.
For light leaf coverage, position all wheels at the
same height-of-cut setting.
If there are more than five inches of leaves on
lawn, set the front wheels one or two notches
higher than the rear wheels. This makes it easier
to feed leaves under mower deck.
Walk at a slower mowing speed if leaves are not
being cut up finely enough to be hidden down in
the grass.
If you cut up a lot of oak leaves, you might want
to add lime to your grass in the spring. Lime
reduces the acidity of oak leaves.
Operation
Operating Tips
1.
BEFORE EACH MOWING—Be sure blade
brake, self–propelled drive, and control bar
function properly. When control bar is released,
blade and self–propelled drive are designed to
stop. If controls are not functioning properly, do
not use mower until controls are repaired.
2.
SHARP BLADE—Begin each cutting season
with a sharp blade. Periodically file down nicks.
Starting, Stopping, And
Self–propelling
1.
CONTROLS—Throttle control,
blade/self–propelled control bar and recoil starter
are on upper handle (Fig. 11). Ground speed
control is located at rear of belt cover (Fig. 12).
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2.
Push spark plug wire onto spark plug.
3.
STARTING—Move ground speed control to
neutral and throttle to
in center of primer with thumb and push once.
Pull recoil starter out until positive engagement
results; then pull vigorously to start the engine.
Regulate throttle as desired when engine starts.
Note:
When starting a warm engine,
(CHOKE) may not be necessary.
4.
BLADE AND TRACTION OPERATION
(Fig. 13)—When control bar is in position "A",
slide control bar to right and raise to position
"B" to engage blade. Squeeze control bar against
handle to position "C" to drive. To disengage
traction drive but keep blade engaged, gradually
release control bar to position "B". To
self–propel with blade disengaged, simply
squeeze control bar against handle to position
"C", without sliding control bar to right.
5.
STOPPING—To stop engine, release control bar
and move throttle to
spark plug if mower will be unattended or not
used.
Using Discharge Tunnel Plug
1.
Make sure engine is off. Open the discharge door
by pulling forward on the handle and moving it
rearwards (Fig. 7). Hold the discharge door
handle to prevent the spring-loaded door from
closing while inserting the plug.
2.
Since the plug is slightly wider than the
discharge tunnel opening, you must rotate the
plug clockwise slightly while inserting it
(Fig. 7). Make sure the arrow on the plug decal
is pointing upwards.
3.
Push the plug all the way in until the spring clip
on the bottom of the plug clicks into place,
locking the plug securely into the discharge
tunnel (Fig. 8). Release the discharge door
handle to lock the top of the plug.
(CHOKE). Cover hole
(OFF). Pull wire off
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