Operator's Manual

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POTENTIAL HAZARD
• Adjusting height-of-cut levers could bring
hands into contact with moving blade.
WHA T CAN HAPPEN
• Contact with moving blade could cause serious
personal injury
.
HOW T O A V OID THE HAZARD
• Do not adjust height-of-cut settings when
engine is running and blade is r otating.
•
Do not put fingers under housing to lift mower
when adjusting height-of-cut levers.
1. Before starting the engine, move the lawn mower onto
the grass. Stop moving the lawn mower when the
letters on the SmartWheelt design on the rear left
wheel are upright (Fig. 15).
2. Use the SmartWheel design (Fig. 15) to compare the
tips of the grass blades to the letters on the wheel. The
letter on the SmartWheel that matches the tips of the
grass blades is the proper cutting height.
3. Squeeze the lawn mower ’ s height-of-cut lever toward
the wheel and move it to the corresponding letter on
the lawn mower housing (Fig. 16).
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A = 1” (25 mm)
B = 1-1/2” (38 mm)
C = 2” (51 mm)
D = 2-1/2” (64 mm)
E = 3” (76 mm)
Figure 16
1. Height-of-cut lever
Note: For easier adjustment, lift up the housing so that the
wheel is of f the ground. Do not put your fingers under
the housing when you lift the lawn mower .
4.
Make sure that the pin on the height-of-cut lever
engages the slot in the housing.
5. Adjust all the wheels to the same letter setting.
Note: Y ou can adjust the front wheels to 1/2 in. (1.3 cm).
Move the height-of-cut lever past A and release the pin
into the slot in the housing.
Using the Grass Bag
Occasionally, you may want to use the grass bag for
bagging long grass, lush grass, or leaves.
Installing the Grass Bag
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Make sure that the dischar ge door handle is fully
forward and the pin is contacting the catch (Fig. 17).
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Figure 17
1. Bag frame on retaining
post
2.
Pin contacting catch
3. Handle fully forward and
discharge door closed
3. Slide the hole in the bag frame onto the retaining post
on the housing (Fig. 17).
4. Set the rear of the grass bag frame onto the lower
handle.
5.
Pull the dischar ge door handle forward and move the
handle rearward until the pin locks in the bag notch
(Fig. 18).
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Figure 18
1. Pin locked in bag notch
The dischar ge door in the mower housing is now open.