Operator's Manual

MowingTips
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Followtheseinstructionwhethercuttinggrassforthe
bestcuttingresultsandlawnappearance.
•Maintainasharpbladethroughoutthemowing
season.
•Onlymowdrygrass.Wetgrasstendstoclumpon
theyardandmaycausethemowertopluguporthe
motortostall.Theymayalsobeslipperytowalkon
andcouldcauseyoutoslipandfall.
•Whilecuttingsingleswaths,ensureanoverlapof
about4cm.
•Whencuttingverytallgrass,youmaywanttorst
mowatthehighestheight-of-cutsettingandaslower
walkingspeed;thenmowagainatalowersettingfor
bestlawnappearance.
•Ifthenishedcutlawnappearanceisunsatisfactory,
tryoneormoreofthefollowing:
–Sharpentheblade.
–Walkataslowerpacewhilemowing.
–Raisetheheight-of-cutsettingonyourmower.
–Cutthegrassmorefrequently.
–Overlapcuttingswathsinsteadofcuttingafull
swathwitheachpass.
Maintenance
Torohasdesignedthisproducttogiveyouyearsof
trouble-freeuse.Shoulditneedservice,bringthe
producttoanAuthorizedToroServiceDealer.
WARNING
Whenthemowerisconnectedtoahouseholdpower
source,themowerisoperational.Someonecould
accidentallystartthemowerandcauseaserious
injurytoyouorotherbystanders.
Alwaysdisconnectthemowerfromthepower
sourcewhenyouleavethemowerunattended.
Double-insulatedAppliances
Inadouble-insulatedappliance,twosystemsof
insulationareprovidedinsteadofgrounding.No
groundingmeansisprovidedonadouble-insulated
appliance,norshouldameansforgroundingbeadded
totheappliance.Servicingadouble-insulatedappliance
requiresextremecareandknowledgeofthesystem,and
shouldbedoneonlybythequaliedservicepersonnel
atanAuthorizedToroServiceDealer.Replacement
partsforadouble-insulatedappliancemustbeidentical
tothepartstheyreplace.Adouble-insulatedapplianceis
markedwiththewords“DoubleInsulation”or“Double
Insulated.”Thesymbol(squarewithinasquare)
may
alsobemarkedontheappliance.
CleaningtheMowerHousing
Aftereachuse,cleanthemowerhousing.
Beforecleaning,stopthemotor,waitforallmoving
partstostop,anddisconnectthemowerfromthepower
source.
Important:Donotcleanthemowerwithwater.
Moisturecangettrappedinthemowerandmay
causecorrosionofinternalparts.
•Cleantheundersideofthemowerhousing.Remove
dirtandgrassclippingswithahardwoodscraper.
•Removethedebrisfromthehousingventsalongthe
topofthemower.
•Brushallthedebrisoffthemowerhousing.
•Inspectthepowerplugreceptacleforsignsof
meltingorheating.Oldworn-outextensioncord
plugsthattlooselyintheplugreceptaclecan
causeoverheatingfrompoorcontact.Replaceany
damagedextensioncordsimmediately(ifapplicable)
.
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