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Installing the Cover Plate
To convert from mulching operation to side discharge,
remove the mulch plate and install a cover plate.
WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
•
An uncovered discharge opening will allow the
lawn mower to throw objects in the operator’s
or bystander’s direction. Also, contact with the
blade could occur.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
•
Thrown objects or blade contact can cause
serious injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
•
Never operate the lawn mower unless you
install a cover plate, a mulch plate, or a grass
chute and catcher.
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug (Fig. 7).
3. Remove the wing screw that fastens the mulch plate to
the housing (Fig. 34).
4. Slide the mulch plate counterclockwise and pull it up
and out of the lawn mower housing.
5. Slide the cover plate over the shoulder bolts (Fig. 42).
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Figure 42
1.
Shoulder bolt
6. Slide the cover plate clockwise.
7. Secure the cover plate with the wing screw.
8. Connect the wire to the spark plug (Fig. 7).
Installing the Mulch Plate
To convert from side discharge operation to mulching,
remove the cover plate and install the mulch plate.
WARNING
POTENTIAL HAZARD
•
An uncovered discharge opening will allow the
lawn mower to throw objects in the operator’s
or bystander’s direction. Also, contact with the
blade could occur.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
•
Thrown objects or blade contact can cause
serious injury.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
•
Never operate the lawn mower unless you
install a cover plate, a mulch plate, or a grass
chute and catcher.
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug (Fig. 7).
3. Remove the wing screw that fastens the cover plate to
the housing (Fig. 34).
4. Slide the cover plate counter clockwise and remove it
from the lawn mower housing.
5. Place the front corner of the mulch plate baffle into the
deck opening (Fig. 35).
6. Rotate the mulch plate counterclockwise and push it
down into the deck opening (Fig. 35).
Note: The mulch plate baffle must go behind the front
deck baffle and between the blade and toe guard to
prevent it from contacting the blade.
7. Slide the mulch plate over the shoulder bolts (Fig. 43).
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Figure 43
1.
Mulch plate
2.
Shoulder bolts
3.
Wing screw
8. Slide the mulch plate clockwise.
9. Secure the mulch plate with the wing screw (Fig. 43).
