Mantis FastStart, Owner'S Manual

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7
ASSEMBLY
(continued)
HOW TO ASSEMBLE
LOWER HANDLES
To identify part numbers, see
pages 6 and 27.
1. Use the protective
cardboard sleeve to stabilize
your tiller. Stand the engine
assembly (#21) up.
2. Lay the handle parts within
easy reach. You’ll need one of the
handle clamps (#51) and one of
the lower handles (#6). Note that
the lower handles have a short leg
on one end. (Picture 1)
3. Fit the handle clamp along
the outside of the short leg. Line
up the holes on the clamp and the
leg.
4. Choose one of the two 3-inch
bolts (#49). Slide it through the
first set of holes — near the elbow
where the lower handle curves.
(Picture 2)
5. Now slide the other lower
handle onto the 3-inch bolt.
(Picture 3.) Fit the other clamp
onto this other handle’s short leg.
Add a nut and tighten finger tight.
6. Locate the worm gear
housing. It starts just above — and
extends down through — the
tiller’s red fender guard. You’ll
notice that there’s a recessed
channel on either side of the
housing’s top. (Picture 4.)
7. Take the lower handles that
you’ve just put together. Slide
them into the two recessed
channels.
Make sure you insert them
from the rear of the tiller (gasoline
tank faces the operator) . . . so that
the bolt fits along the back of the
housing. (Picture 1 and 2, Page 8)
8. Slide the second 3-inch bolt
through the second set of holes in
the short legs. Add a nut and
tighten finger tight.
Picture 1
Picture 2
Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5
NOTE: THE LOCK NUTS ARE STAMPED. FINGER TIGHT IS
APPROXIMATELY 1/2 TO 1-1/2 TURNS.
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