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User Manual
Maintenance
Cleaning
Filter Change
Adjusting
Clean the machine from dirt and cut grass after each operation. Thoroughly brush off the machine and wipe it with
a cloth. Never use pressure washers, their use can void the warranty.
It is important to keep the air filter clean. The filter can become dirty quickly, especially during lawn verticutating,
combing, brushing, and mowing dry lawns.
You can change the filter by unscrewing the air filter cover
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, opening it and removing the filter and pre-filter.
You can order the original filter and pre-filter in the Swardman e-shop in the Service Section.
A quality lawn depends on properly adjusted mowing blades. Adjust every time you notice the machine is not mowing
well. Perform a preventive check of adjustment before each mowing. (For better illustration, see the video manual at
www.swardman.com.)
Adjust as follows (shown in the paragraph - Checking the Cylinder Adjustment (page 10)):
1. Stop the machine engine
2. Disconnect the spark plug
3. Let the engine cool down
4. Put on protective gloves
5. Take off the grass box
6. Close the fuel cock
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7. Tilt the machine onto the handlebars
8. Take a strip of plain paper and the 8 mm wrench
9. Kneel down in front of the mower
10. Gripping the paper strip in one hand, simulate a blade of grass and bring it perpendicularly before the bed-knife
11. Turn the cylinder with your other hand so that the paper is cut - be very careful - the mowing blades can cause
painful injuries even at a low speed
12. The paper should be cut off smoothly - repeat on both ends and in the middle. If the cut has been smooth at each
point, the machine is adjusted correctly.
13. If the paper has not been cut or the cut has not been smooth, it is necessary to draw the bed-knife up towards
the cylinder.
14. To do so, use the wrench on the blade adjustment nut
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and slightly turn the nut clockwise.
15. Repeat the check using another piece of paper. Repeat this process until the cylinder cuts perfectly over the total
width.
16. If the mowing system has been used for a prolonged period (depending on the mowing intensity and dimensions
of the mown area), the blades might become dull and making adjustments will be more difficult. If the adjustment
no longer helps to achieve a smooth cut, the mowing blades must be sharpened. How to have the mowing blades
sharpened, visit the Swardman e-shop in the Service Section.
17. You can lubricate the cylinder blade with organic oil after each mowing to protect the blade against corrosion and
reduce any noise and friction at the same time.
