Troy-Bilt 12A-463E500, Owner'S Manual

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In sert the car riage bolt, in cluded in the
hard ware pack, in the up per hole on the
han dle mount ing bracket (car riage bolt must
go to the in side of han dle).See Fig ure 4. Se -
cure with one plas tic wing nut, also in cluded
in the hard
ware pack. Re peat on the other
side with re main ing items from the hard ware
pack.
ATTACHING DRIVE ADJUSTER BLOCK
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The drive ad juster block is at tached to the
drive ca ble.
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Re move bolt at tached to the lower right han -
dle.
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Align the drive ad juster block, curved side
against han dle, with hole in han dle.
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Se cure drive ad juster block with bolt pre vi -
ously re moved. See Fig ure 5.
ATTACHING STARTER ROPE
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The rope guide and wing nut are at tached to
the starter rope, on top of the en
gine. Re -
move the wing nut from rope guide. Re move
the rope guide from the starter rope.
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With the spark plug wire dis con nected and
grounded as in structed in the sep a rate en -
gine man ual, hold the blade con trol han dle
against the up per han dle, and pull the starter
rope out of the en gine. Hold the rope guide
as shown so the open ing in the rope guide
is to ward the front of mower. Slip the rope
guide around the starter rope and into the
right side of lower han
dle us ing the hole
shown. Se cure us ing the small wing nut. See
Fig ure 5.
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Make cer tain all nuts and bolts are tight ened
se curely.
ASSEMBLY OF GRASS CATCHER
NOTE: If your mower's grass catcher is
as sem bled, pro ceed to the next sec -
tion. If not, fol low these steps.
Soft Grass Bag
NOTE: Make cer tain the grass bag is
turned right side out be fore as sem bling
(warn ing la bel will be on the out side).
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Place bag over frame (black plas tic side is
the bot tom of bag.) In sert the hooks on the
frame through the holes in the side plas
tic
chan nels of the bag. See Fig ure 6.
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Se cure bag to frame by work ing the plas tic
chan
nels on bag over frame as shown in
Fig ure 6. All of the plas tic chan nels ex cept
cen ter top of bag at tach from the out side of
bag. Cen ter top of bag at ta ches from the in -
side of bag.
ATTACHING GRASS CATCHER TO
MOWER
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Lift the rear dis charge door on the mower,
and place the grass catcher on the pivot rod.
Let go of dis charge door so that it rests on
the grass catcher. See Fig ure 7.
NOTE: Make cer tain ca bles are routed
to the out side of the han dle so they are
not in the way when at tach ing the grass
catcher.
TO RE MOVE THE GRASS CATCHER
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Lift the rear dis charge door on the mower as
shown in Fig ure 7. Lift the grass catcher up
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Fig ure 4
Carriage
Bolt
Wing Nut
Upper Hole
Place the hairpin clips in the inner hole.
Weld Pin
Lower Handle
Fig ure 5
Bolt
Drive Adjuster
Block
Starter
Handle
Rope Guide
Small Wing Nut
Fig ure 6
Hole in
Plastic
Channel
Plastic
Channels
Hook
Bag