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a. The mower does not propel itself with the
drive control lever engaged.
b. The mower’s drive wheels hesitate with the
drive control lever engaged.
•
To resolve the above problems, rotate the
adjustment wheel with your fingers: clockwise to
tighten the cable, and counter-clockwise to loosen
the cable. See Figure 23 .
Figure 23
Adjusting Handle Height
Your mower is shipped with the handle in the higher
height position. To lower the handle height, proceed as
follows.
•
Remove the starter rope from the rope guide.
•
Remove the upper handle by removing the hand
knobs and carriage bolts. Lay the upper handle out
of the way, being careful not to bend or kink the
cables.
•
Remove the hairpin clips from the weld pins on the
handle brackets. Refer to Figure 4. Press out on the
legs of the lower handle. Remove lower handle
from the mower.
•
Turn the lower handle around so the notch on the
bottom of the lower handle is facing forward as
shown in Figure 24. Reassemble, placing the
bottom holes in the handle over the weld pins in the
handle mounting bracket.
Figure 24
•
Reassemble the upper handle to the lower handle.
•
Place the hairpin clips in the inner holes of the weld
pins and attach the starter rope as instructed in the
Assembling Your Lawn Mower section.
Adjusting Cutting Height
IMPORTANT:
All wheels must be placed in the same
relative position. For rough or uneven lawns, move the
height adjustment lever to a higher position. This will
help stop scalping of the grass.
An adjusting plate and thumb lever at each wheel
position provides cutting height adjustment. Each
adjusting plate has nine height positions. Height of cut
will be changed when the thumb lever is moved from
one hole to another.
•
Simply depress the lever towards the wheel and
move the lever assembly to desired position. See
Figure 25.
Figure 25
Adjusting Carburetor
NOTE:
A dirty air cleaner may cause an engine to run
rough too. Make sure that the air cleaner is clean and
attached to the carburetor before deciding to adjust the
carburetor.
To adjust the carburetor, please follow the
recommendations and instructions found in the engine
manual.
WARNING: If any adjustments are made to
the engine (e.g. carburetor) while the
engine is running, keep clear of all moving
parts. Be careful of heated surfaces like the
muffler.
To tighten
cable
To loosen
cable
Adjustment
Wheel
Notch
Lower
Handle
Height Adjustment
Lever
