Yard-Man 950 Series, Owner'S Manual, Page: 7 / 52

This unit is shipped WITHOUT GASOLINE
or OIL. After assembly, service engine with
gasoline and oil as instructed in the separate
engine manual packed with your unit.
NOTE: Reference to right or left
hand side of the mower is observed
from the operating position.
HOW TO SET-UP YOUR LAWN MOWER
Re fer to Il lus tra tion Be low
•
Disconnect the spark plug wire and move it
away from spark plug as instructed in the
separate en
gine man ual packed with your
unit.
•
Remove the car ton in serts (if any). Re move
the loose parts which are in the carton, lift
the mower from the car
ton, or cut the cor -
ners of the carton and roll the mower out.
•
Pull up and back on the upper han dle to
raise the han dle into the operating po sition.
See Fig ure 1. Make cer tain the lower han dle
is seated se curely into the han dle mounting
brackets. Tighten the wing nuts on each side
of the handle. See Fig ure 2.
•
Remove the hairpin clips from the outer hole
in the weld pins on the handle mounting
brackets. Place the hair pin clips in the in ner
hole. See Fig ure 2.
•
Place one car riage bolt (found in the hard -
ware pack in cluded with your unit) in the
upper hole of the right handle mounting
bracket from the inside outward. Se
cure
with one plas tic wing nuts. Re peat pro cess
on other side. See Fig ure 2.
NOTE : Make certain the drive ca ble is
routed around the out side and above
the lower handle so it does not in terfere
with at taching the grass bag.
•
The rope guide (pigs tail) is part of the grass
catcher support rod at
tached to the lower
handle. See Fig ure 3. With the spark plug
wire dis con nected and grounded as in -
structed in the sep arate en gine manual,
hold the blade con trol han dle against the up -
per han
dle, and pull the starter rope out of
the en gine slowly un til it ex tends past the
rope guide (pigs tail).
•
Guide the starter rope around the rope guide
(pig tail) un til the rope is securely in the cen -
ter.
•
Make certain all nuts and bolts are tightened
se curely.
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SET-UP INSTRUCTIONS
Fig ure 1
Upper
Handle
Rope Guide
Lower Handle
Cutting Height
Adjustment Lever
Wing Nut
Shift Lever
Drive Clutch
Control
Handle Mounting
Bracket
Blade Control Handle