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Safety • Set-Up • Operation • Adjustments • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
21” Rotary Mower — Model Series 400
IMPORTANT:
READ SAFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT.
772C0828B
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MTD Products Ltd., P. O. Box 1386, KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2G 4J1 11/14/07
OUTDOOR
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This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new equipment. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Table of Contents Slope Gauge........................................................ 3 Maintenance & Off-Season Storage ................ 10 Safe Operation Practices ................................... 4 Trouble Shooting .............................................. 12 Set-Up & Adjustments ..................
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Fold along dotted line (represents a 15° slope) Sight and hold this level with a vertical tree... or a corner of a building... or a fence post 15° Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may not operate safely. Do not operate your lawn mower on such slopes. 1 Slope Gauge WARNING Do not mow on inclines with a slope in excess of 15 degrees (a rise of approximately 2-1/2 feet every 10 feet). A riding mower could overturn and cause serious injury. If operating a walk- behi
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WARNING: Engine Exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle components contain or emit chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. DANGER: This machine was built to be operated according to the rules for safe operation in this manual. As with 2 any type of power equipment, carelessness or error on the part of the operator can result in serious injury. This machine is capable of amputating hands and feet and throwing obje
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3. Always be sure of your footing. A slip and fall can cause serious 13. To reduce fire hazard, keep mower free of grass, leaves, or personal injury. If you feel you are losing your balance, release other debris build-up. Clean up oil or fuel spillage and remove the blade control handle immediately, and the blade will stop any fuel soaked debris. rotating within 3 seconds. 14. Allow a mower to cool at least 5 minutes before storing. Do Not: General Service: 2 1. Do not mow near drop-offs, di
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NOTE: The units illustrated may vary slightly from your unit. 1. Remove any packing material which may be between upper and lower handles. 3 a. Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the handle from position A into the operating position. Setup and See Figure 3-1. A b. Tighten hand knobs securing upper handle to Adjustments lower handle. Make sure that each carriage bolt is seated properly in the handle. 2. Place one carriage bolt (found in the hardware pack B included with your
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6. To assemble the grasscatcher: a. Place bag over frame (black plastic side is the bottom of bag.) Insert the hooks on the frame through the holes in the side plastic channels of 3 the bag. See Figure 3-6. b. Secure bag to frame by working the plastic chan- nels on bag over frame as shown in Figure 3-6. Setup and All of the plastic channels except center top of bag attach from the outside of bag. Center top of bag Adjustments attaches from the inside of bag. 7. Attaching Grass Catcher
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Know Your Lawn Mower Blade Control 4 Operating Your Lawn Recoil Mower Starter Cutting Height Adjustment Lever (for each wheel) Grass WARNING Catcher Read, understand, and follow all instructions and warnings on the machine and in this Spark Plug Mulch Plug manual before operat- (optional) ing. Side Deflector (optional) This blade control Figure 4-1 mechanism is a safety device. Never attempt Blade Control Handle Before Starting to bypass its opera- The blade control handle is located
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4. Grasp the starter handle as shown and pull slowly until resistance is felt, then pull rapidly to start engine and avoid kickback. Return it slowly to the rope guide. Briggs & Stratton/MTD OHV Engine: 4 1. Prime or choke engine as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit. 2. Standing behind the unit, depress the blade control Operating handle and hold it against the upper handle as shown in Figure 4-3.
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Engine 1. Refer to the separate engine manual for engine maintenance instructions. 2. Maintain engine oil as instructed in the separate Lubricate these engine manual packed with your unit. Read and follow points before instructions carefully. reassembly. 3. Under normal conditions service air cleaner as Maintenance instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Clean every few hours under extremely dusty conditions. Poor engine performance and flooding usually i
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Maintenance Figure -2 Figure -3 4. Remove blade and adapter from the crankshaft. 5. The blade may be resharpened by removing it and either grinding or filing the cutting edge keeping as Rear Flap Replacement WARNING close to the original bevel as possible. Do not attempt The rear flap is attached to the back of the mower deck, to sharpen the blade while it is still on the mower. and is designed to minimize the possibility that objects When removing 6. It is extremely important that each
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Problem Cause Remedy 1. Engage blade control handle. Engine fails to start 1. Blade control handle disengaged. 6 2. Spark plug wire disconnected. 2. Connect wire to spark plug. 3. Fuel tank empty or stale fuel. 3. Fill tank with clean, fresh gasoline. Trouble 4. Refer to engine manual. 4. Engine not primed. 5. Faulty spark plug. 5. Clean, adjust gap, or replace. Shooting 6. Clean fuel line. 6. Blocked fuel line. 7. Engine flooding. 7. Wait a few minutes to restart, but do not prime. Engine run
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TWO YEAR SUPREME WARRANTY: For two years from date of retail purchase within Canada, MTD PRODUCTS LIMITED will, at its option, repair or replace, for the original purchaser, free of charge, any part or parts 7 found to be defective in material or workmanship. This warranty covers units which have been operated and maintained in accordance with the owner’s instructions furnished with the Warranty unit, and which have not been subject to misuse, abuse, commercial use, neglect, accident improp
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REF PART NO. NO. N° DE N° DE RÉF PIÈCE DE SCRIP TION DE SCRIP TION 1 747-1161A Blade Contr ol Han dle - Black Poignée de commande de la lame - noir 2 749-1092A Upper Han dle - Black Guidon supérieur - noir 8 3 747-04080A Catcher Lower Frame Sac à herbe - bâti inférieur 4 749-0928B Lower Han dle Guidon inférieur 5 720-0279 Knob 1/4-20 Bou ton 1/4-20 6 710-1205 Rope Guide Bolt Boulon de guidage de cor don 7 710-1174 Curved Car riage Bolt 5/16-18 x 2.00 Boulon ordi naire courbé 5/16-18 x 2,00 Parts
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GARANTIE SUPRÊME DE DEUX ANS MTD PRODUCTS LIMITED s’engage à réparer ou à remplacer gratuitement, à son choix, à l’acheteur initial, la ou les pièces qui s’avèrent défectueuses en raison d’un vice de matière ou 7 de fabrication dans les deux ans qui suivent la date d’achat au détail au Canada. Cette garantie s’applique seulement aux machines qui ont été utilisées et entretenues conformément aux instruc- tions publiées dans la notice d’utilisation accompagnant la machine, qui n’ont pas fait l’
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Problème Cause Solution 1. La poignée de commande de la lame n’est 1. Embrayez la poignée de commande de Le moteur ne 6 pas embrayée. la lame. démarre pas. 2. Fil de la bougie débranché. 2. Branchez le fil à la bougie. 3. Le réservoir est vide ou l’essence est 3. Faites le plein avec une essence propre éventée. et fraîche. Dépannage 4. Moteur non amorcé. 4. Consultez la notice d’utilisation du moteur. 5. La bougie est défectueuse. 5. Nettoyez, réglez l’écartement ou replacez la bougie. 6.
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3. Enlevez le boulon et le support de la lame qui maintiennent la lame et l’adaptateur sur le vilebrequin. Voir la Figure 5-2. 4. Dégagez la lame et l’adaptateur du vilebrequin. 5. Pour l’affûter à nouveau, démontez-la puis meulez ou limez les bords tranchants en maintenant l’angle aussi près que possible du biseau original. N’essayez Entretien pas d’aiguiser la lame encore installée sur la tondeuse. 6. Il est essentiel que chaque tranchant soit affûté également pour ne pas avoir une la
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Moteur 1. Consultez la notice d’utilisation du moteur pour tout ce qui concerne l’entretien du moteur. 2. Utilisez l’huile à moteur recommandée dans la notice d’utilisation du moteur fournie avec la tondeuse. Lisez Lubrifiez ces attentivement les instructions et suivez-les. points avant le 3. Dans des conditions normales nettoyez le filtre à air Entretien remontage recommandée dans la notice d’utilisation du moteur fournie avec la tondeuse. Nettoyez-le à intervalles plus rapprochés dans
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Moteur Briggs & Stratton/MTD OHV: 1. Amorcez le moteur ou utilisez le volet de départ comme instruit dans le manuel d’utilisation de moteur emballé séparément avec votre unité. 4 2. Tenez-vous derrière la machine, appuyez sur la poignée de commande de la lame et maintenez-la contre le guidon supérieur, comme à la Figure 4-3. Utilisation 3. Prenez la poignée du démarreur à lanceur de la façon illustrée et tirez-la lentement jusqu’à ce que vous sentiez une légère résistance. Tirez alors rap
