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Safety • Set-Up • Operation • Adjustments • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
28”, 30”, 33” & 45” Two-Stage Snow Throwers
IMPORTANT:
READ SAFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT.
769-04100
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MTD Products Ltd., P. O. Box 1386, KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2G 4J1 06/10/08
OUTDOOR
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This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new snow thrower. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Table of Contents Safety Symbols ................................................... 3 Maintaining Your Snow Thrower ...................... 16 Safe Operation Practices ................................... 4 Off-Season Storage .......................................... 20 Setting Up Your Snow Thrower .......
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This page depicts and describes safety symbols that may appear on this product. Read, understand, and follow all instructions on the machine before attempting to assemble and operate. 1 Symbol Description READ THE OPERATOR’S MANUAL(S) Safety Read, understand, and follow all instructions in the manual(s) before attempting to assemble and operate. Symbols WARNING— ROTATING BLADES Keep hands out of inlet and discharge openings while machine is running. There are rotating blades inside. WARN
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WARNING: Engine Exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle compo- nents contain or emit chemicals known to State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. 2 DANGER: This machine was built to be operated according to the safe operation practices in this manual. As with 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 objects
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Operation Maintenance & Storage 1. Do not put hands or feet near rotating parts, in the auger/ 1. Never tamper with safety devices. Check their proper impeller housing or chute assembly. Contact with the operation regularly. Refer to the maintenance and adjust- rotating parts can amputate hands and feet. ment sections of this manual. 2 2. The auger/impeller control lever is a safety device. Never 2. Before cleaning, repairing, or inspecting machine disengage bypass its operation. Doing so make
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IMPORTANT: The snow thrower is shipped with oil and WITHOUT GASOLINE. After assembly, refer to separate engine manual for proper fuel and engine oil recom- mendations. 3 Loose Parts • T h e a u g e r s a r e s e c u r e d t o t h e a u g e r s h a f t w i t h s h e a r Setting Up pins and bow tie cotter pins. If you hit a foreign object or ice jam, the snow thrower is designed so that the Your Snow pins may shear. Replacement shear pins and cotter pins are provided for your convenience.
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3 Setting Up Your Snow Thrower Figure 3-4 Figure 3-5 Attaching the Chute Assembly • R e m o v e l o c k n u t s a n d s c r e w s s e c u r i n g o n e o f t h e WARNING flange keepers to the chute assembly. See Figure 3-4. Prior to operating • L o o s e n b u t d o n o t r e m o v e t h e l o c k n u t s a n d s c r e w s o n the other two flange keepers. your snow thrower, • Slide chute assembly over chute opening, making refer to Auger Control sure the flange keepers are beneath l
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Lamp Wiring Drift Cutters (If Equipped) • W r a p t h e w i r e f r o m t h e h e a d l a m p d o w n t h e r i g h t Drift cutters should be used when operating the snow handle until the wire can be plugged into the alterna- thrower in heavy drift conditions. tor lead wire under the fuel tank. See Figure 3-8. 3 • O n m o d e l s s o e q u i p p e d , d r i f t c u t t e r s a n d h a r d w a r e are assembled to the auger housing inverted. • R e m o v e t h e c a r r i a g e b o l t s a
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B A 3 Setting Up A Auger Drive Your Snow Figure 3-11 Thrower • L o o s e n t h e N y l o c k n u t o n t h e d r i v e c o n t r o l c a b l e a n d B unthread the cable one full turn. See Figure 3-13. • R e c h e c k a d j u s t m e n t . A - For models with steel panels. • R e t i g h t e n t h e N y l o c k n u t t o s e c u r e t h e c a b l e w h e n B - For models with plastic panels. correct adjustment is reached. NOTE: For more details, refer to Drive Control Adjust- Figure 3-12
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Know Your Snow Thrower Heated Handle Switch (en option)† Drive Control Shift Lever 4 Two-Way Chute Control Headlights Auger Control Operating Your Snow Wheel Steering Control Chute Assembly Thrower Chute Directional Control Clean-Out Tool Engine Controls Choke Control Gas Cap Primer Oil Fill Electric Start Button (optional) WARNING Safety Key Read, understand, and follow all instruc- Skid Shoe tions and warnings Electric Starter Outlet Recoil Starter Rocker (optional) on the machine and
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Auger Control Two-Way Chute Control™) The auger control is located on the left handle. Squeeze This two-way control lever is meant to the auger control to engage the augers. Release to stop control the distance of snow discharge from the snow throwing action. The drive control must also be the chute. Tilt the lever forward or rearward released in order to stop auger. 4 to adjust the distance snow will be thrown. Chute Directional Control The chute directional control is Operating locat
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Recoil Starter Gas & Oil Fill-Up 1. Grasp the recoil starter handle and slowly pull the rope Service the engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in out. At the point where it becomes slightly harder to pull the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Read the rope, slowly allow the rope to recoil. instructions carefully. 4 2. Pull the starter handle with a firm, rapid stroke. Do not Starting The Engine release the handle and allow it to snap back. Keep a firm 1. Make certain both
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Operating Tips General Recommendations 1. Always observe safety rules when performing NOTE: Allow the engine to warm up for a few minutes. any maintenance. The engine will not develop full power until it reaches operating temperature. 2. The warranty on this snow thrower does not cover 4 items that have been subjected to operator abuse WARNING: The temperature of the or negligence. To receive full value from warranty, muffler and the surrounding areas may operator must maintain the snow
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5 Making Adjustments Figure 5-1 Shift Rod WARNING If the full range of speeds (forward and reverse) cannot Figure 5-2 be achieved, refer to Figure 5-1 and adjust the shift rod as follows: Read, understand, 1. Looking underneath the handle panel, note which and follow all instruc- of the three holes in the shift lever the ferrule is tions and warnings inserted into. Also note the direction of insertion. on the machine and Then remove the internal cotter pin and flat washer from the ferru
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Skid Shoes The space between the shave plate and the ground can be adjusted by raising or lowering the skid shoes. For close snow removal, as when using on a smooth 5 concrete or asphalt driveway, place the skid shoes in the low position. Use the middle or high position when the area to be cleared is uneven. When operating on gravel, Making always put skid shoes in the high position. See Figure 5-4. Adjustments Adjust skid shoes as follows: 1. Loosen, but do not remove, the hex flange lock
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Lubrication Drive and Shifting Mechanism At least once a season or after every 25 hours of opera- Gear tion, remove rear cover. Lubricate any chains, sprockets, (Hex) 6 gears, bearings, shafts, and the shifting mechanism at Shaft Friction least once a season. Use engine oil or a spray lubricant. Wheel Refer to Figure 6-1. Maintaining IMPORTANT: Keep all grease and oil off the rubber friction wheel and drive plate. Your Snow Wheels Thrower At least once a season, remove wheels. Clean and
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2. Remove the plastic belt cover, located near the engine, by removing the three self-tapping screws that secure it. See Figure 6-4. 3. a. Loosen the bolt shown in Figure 6-5 securing the 6 belt keeper bracket and remove the other bolt. b. Push the belt keeper and bracket up off the engine pulley. See Figure 6-5. Maintaining Auger Belt 4. Remove the clip and flat washer from the ferrule in Your Snow order to disconnect the auger idler rod from the brake bracket assembly. See Figure 6-6.
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8. Place a block of wood underneath the auger housing as shown in Figure 6-9 and separate auger housing from the frame by tilting the housing forward and pulling up the handles. 6 9. Block the impeller with a piece of wood to prevent if from spinning and use a 1/2” wrench to remove the hex screw and washer from the center of the pulley on Maintaining the auger housing. See Figure 6-10. 10. Lift the brake bracket assembly out of the pulley Your Snow groove and slide the pulley assembly of
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4. Install the new belt on the pulleys in the reverse order and re-tension with the idler pulley. Shift Arm 5. Reassemble your unit by performing the Friction 6 Wheel previous steps in the opposite order. Assembly Changing Friction Wheel Remove hex Slide screw and Rubber Maintaining hex shaft washer WARNING: Run the engine Hex Shaft Your Snow completely dry of gasoline before tipping snowthrower. Thrower • T i p t h e s n o w t h r o w e r u p a n d f o r w a r d , s o that it re
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If unit is to be stored over 30 days, prepare for storage as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your snow thrower. • Clean snow thrower thoroughly. 7 • Lubricate as instructed in the Maintenance section of this manual. • Refer to engine manual for correct engine storage Off-Season instructions. • Store the snow thrower in a clean, dry area. Storage • When storing any type of power equipment in a poorly ventilated or metal storage shed, care should be taken to rustpr
