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Safety • Setup • Adjustments • Operation • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
20” Rotary Mower — Model Series 100
IMPORTANT:
READ SAFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT.
769-02859A
10/29/07
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MTD Products Ltd., P. O. Box 1386, KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2G 4J1
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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
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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 be
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NOTE: Reference to right, left, front and rear of the lawn mower is in relation to the operating position. WARNING: Disconnect and 3 ground the spark plug wire as instructed in the separate engine Setup and manual. 1. Remove any packing material which may be Adjustments between upper and lower handles. a. Pull up and back on the upper handle to raise the handle into the operating position. Position A. b. Tighten knobs securing upper handle to lower handle. Make sure that each car-
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3 4. Insert post on cable ties into holes provided on the lower handle. Pull cable tie tight and Setup and trim excess. See Figure 4. Adjustments NOTE: All wheels must be in the same height Figure 4 of cut. When cutting in heavy or moist grass, the rear of the lawnmower may 5. Each wheel has a height adjustment lever to be raised higher to change the cutting height of the mower. To allow better discharge change the height of cut, squeeze adjuster of the grass. lever toward the wheel
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Know Your Lawn Mower 4 Operating Your Lawn Mower WARNING Read, understand, and follow all instruc- tions and warnings on the machine and in this manual before operating. Figure 8 Blade Control Handle Before Starting This blade control The blade control handle is located on the 1. Service the engine with gasoline and oil as mechanism is a upper handle of the mower. See Figure 8. The instructed in the separate engine manual. safety device. Never blade control handle must be de
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Using Your Lawn Mower Be sure the lawn is clear of stones, sticks, wire, or other objects which could damage the lawn mower or the engine. Such objects could be 4 accidently thrown by the mower in any direction 3 and cause serious personal injury to the opera- tor and others. Operating WARNING: If you strike a foreign Your Lawn object, stop the engine. Remove wire from the spark plug, thor- 2 1 Mower oughly inspect the mower for any OFF 4 damage, and repair the damage ON before restart
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Engine 1. Refer to the separate engine manual for engine maintenance instructions. 5 2. Maintain engine oil as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Read and follow instructions carefully. Maintenance 3. Under normal conditions service air cleaner as instructed in the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Clean every few hours under extremely dusty conditions. Poor engine performance and flooding
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Blade Care WARNING: When removing the cutting blade for sharpening or replacement, protect your hands 5 with a pair of heavy gloves or use a heavy rag to hold the blade. Maintenance Periodically inspect the blade adapter for cracks, especially if you strike a foreign object. Replace when necessary. Follow the steps below for blade service: 1. Disconnect spark plug wire from spark plug. 2. Tip mower as specified in separate engine manual. If it does
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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 found to be defective in material or workmanship. This warranty covers units which have been oper- ated and maintained in accordance with the owner’s instructions furnished with the unit, and Warranty 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 Cont rol Hand le Poignée de la commande 8 2 731-2626 Deluxe Cover - Black Couvercle - noir 731-04204 Deluxe Cover - Red Couvercle - rouge 731-04859 Deluxe Cover - Grey Couvercle - gris Parts List 3 687-02338 Pivot Arm LH Bras de pivotement - droit 4 687-02075B Hgt. Adjust Ass’y LH Réglage de haut eur - gauche 5 687-02074B Hgt. Adjust Ass’y RH Réglage de haut eur - droit Pièces 6 687-02337 Pivot Arm RH Bras
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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 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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Entretien et remplacement de la lame AVERTISSEMENT: Portez tou- jours des gants épais ou utilisez un chiffon épais pour manipuler la lame en la démontant pour l’aiguiser ou la remplacer. Entretien Examinez périodiquement l’adaptateur de lame pour y détecter tout fendillement éventuel, sur- tout après avoir heurté un objet. Remplacez-le au besoin. Procédez comme suit pour l’entretien de la lame: 1. Débranchez toujours le fil de la bougie. 2. Basculez la tondeuse selon les instructions Fi
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4. Consultez la notice d’utilisation du moteur pour les instructions de lubrification. Moteur 5 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 Entretien notice d’utilisation du moteur fournie avec la tondeuse. Lisez attentivement les instructions et suivez-les. 3. Dans des conditions normales nettoyez le filtre à air recommandée dans la notice d’utilisation du moteur fournie avec la tondeu
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Utilisation de la tondeuse Vérifiez qu’il n’y a plus de pierres, de morceaux de bois, de fils métalliques ou autres objets sur la pelouse, qui risquent d’endommager la ton- 4 deuse ou le moteur. Ces objets pourraient être 3 projetés par la tondeuse dans une direction ou une autre et blesser grièvement le conducteur Utilisation ou toute autre personne présente. AVERTISSEMENT: Arrêtez le 2 1 moteur si vous heurtez un objet quelconque. Débranchez le fil de OFF 4 la bougie, cherchez soigneus
