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    TRO Y -BIL T LL C , P .O. BO X 36 1 1 3 1 CLEVE LAND, OHIO 4 4 1 36 - 0 0 1 9 Print ed In USA O p era t Or ’ s M a nu a l Safe Ope ration Practices • Se t-Up • Ope ration • Maintenance • Ser vice • T r oubleshoot ing • Warr ant y W ARNING READ AND FOL LO W ALL S AFETY RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANU AL BEFORE A TTEMP TING TO OP ER[...]

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    Customer Support Please do NOT return the machi ne to the retailer or d eale r without fi rst contacting o ur Customer Sup por t De par tment. If y ou h av e difficulty a ssem bling thi s pro duct or ha ve a ny quest ions rega rding the con tro ls, ope rati on, or mai nte nanc e of th is m achin e, y ou c an seek help from the experts. Ch oose from[...]

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    Im por tant Safe Op erat ion P rac tic es 2 3 General Operation Read this o per ator’s manual care full y in its e ntiret y be fore atte mpting to assem ble this ma chine. Rea d, unde rst and, and fol low all instr uc tions on th e machine an d in the manuals) befo re ope ration. Ke ep this manu al in a saf e place fo r future an d regula r refer[...]

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    4 s ecti On 2 — i Mp Ortant s afe O pe ratiOn p racti ces A missing or d amage d discharg e cover can cause b lade contac t or throw n objec t injur ies. Many injurie s occur as a result of th e mower b eing pu lled over the foot du ring a fa ll cause d by slipp ing or tri pping . Do not ho ld on to the m ower if you are f alling; rel ease the ha[...]

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    5 s ecti On 2 — i Mp Ortant s afe O pe ratiOn p racti ces Ser vice Safe Handling Of Gasoline : T o avoid p ers onal injur y or prop er t y dama ge use ex tre me care in ha ndling gas oline. G asolin e is ex trem ely f lamm able and the v apor s are ex plosive. S erious p ers onal injur y can occur whe n gasoli ne is spill ed on you rsel f or your[...]

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    6 s ecti On 2 — i Mp Ortant s afe O pe ratiOn p racti ces Spark Arrestor W AR NIN G: Thi s machine is e quipp ed with a n internal com bustio n engin e and shou ld not b e used on or ne ar any unimproved fo rest- covered, brus h covered or grass - covered land unl ess the en gine’s exhau st sys tem is equ ippe d with a sp ark arres ter mee ting[...]

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    7 s ecti On 2 — i Mp Ortant s afe O pe ratiOn p racti ces Sight and hold this level with a vertical tree... or a corner of a building... or a fence post Fold along dotted line (represents a 15° slope) 15° Use this page as a guide to determine slopes where you may no t oper ate safely . W ARNI NG: Do not opera te y our la wn mow er on suc h slop[...]

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    Assembl y & Set -U p 3 8 Assembly NOTE: T his unit is sh ippe d witho ut gasoli ne or oil i n the engi ne. Fill up gaso line and o il as instru cte d in the accomp anying en gine manual B EFORE op erating yo ur mower. Handle Remove any pack ing mate rial which m ay be bet we en upp er and lowe r handle s. Pull up and b ack on upp er han dle as [...]

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    9 s ecti On 3 — a sseM bl y & s et - u p Atta ch center top of ba g from insid e of fra me. Befo re att aching th e grass catche r , the mul ching baf f le must b e removed. Lif t rear di scharge do or. Remove mul ching baf f le. See Fig . 3-5. Follow the s teps be low to att ach the gr ass catcher: Lif t rear di scharge do or. See Fig. 3- 6.[...]

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    1 0 s ect iOn 3 — a sse Mbl y & s et -u p Adjustments Cutting Height The cut tin g height a djustme nt lever is loc ated ab ove the rear lef t whee l. Dep ress height a djustme nt lever towards whe el. Slide l ever to desired p osition f or a chang e in cut ting height . See Fig . 3- 8. Rel ease lever towards d eck . Set -Up Gas and Oil Fill-[...]

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    C ontro ls and F eatu res 4 1 1 Blade Control The b lade contro l is att ached to th e uppe r handle o f the mower. Dep ress and squ eeze it a gainst th e uppe r handl e to oper ate the unit. R eleas e it to stop eng ine and b lade. W AR NIN G: Thi s blade contro l is a safe t y device. Never at tempt to byp ass its op erati ons. Drive Control The [...]

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    Opera tio n 5 1 2 Figur e 5 - 1 Starting Engine W AR NIN G: Be sur e no one othe r than the op erator is sta nding nea r the lawn mowe r while s tar ting engin e or op erating m ower . Never r un engi ne indo ors or i n enclos ed, p oorl y ventilated areas . Engine e xhaust cont ains car bon mo noxide, a n odo rless and d eadly g as. Keep ha nds, f[...]

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    Ma int ena nce & A djustme nts 6 1 3 Maintenance General Recomm endations Always obse r ve safe ty r ules wh en pe r formin g any maintenan ce. The wa rrant y on this l awn mower do es not cover items that have been su bjec ted to op erator a buse or n eglig ence. T o receive f ull valu e from war rant y, operator mus t maintai n the lawn mowe [...]

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    1 4 s ec tiO n 6 — M ainte nance & a djustMe nts Engine Care A list of key en gine mainten ance jobs re quired f or goo d per fo rmance by the m ower is given b elow. Follow the accompanyin g engin e manual fo r a detai led lis t and inst ruc tions . Mainta in oil level as i nstruc ted i n engine m anual. Ser vi ce air cleane r ever y 25 hour[...]

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    1 5 s ecti On 6 — M ainte nance & a djustMe nts Remove ba ck cover of spee d control ho using by remov ing the three s crews sec uring it to the h ousing . See Fig . 6 - 4. Remove screw a nd f lat washe r secur ing cab le. Se e Fig. 6 - 4. NOTE: M ake sure to take note of wh ich slot in h ousing cabl e is in. 5. 6. Using a pair o f nee dle no[...]

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    Ser vic e 7 1 6 5. Lubric ate the engin e crank shaf t and the inn er sur fa ce of the bl ade ada pter with lig ht oil. Slid e the bla de adapter (and wave washe r , if ap plica ble) onto the engi ne crank sha f t. Place the bl ade on th e adapter such t hat the side of th e blade m arked “ Bot tom” (or with par t numb er) faces the g round wh [...]

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    1 7 s ecti On 7 — s ervi ce Caref ully rem ove old bat ter y and r eplace wi th new one. Connec t the p ositive le ad to the posi tive side of th e bat ter y pack , then co nnec t the ne gative sid e. See Fig. 7-3. IM PO RT ANT : Wh en rep lacing b atter y p ack in har ness assemb ly , b atter y p ack must b e posi tione d with the positi ve term[...]

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    1 8 s ecti On 7 — s e rvice Replacing F use The e lec tric s tar ter circu it and bat ter y are p rotec ted by a 4 0 ampe re fuse. I f the fuse b urns out , the el ec tric st ar ter will n ot ope rate. If the un it fails to s tar t with th e ele ctr ic sta r ter , pe r form the foll owing ste ps to check the f use insid e the bat ter y hous ing: [...]

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    T roubl eshoo tin g 8 1 9 Pr oblem Cau se Remedy Engin e F ails to start Blade contr ol diseng aged. Spark plug boot discon nec ted. F uel tank empty or stale fuel. Engin e not primed (i f equipped w ith prime r). F aulty spark plug. Blocked fuel lin e. Engin e flooded. F uel valv e (if equipped) c losed. Engin e not choked (if equi pped with choke[...]

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    T roubl eshoo tin g 8 20 Pr oblem Cau se Remedy Unev en cut Wheels not posi tioned c orrectly . Dull blade. 1. 2. Plac e all four w heels in same heigh t posit ion (if equipped with individual height adju sters ). Sharpen or repla ce blade . 1. 2. Mower will not self propel Belt n ot instal led properly . Debris clogging drive opera tion. Damaged o[...]

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    No tes 9 2 1[...]

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    22 Model Series J 83 0 28 43 42 41 44 11 45 35 12 10 10 23 2 6 7 39 37 1 49 5 13 36 31 31 15 21 52 19 17 8 38 14 46 20 51 48 50 53 4 22 3 46 18 46 47 27 16 34 25 30 26 29 9 26 30 40 10 33 32 24 10 25 A B B A 56 54 55 46 57 58[...]

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    23 Ref No. Part N umbe r Desc ript ion 1 7 4 6 - 0 4 46 4 Drive C able 2 735- 04 059 Rubb er Gro mmet 3 687 - 02398 Drive Contro l 4 73 2- 0 45 16 Shift Sp ring 5 7 47 - 0 4879 Blade Control 6 7 4 6 - 0 4 465 C ontro l Cabl e 7 7 49 - 0 4037 Lower Hand le 8 725- 01 57 Cabl e Tie 9 73 2- 0 4 265 T or sion Spri ng, LH 1 0 71 0 - 0599 T T Screw, 1 /4-[...]

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    24 Model Series J 83 0 28 33 12 23 25 32 37 38 10 11 21 30 20 18 16 15 14 26 29 27 28 12 9 5 41 5 4 2 3 8 13 17 34 35 31 22 24 36 39 7 1 6 19 40 42[...]

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    25 Ref No. Part N umbe r Desc ript ion 1 7 5 4 - 04 1 76 V-Be lt 2 73 2- 0 43 38B Spring L ever 3 720 - 04 092 Foa m Grip 4 71 7- 0454 0 Spur G ear , 1 4T - LH 5 738- 0 42 78 Shldr. Screw , 1 /4- 20 x 0. 50 6 71 0 - 0 43 73A Screw, # 1 2- 1 6 x .750 7 7 49 - 0 42 67 A Cross Bracket 8 687 - 02204 Front Bracket A ssembl y 9 73 1- 0547 0 Clip Spa cer [...]

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    MANUF A CTURER’S LIMITED W ARRANTY FOR GDO C -1 0 0 02 0 RE V . A Th e lim it ed w ar ra nt y s et f or t h be low i s gi ven b y T r oy -B il t LL C wi th re sp ec t to n ew me rc ha ndi se pur c ha se d and u se d in t he Un it ed S t a tes an d / or i t s te rr it or ie s and p os se s sio ns, a nd by M T D Pr odu c ts L imi t ed wi th r e spe[...]

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    TRO Y - BIL T LLC, P .O. BO X 36 1 1 3 1 CLEVE L AND, OHIO 44 1 36 - 0 0 1 9 Impreso e n E stados Uni dos de América M a nu a l del O p era dOr Medidas im port antes de seguridad • Configuración • Funcionamiento • Mantenimi ento • Ser vicio • Solución de p roblemas • G arantía AD VERTENCIA LEA Y SIGA T ODAS LAS INSTRUC CIONES DE ES[...]

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    Al p ropieta rio 1 2 Asis tencia al Cliente Por favor , N O devuelva la unid ad al mino rista o distribuido r sin pone rse en contacto p rimero con el D epa rtame nto de Asistencia a l Cliente . En caso de t ener probl emas para monta r est e pr oducto o de ten er du das con respect o a los c ont role s, fun ciona mien to o man ten imien to del m i[...]

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    Med idas i mpor tant es de seguri dad 2 3 AD VE RTENCIA : La presenc ia de est e símbolo in dica que s e trata de i nstru cc iones importan tes de s egurida d que se deben r espeta r para evi tar poner en pel igro s u segurid ad person al y / o mat erial y l a de otra s persona s. Lea y s iga tod as la s instr ucc iones de e ste man ual an te s de[...]

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    4 s ecti On 2 — M ed idas iM pOrtantes de seguri dad No po nga las man os o los pies ce rca de las pi ezas rot atorias o en la tolv a de la cor ta dora . El contac to con las cuchill as pue de produ cir la ampu tació n de manos y p ies. Una cubie r ta de des carga f altante o da ñada pue de provocar e l contac to con la cuchi lla o lesio nes po[...]

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    5 s ecti On 2 — M ed idas iM pOrtantes de seguri dad Mantenga a l os niños f uera de l área de tra bajo y baj o estri ct a vigil ancia de un a dulto resp onsab le adem ás del ope rado r . Esté al er ta y ap ague la p odad ora si un ni ño ingres a al área . Antes y mientas s e está m oviend o hacia atrás , mire hacia atrás y cuid e que no[...]

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    6 s ecti On 2 — M ed idas iM pOrtantes de seguri dad ADVERTE NCIA: Su resp onsab ilida d— Res trinja el us o de est a máquina m otoriz ada a las p erso nas que lea n, compren dan y resp eten las adve r tencias e inst ruccione s que f igura n en este manu al y en la máq uina. GU ARDE EST A S IN STR UC CION ES manual. “ La u tiliz ación d e [...]

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    7 s ecti On 2 — M ed idas iM pOrtantes de seguri dad Use esta página como guía para determinar las inc linaciones de las pendientes en las que podría no tener una operación seg ura. W ARNI NG: No pode en inc linac iones m ay ores a 1 5 gra dos ( elevac ión apro xim ada de 2 1 /2 pies por cad a 1 0 pies ). U na podador a en movi mien to podr?[...]

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    Mon taje y C onf igura ción 3 8 Montaje NOT A: E sta un idad se e nvía sin gasol ina ni aceite en e l motor. Llene co n gasolin a y aceite como se in dica en l as instru cciones que se in cluyen en e l manual de m otor adjunto ANT ES de p oner en fun cionami ento su pod adora . Manija Retire e l colec tor d e césped y mate rial de em paque q ue [...]

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    9 S ección 3 — M ontaje y c onfi gur ación El centro de la bo lsa se a copla des de el inter ior . Antes de acopl ar el cole c tor de céspe d, la tolv a de abo no deb e ex trae rse, Figu ra 3-5. Levante la pue r ta de de scarga p oster ior . Ex tr aiga la tol va de ab ono. Para acop lar el cole c tor de céspe d. Levante la pue r ta de de scar[...]

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    1 0 S ección 3— M ontaje y c onfig uración Ajustes Ajuste de la al tura de cor te La p alanca d e ajuste de altu ra de cor te se ub ica po r encima d e la rue da izquie rda trase ra. Presione l a palanc a hacia la r ueda . Muéval a a cualqui er de las p osicione s para la a ltura de cor te desead o. V ea la Fig . 3- 8. Libe re la palan ca haci[...]

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    C ontro les Y Cara c t erísticas 4 1 1 Control de Cuchilla El control de la cu chilla est á unido a l a manija sup erio r . Presion e la manija d e control de la cuch illa contra la ma nija supe rior p ara ope rar la uni dad. Sue lte la manija de co ntrol de la cuch illa par a detene r el motor y la c uchilla . ADVERTE NCIA: El me canismo d e con[...]

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    F uncion ami ent o 5 1 2 Figur a 5- 1 Encendido del Motor ADVERTE NCIA: A segúre se que nin guna pe rson a apar te de l ope rador p erma nezca ce rca de la po dador a mientras ar ranc a el motor u op era l a misma. Nu nca en cienda un m otor en esp acios cerrad os o en una zon a con poc a ventilació n. El escap e del m otor contiene m onóxid o d[...]

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    Ma nt enim ient o Y Aj ustes 6 1 3 Mantenimiento Recomenda ciones Generales Resp ete siemp re las reglas d e segu ridad cu ando reali ce tareas de m antenimiento. La ga rantía de es ta po dado ra no cubr e elem entos que han esta do sujetos al ma l uso o la ne glige ncia del o per ador. Para reci bir el re embo lso total de l a garantía , el op e[...]

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    1 4 s ección 6 — M anten iMie ntO y a justes Ajustes Cable de V elocidad Varia ble El ajuste pe riódi co del cab le de vel ocidad v ariab le pue de ser neces ario de bido a la ro pa nor mal en el sis tema de p aseo. El ajuste es ne cesari o si la unida d comienz a a correr d emasiad o lento o demas iado ráp ido. Comience e l motor y colo que l[...]

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    1 5 s ección 6 — M ant eniM ientO y a juste s Usando u n par de tena zas d e nariz de a guja o instr umento similar, mueva el ojal e n el cab le sól o una ranu ra a la izquie rda en el a lojamie nto como mostr ado en la Fig . 6 -5. NOTE: El m ovimiento de l ojal al izqu ierdo ace lera la unida d; el movimie nto de ello a la d erecha l o hace m?[...]

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    Ser vicio 7 1 6 ADVERTE NCIA: Si la cuch illa est á dese quilib rada gene rará vi bracio nes excesi vas cuand o rote a altas veloci dades . Esto p uede p roducir d años a la po dador a, y se pu ede rom per, causando así l esion es per sonal es. Lubriq ue el cigü eñal del m otor y la sup er f icie inter na del ad aptad or de la cuch illa con a[...]

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    1 7 s ección 7 — s ervici O Abra la c ubier t a de la bater ía, quite lo s conduc tores positi vos y negativos d e la batería , quite y ree mplace p or una nueva b atería. Con ec te el condu ctor p ositivo al la do positi vo del paq uete de bater ía, lue go cone cte e l lado negati vo. IM PO RT ANTE : Cuando ree mpla ce el paque te de bater?[...]

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    1 8 s ección 7 — s erv iciO Reemplazo del fusible El circuito del a rranc ador e léc trico y la b atería es tán prote gidos por u n fusibl e de 40 a mperes . Si el fu sible s e quema, e l arran cado r elé ctr ico no funci onará . Si la unida d no se en ciende con el arr ancad or el éc trico, siga los s iguientes p asos para verif ic ar que[...]

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    Solu ción de p roblem as 8 1 9 Pr oblema Ca usa Remedio El motor no arranca El contr ol de l ámina se retir ó. Alambr e de bujía de sconectado. Depósit o de c ombustible combu stible vac ío o añ ejo. EST ÁRTER no activado. (De ser equipado ) Bujía defectuosa. Línea de c ombustible bloqueada. El motor se desbordó . La válvul a de c ombus[...]

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    20 s ección 8 — s Olució n de prObleM as Pr oblema Ca usa Remedio Demasi ada vibrac ión Cu chilla f loja o desequi librada. Cu chilla abollada. 1. 2. Apriet e la cuchilla y el adaptador . Equi libre l a cuch illa. Con sulte a un distribuidor autor izado. 1. 2. La podadora no abona el c ésped Cés ped húmedo. Cés ped exces ivamente alto . La[...]

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    GARANTÍA LIMIT AD A DEL F ABRICANTE P ARA GDO C -1 0 0 02 0 RE V . A T r oy-Bilt LLC, P .O . BO X 361131 CLEVELAND , OHIO 44136-0019, T eléfono: 1-866-840-6483, 1-330-558-7220 MTD Canada Limited - KITCHENER, ON N2G 4J1; T eléfono 1-800-668-1238 L a sig uie nt e ga ra nt ía l imi t ad a es o tor ga da p or T r oy -B il t LL C con re sp ec to a n[...]