Weed Eater 438181 - Manual (Page 9)

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LEVER
BACKWARD
TO RAISE
MOWER
LEVER
FORWARD
TO LOWER
MOWER
Height adjuster lever
OPERATION
TO CONVERT MOWER
Your lawn mower was shipped ready to
be used as a mulcher. To convert to side
discharging:
• Open mulcher door and install dis charge
defl ector under door as shown.
• Mower is now ready for discharging
operation.
• To convert to mulching operation, dis-
charge defl ector must be removed and
mulcher door must be closed.
Open mulcher door
Discharge defl ector
MOWING TIPS
CAUTION: Do not use de-thatcher
blade attachments on your mower. Such
attachments are hazardous, will damage
your mower and could void your warranty.
• Under certain conditions, such as when
mowing very tall grass, raise the mower
height on the fi rst cut to reduce pushing
effort, to avoid over heat ing the motor,
and to avoid leaving clumps of grass
clippings. Make the second cut to the
desired height.
• For extremely heavy cutting, reduce the
width of cut.
• For side discharge operation, cut in a
coun ter clock wise di rec tion, start ing at
the outside of the area to be cut, in order
to spread grass clip pings more evenly
and to put less load on the motor. To
keep clip pings off of walkways, fl ower
beds, etc., make the fi rst cuts in a clock-
wise direction.
• When using a lawn mower in moist,
heavy grass, clumps of cut grass may
not enter the grass catcher. Reduce
ground speed (push ing speed) and/or
run the lawn mower over the area a
second time.
• If a trail of grass clipping is left on the
right side of a rear discharge lawn mow-
er, mow in a clockwise direction with a
small overlap to collect the clippings on
the next pass.
• Pores in cloth grass catchers can
become fi lled with dirt and dust with use
and the catcher will collect less grass.
To prevent this, regularly hose catcher
off with water and let dry before use.
MULCHING MOWING TIPS
IMPORTANT: For best performance, keep
mower housing free of built-up grass and
trash. See "CLEANING" in the Mainte-
nance section of this manual.