Weed Eater 438175 Service Manual

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  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 avoid overheat-
ing the motor, and to avoid leaving 
clumps of grass clippings. Make the 
sec ond cut to the desired height.

•   For extremely heavy cutting, re duce the 

width of cut by over lap ping previously 
cut path.

•   When using a rear discharge lawn 

mower in moist, heavy grass, clumps 
of cut grass may not enter the grass 
catcher. Run the lawn mower over the 
area a second time.

•   If a trail of clippings is left on the right 

side of a rear discharge mow er, mow in 
a clockwise direction with a small over-
lap to collect the clippings on the next  
pass.

•   Pores in cloth grass catchers can 

become fi lled with dirt and dust with use 
and catchers will collect less grass. To 
prevent this, reg u lar ly hose catcher off 
with water and let dry before using.

IMPORTANT:  For best performance, 
keep mower housing free of built-up grass 
and trash. See "CLEANING" in the Main-
tenance section of this manual.
•  The special mulching blade will recut 

the grass clip pings many times and 
reduce them in size so that as they fall 
onto the lawn they will disperse into 
the grass and not be noticed. Also, the 
mulched grass will bio de grade quickly 
to provide nu tri ents for the lawn. Always 
mulch with your highest motor (blade) 
speed as this will provide the best recut-
ting action of the blades.

•  Avoid cutting your lawn when it is wet. 

Wet grass tends to form clumps and 
in ter feres with the mulch ing action.

•  For best results, adjust the lawn mower 

cutting height so that the lawn mower 
cuts off only the top one-third of the 
grass blades. If the lawn is overgrown it 
will be necessary to raise the height of 
cut to reduce pushing effort and to keep 
from over load ing the motor and leaving 
clumps of mulched grass. For ex tremely 
heavy grass, reduce your width of cut 
by overlapping previously cut path and 
mow slowly.

•  Certain types of grass and grass 

con di tions may re quire that an area be 
mulched a second time to com pletely 
hide the clip pings. When doing a sec-
 ond cut, mow across (per pen dic u lar) to 
the fi rst cut path.

•  Change your cutting pattern from week 

to week. Mow north to south one week 
then change to east to west the next 
week. This will help prevent matting and 
graining of the lawn.