Weed Eater 96112010100 User Manual

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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.