Exmark 30" - Operating the Self-Propel Drive; Stopping the Engine; Operating the Blade Control Lever

Operation
Figure7
1.Mufer6.Oillter
2.Oilll/dipstick
7.Aircleaner
3.Recoilstarterhandle8.Primerbulb
4.Fueltankcap
9.Sparkplug
5.Throttle-choke-engine
stopcontrol
2.Openthefuelvalve.
3.Movethethrottle-choke-enginestopcontrolto
thefullforward(Choke)position.
Note:DoNotusethechokewhentheengine
iswarm.
4.Pullthestarterhandlelightlyuntilyoufeel
resistance,thenpullitsharply.Allowtheropeto
returnslowly.
5.Whentheenginestarts,movethe
throttle-choke-enginestopcontroltothe
Fastposition.
StoppingtheEngine
1.Bringtheunittoafullstop.
2.Releasethebladecontrolbail.Thebladeshould
stopwithinthreeseconds;theenginewillcontinue
torun.Movethethrottle-choke-enginestop
controltotheStoppositiontokilltheengine.
Note:Ifthebladedoesnotstopwithin3seconds
afterreleasingthebladecontrolbail,contactan
AuthorizedServiceDealer.
3.Closethefuelshut-offvalve,ifequipped,when
themachinewillnotbeinuseforafewdays,
whentransporting,orwhentheunitisparked
insideabuilding.
OperatingtheSelf-PropelDrive
Thelawnmowerisvariablespeed,themoreyou
squeezethedrivebailagainstthehandlethefaster
themachinetravels.
1.Starttheengine.
2.Squeezethedrivebailagainstthehandle(see
Figure4).
Note:Youcanvarythegroundspeedby
increasingordecreasingthedistancebetween
thegroundspeedcontrolbailandthehandle.
Lowerthecontrolbailtodecreasetheground
speedwhenyouaremakingaturnorifthelawn
mowerismovingtoofastforyou.Ifyoulower
thecontrolbailtoofarthelawnmowerstops
self-propelling.Squeezethegroundspeedcontrol
bailclosertothehandletoincreasetheground
speed.Whenyouholdthegroundspeedcontrol
bailtightagainstthehandle,thelawnmower
self-propelsatthemaximumgroundspeed.
Releasethedrivebailtostopmovingwhenyou
usethelawnmowerfortrimmingorwhenever
youleavethelawnmower.
3.Todisengagetheself-propeldrive,releasethe
drivebail.
OperatingtheBladeControlLever
1.Starttheengine.
2.Pushandholdthebladecontrollockleverforward
toreleasethebladecontrolbail(
Figure8).
Figure8
1.Bladecontrollocklever4.Push
2.Lockedposition5.Unlockedposition
3.Bladecontrolbail
6.Squeezeagainsthandle
3.Squeezethebladecontrolbailagainstthehandle
andreleasethebladecontrollocklever;theblade
shouldengage.
4.Releasethebladecontrolbailtodisengagethe
blade.Thebladecontrollockleverwillresetto
lockthebladecontrolbail.
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