MTD 420 - Page 9

Handle
Bottom
Figure 7
Hook
Slot In
Hardtop
Cover
Grass
Catcher "
Handle
Figure 8
Phillips
Head
Screw
Mounting
Bracket
Hex Lock
Nut
Figure 9
Assemble hardtop grass bag as follows:
1.
Insert one end of the rear frame into the slit in
the cloth channel on the edge of the grass bag
(slits are approximately 6 inches from the
end of the bag). See Figure 6A. Feed all the
material on one side of the frame before
working it around frame. Make certain the other
end of rear frame comes out the slit in the other
side. See Figure 6B.
Slide the ends of the front frame assembly into
the ends of the rear frame as shown in Figure
7A. The handle in front frame assembly goes
away from the black plastic bottom of the bag.
Push the two frames together until the
cross piece on the front frame contacts
the roar frame.
3.
4.
5.
6,
7,
Slip the openings in the side of the plastic
channel on bag over hooks on the grass
catcher frame. See Figure 7B.
Secure front of bag to front frame by working
the five plastic channels on bottom, sides and
top of bag over frame.
Hold the bag and frame so the bag hangs from
the frame (is not bunched around the frame).
Slide the handle on the grass catcher frame
down into the slot in the hardtop cover as
shown in Figure 8.
Press the rear frame into the two tabs at the
back of the hardtop cover and the cross bar on
the front frame into the channel on the front of
the hardtop cover. Some force may be required.
Place the mounting bracket under the front of
the handle, with the tabs on the bracket facing
up. Insert phillips head screw down through the
hardtop cover and mounting bracket. Secure
with hex lock nut. See Figure 9.
Mulching
Baffle
(Optional)
A'I'FACHING GRASS CATCHER TO
MOWER
NOTE: If your mower is equipped with a mulching
baffle, it is in place on the mower. To remove the
mulching baffle, lift the rear discharge door on the
mower. Remove the mulching baffle. See Figure 10.
Figure 10
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