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3.
Fit the bag door opening over the dischar
ge tunnel
opening as shown in Figure 40.
The bag door latches should straddle the door handle,
and the bag rod hook should be in front of the handle
bracket.
4.
Set the rear of the bag frame onto the lower handle.
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3
2
1
4
Figure
40
1. Handle
fully forward
2.
Bag door
3.
Bag door latch
4.
Bag rod hook in front of
handle bracket
5. Pull
the handle rearward until the handle latch locks in
the notch in the bag door latch (Fig. 41).
The dischar
ge door in the mower housing is now open
and the bag is locked into position. The latch should
seat in bottom of the notch.
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1
2
Figure
41
1. Handle
latch locked in bag
notch
2. Notch
in bag door latch
DANGER
POTENTIAL
HAZARD
•
Grass clippings and other objects can be
thr
own fr
om an open discharge tunnel.
WHA
T CAN HAPPEN
•
Objects thrown with enough for
ce could cause
serious personal injury or death to the operator
or bystander
.
HOW T
O A
V
OID THE HAZARD
•
Never open the door on the discharge tunnel
when the engine is running.
DANGER
POTENTIAL HAZARD
•
A worn grass bag could allow small stones and
other similar debris to be thrown in operator
’s
or bystander
’
s dir
ection.
WHA
T CAN HAPPEN
• Thr
own objects can cause serious personal
injury or death to the operator or bystanders.
HOW T
O A
V
OID THE HAZARD
•
Check the grass bag fr
equently
. If it is
damaged, install a new genuine T
oro
r
eplacement bag that has this or a similar
warning.
Emptying the Grass Bag
1. Stop
the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2.
Lift the door latch until it clears the bag notch and
move the dischar
ge door handle forward (Fig. 40).
3.
Grasp the bag frame handle and the rear of the grass
bag and lift the bag of
f of the mower
.
4.
Gradually tip bag forward to empty clippings.
Side
Discharge Chute
Installing the Side Discharge Chute
1. Stop
the engine and disconnect the spark plug wire.
2.
Remove the knob and side cover clamp, then replace
the knob in the hole and save the clamp for future use
(Fig. 35).