IMPORTANT: Never cover mower while engone and exhaust .areas are still warm. A CAUTION:Never store the lawn mower with gasoline in the tank inside a building where fumes may reach an open flame or spark. Allow the engine to cool before storing in any enclosure. TROUBLESHOOTING CHART PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION Does not start 1, Dirty air filter. 2. Out of fuel. 3. Stale fuel. 1. Clean/replace air filter. 2. Fill fuel tank. 3. Drain tank and refill with fresh clean fuel. 4. Drain fuel tank and carburetor and refill tank with fresh gasoline. Connect wire to plug. 4. Water in fuel. 5. Spare plug wire is 5. disconnected. 6. Bad spark plug. 6. 7. Loose blade or broken 7. blade adapter. 8.
Control bar in released 8. Replace spark plug. Tighten blade bolt or replace blade adapter. Depress control bar to handle. Replace control bar. position. 9. Control bar defective. 9. Loss of power 1. Rear of lawn mower 1. housing or cutting blade dragging in heavy grass. 2. Cutting too much grass. 2. Set to "Higher Cut" position. Set to "Higher Cut" position. Clean/replace air filter. Clean underside of mower 3. Dirty air filter. 3. 4. Buildup of grass, leaves, 4. and trash under mower. housing. Check oil level. Cut at slower walking speed. 5. Too much oil in engine. 5. 6. Walking speed too fast. 6. Poor cut - uneven 1. Worn, bent or loose blade. 1. Replace blade. Tighten blade bolt.
Set all wheels at same 2. Wheel heights uneven. 2. height Clean underside of 3. Buildup of grass, leaves 3. and trash under mower. mower housing. Excessive vibration 1. Worn, bent or loose blade. 1. Replace blade. Tighten blade bolt. Contact an authorized service center. 2. Bent engine crankshaft. 2. Starter rope hard to pull 1. Engine flywheel brake is on 1. when control bar is released. Depress control bar to upper handle before pulling starter rope. Contact an authorized service center. Replace blade adapter. Move lawn mower to cut 2. Bent engine crankshaft. 2. 3. Blade adapter broken. 3. 4. Blade dragging in grass. 4. grass or to hard surface. 17