Weed Eater 438181 Operator's Manual - Operation

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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.