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Safety • Assembly • Operation • Adjustments • Maintenance • Troubleshooting • Parts Lists • Warranty
OPERATOR’S MANUAL
Two-Stage Snow Thrower
IMPORTANT:
READ SAFETY RULES AND
INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
BEFORE OPERATION
MTD Products Ltd., P. O. Box 1386, KITCHENER, ONTARIO N2G 4J1 769-04208
PRINTED IN U.S.A.
07/09/08
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This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new snow thrower. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Table of Contents Safety Symbols ................................................... 3 Maintaining Your Snow Thrower ...................... 14 Safe Operation Practices ................................... 4 Off-Season Storage .......................................... 16 Setting Up Your Snow Thrower .......
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This page depicts and describes safety symbols that may appear on this product. Read, understand, and follow all instructions on the machine before attempting to assemble and operate. 1 Symbol Description READ THE OPERATOR’S MANUAL(S) Safety Read, understand, and follow all instructions in the manual(s) before attempting to assemble and operate. Symbols WARNING— ROTATING BLADES Keep hands out of inlet and discharge openings while machine is running. There are rotating blades inside. WARN
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WARNING: Engine Exhaust, some of its constituents, and certain vehicle compo- nents contain or emit chemicals known to State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. 2 DANGER: This machine was built to be operated according to the safe operation practices in this manual. As with any type of power equipment, carelessness or error on the part of the operator can result in serious injury. This machine is capable of amputating hands and feet and throwing objects
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Operation Maintenance & Storage 1. Do not put hands or feet near rotating parts, in the auger/ 1. Never tamper with safety devices. Check their proper impeller housing or chute assembly. Contact with the operation regularly. Refer to the maintenance and adjust- rotating parts can amputate hands and feet. ment sections of this manual. 2 2. The auger/impeller control lever is a safety device. Never 2. Before cleaning, repairing, or inspecting machine disengage bypass its operation. Doing so make
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IMPORTANT: The snow thrower is shipped with oil and WITHOUT GASOLINE. After assembly, refer to separate engine manual for proper fuel and engine oil recommendations. 1. Observe the lower area of the snow thrower to be sure 3 both cables are aligned with roller guides. Setting Up a. Pull up and back on upper handle as shown in Figure 3-1. Align upper handle with the lower Your Snow handle. b. Tighten hand knobs securing upper handle to Thrower lower handle. 2. Remove wing nut and hex s
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The extension cord is fastened with a cable tie to the rear of the auger housing for shipping purposes. Cut the cable tie and remove it before operating the snow thrower. CAUTION: Prior to operating your snow thrower, refer 3 to Auger Control Test on page 11. Read and follow all instructions carefully, and perform all adjustments Setting Up to verify your snow thrower is operating safely and properly. Your Snow Shear Pin Storage (optional) Thrower An area for convenient shear pin storage
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Know Your Snow Thrower Drive Control 4 Shift Lever Heated Grips (optional) Four-Way Chute Control™ Operating Auger Control Your Snow Headlight Wheel Steering Control Thrower Engine Controls Chute Assembly Oil Filler Cap/Dipstick Clean-Out Tool Primer Fuel Fill Cap Ignition Key WARNING Throttle Choke Starter Handle Read, understand, and follow all instruc- Oil Drain tions and warnings Electric start button* on the machine and Electric Switch Box* Augers * Optional in this manual before Ski
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Auger Control Four-Way Chute Control™ The chute directional control is located on the left side of the dash panel. • T o c h a n g e t h e d i r e c t i o n i n w h i c h s n o w i s t h r o w n , 4 squeeze the button on the joy-stick and pivot the joy-stick to the right or to the left. • T o c h a n g e t h e a n g l e / d i s t a n c e w h i c h s n o w i s t h r o w n , Operating pivot the joy-stick forward or backward. Your Snow Thrower The auger control is located on the left ha
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1. Determine that your home’s wiring is a three-wire Gas & Oil Fill-Up grounded system. Ask a licensed electrician if you Service the engine with gasoline and oil as instructed in are unsure. If you have a grounded three-prong the separate engine manual packed with your unit. Read receptacle, proceed as follows. If you do not have the instructions carefully. proper house wiring, DO NOT use the electric starter under any conditions. Starting the Engine 2. Insert ignition key fully into sl
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To Engage Drive 1. With the engine running near top speed, move shift lever to one of six FORWARD positions or two REVERSE positions. Select a speed appropriate for the snow conditions that exist. Do not shift speeds while the drive is engaged. 2. Squeeze drive control against the right handle and WARNING the snow thrower will move. Release it and the drive motion will stop. The muffler, engine To Engage Augers and surrounding 1. To engage augers and start snow throwing, squeeze areas
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Shift Cable If the full range of speeds (forward and reverse) cannot be achieved, refer to the figure to the left and adjust the shift cable as follows: 1. Place the shift lever in the fastest forward speed 5 position. 2. Loosen the hex nut on the shift cable index bracket. Making See Figure 5-1. Adjustments 3. Pivot the bracket downward to take up slack in the cable. 4. Retighten the hex nut. 5. Check for correct adjustment before operating the snow thrower. Chute Control Figure 5-1 Once
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5 Making Adjustments Figure 5-4 - Standard Skid Shoe Figure 5-5 - Steel Reversible Figure 5-6 - Plastic Reversible Skid Shoes You can also check the adjustment as follows: The space between the skid shoes and the ground can 1. With the snow thrower tipped forward, remove the be adjusted. frame cover underneath the snow thrower by removing • F o r c l o s e s n o w r e m o v a l o n a s m o o t h s u r f a c e , r a i s e the self-tapping screws. See Figure 6-5 on page 15. skid shoes highe
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Engine Refer to the separate engine manual packed with your unit for all engine maintenance. Lubrication 6 Engine Refer to the separate engine manual packed with your unit for all engine lubrication instructions. Maintaining Gear Shaft The gear (hex) shaft should be lubricated at least once Your Snow a season or after every 25 hours of operation. Thrower WARNING: Run the engine com- pletely dry of gasoline before tipping snowthrower. 1. Carefully pivot the snow thrower up and forward so
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2. Carefully pivot the snow thrower up and forward so Auger Belt Replacement that it rests on the auger housing. Remove the frame WARNING: Run the engine com- cover from the underside of the snow thrower by pletely dry of gasoline before tipping removing four self-tapping screws which secure it. snowthrower. See Figure 6-5. 6 To remove and replace your snow thrower’s auger belt, 3. Roll the auger belt off the engine pulley. See Figure proceed as follows: 6-6. 1. Remove the plastic belt co
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Drive Belt Replacement WARNING: Run the engine com- a c pletely dry of gasoline before tipping snowthrower. 6 To remove and replace your snow thrower’s auger belt, proceed as follows: 1. Remove the plastic belt cover on the front of the Maintaining engine by removing the two self-tapping screws. See Figure 6-4. b Your Snow 2 Carefully pivot the snow thrower up and forward so that it rests on the auger housing. See Figure 6-5. Thrower 3. Remove the frame cover from the underside of the Fi
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Problem Cause Remedy 1. Choke not in ON position. 1. Move choke to ON position. Engine fails to start 2. Spark plug wire disconnected. 2. Connect wire to spark plug. 7 3. Fuel tank empty or stale fuel. 3. Fill tank with clean, fresh gasoline. 4. Engine not primed. 4. Prime engine as instructed in “Operating Your Snow Thrower”. Trouble- 5. Clean, adjust gap, or replace. 5. Faulty spark plug. Shooting 6. Clean fuel line. 6. Blocked fuel line. 7. Insert key fully into the switch. 7. Safety key no
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4 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY For FOUR YEARS from the date of retail purchase within Canada, MTD PRODUCTS LIMITED will, at its option, repair or replace, for the original purchaser, free of charge, any part or parts found to be defective in material or workmanship. 8 This warranty does not cover: 1. Any part which has become inoperative due to misuse, commercial use, abuse, neglect, accident, improper mainte- Warranty nance or alteration; or 2. The unit if it has not been operated and/or maintained i
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Model Wheel As sem bly De scrip tion Tire Rim Axle Modèle En sem ble de roue De scrip tion Roue Jante Essieu 31AH6WK3 634-04145 16 x 4.8 x 8 LH X-Trac 734-2038 634-04173 738-04168 634-04146 16 x 4.8 x 8 RH X-Trac 734-2038 634-04173 31AH5WLF 634-04145 16 x 4.8 x 8 LH X-Trac 734-2038 634-04173 738-04180 31AH5WL3 634-04146 16 x 4.8 x 8 RH X-Trac 734-2038 634-04173 31AH6ZK4 634-04136 16 x 6.5 x 8 LH X-Trac 734-2031 634-04174 738-04168 634-04137 16 x 6.5 x 8 RH X-Trac 734-2031 634-04174 738-04168 3
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