[. . . ] 5 Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 - 11 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 8 CONVERTING FROM TRIMMER TO BRUSHCUTTER REMOVING THE STRING HEAD See Figure 9. Align the slot in the upper flange washer with the hole in the gear head. Place the holding pin through the slot in the upper flange washer and the hole in the gear head. Place the holding pin through the upper flange washer and the gear head. Using the 16 mm (5/8 in) spanner supplied, turn the drive connector clockwise to remove. Remove the upper flange washer from the gear shaft and retain for blade installation. Remove the grass deflector by pushing in on the three locking tabs while pulling on the grass deflector to separate from the blade guard. GEAR HEAD UPPER FLANGE WASHER GRASS DEFLECTOR HOLDING PIN SPANNER (16 mm) DRIVE CONNECTOR STRING HEAD SPOOL RETAINER Fig. Place the upper flange washer over the gear shaft with the hollow side towards the blade guard. Centre the blade on the upper flange, making sure the blade sits flat. Place the holding pin through the slot in the upper flange washer and the hole in the gear head. If grass becomes wrapped round the string head, stop the engine, disconnect the sparking plug wire, and remove the grass. Prolonged cutting at partial throttle will result in oil dripping from the silencer. FILLING THE TANK 1. Loosen fuel cap slowly to release pressure and to keep fuel from escaping round the cap. NOTE: It is normal for smoke to be emitted from a new engine during and after first use. 11 12 OPERATION ADVANCING THE STRING ADVANCING STRING USING THE EZ LINETM TAP ADVANCE SYSTEM String advance is controlled by tapping string head on grass while running engine at full throttle. NOTE: If the string is worn too short you may not be able to advance the string by tapping it on the ground. ADVANCING THE STRING MANUALLY Push the spool retainer down while pulling on string(s) to manually advance the string. GRASS DEFLECTOR LINE TRIMMING CUTOFF BLADE See Figure 13. This trimmer is equipped with a line trimming cut-off blade on the grass deflector. For best cutting, advance string until it is trimmed to length by the cut-off blade. Advance string whenever you hear the engine running faster than normal. This will maintain best performance and keep string long enough to advance properly. CUTTING TIPS See Figure 12. [. . . ] Reattach the sparking plug cap and lay sparking plug on metal cylinder. Remove sparking plug and turn trimmer so sparking plug hole is aimed at the ground. Make sure lever is in the "WARM START" position and pull starter cord 10 to 14 times. With the throttle trigger fully depressed, pull starter cord three times with lever at "WARM START" position. [. . . ]