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BEFORE STARTING ENGINE
WARNING: Be suretoread thefuel
handlinginformationinthe safetyrules
sectionofthismanualbeforeyoubegin.
ifyoudonotunderstandthe fuelham
dlinginformationdonot attempttofuel
yourunit.Seekhelpfromsomeonethat
doesunderstandthe informationor call
thecustomerassistance helplineat
1-800-235-5878.
GUIDE BAR AND CHAIN OIL
The chainoiler'providescontinuouslu-
bricationtothechainand guidebar.Be
suretofigthe baroiltankwhen youfill
thefueltank(Capacity= 6:8 ft. oz.)
Formaximum guidebar and chainlife,
we recommendyou useCraftsman
chainsaw baroil.If Craftsmanbar oilis
notavailable, youmay useago0d
gradeSAE30 oiluntilyouareable to
obtainCraftsmanbrand.Theo!! output
isautomatically meteredduring opera-
tion.Yoursaw wiUuseapproximately
one tankofbar oilfor everytankoffuel
mix. Alwaysfillthebar oiltankwhen
youfillthefueltank.
FUELING ENGINE
Thisengineiscertifiedto operateon
unleadedgasoline.Beforeoperation,
gasolinemustbe mixedwitha good
quality 2-cycleair-cooled engineoil.We
recommendCraftsmanbrandoil.Mix
gasoline andoi!at a ratioof40:1 (A
40:1 ratioisobtainedby mixing3.2
ouncesofoilwith1 gallonofunleaded
gasoline).DONOTUSEautomotiveoil
orboatoil.These oilswtl_cause engine
damage.Whenmixingfuel follow the
instructionsprintedon thecontainer.
Onceoilisaddedtothegasoline,
shakecontainermomentarilytoassure
thatthefuel isthoroughlymixed.
Always readand followthesafety rules
relatingtofuel beforefueling yourunit.
IMPORTANT
Experience indicatesthatalcohol
blendedfuels (calledgasoholor using
ethanolormethanol)can attractmois-
turewhichleadstoseparationand
formationofacidsduringstorage;Acid-
icgascan damagethe fuel systemof
anenginewhilein storage.
Toavoidengineproblems,the fuelsys-
tem shouldbe emptiedbeforestorage
for30 daysor longer.Drainthegas
tank,starttheengineand letitrununtil
the fuel linesand carburetorareempty_
Use freshfuelnextseason.See STOR,
AGEinstructionsfor additionalinforma,
tion.•
Nevez'useengineorcarburetorcleaner
productsinthe fueltankorpermanent
damagemay occur.
See the STORAGEsectionfor additional
information.
STOPPING YOUR ENGINE
• Move On/Stopswitchto theSTOP
position.
• Ifenginedoesnotstop,pullchoke
knoboutfully.
STARTING YOUR ENGINE
COLD ENGINEOR WARM ENGINE
AFTER RUNNING OUT OF FUEL
• Fillbar oiltankwithbar oil.Yoursaw
willuseapproximately one tank of bar
oilfor eachtank of fuel mix.
• Primeenginebyslowlypressingprim-
erbulb sixtimes.
Primer Bulb
Ignition _"_._//" V_
STOP--
Turnon ignitionby moving On/Stop
switchtoON.
Actuatechokeby pulling chokeknob
fullyout.Set saw ontheground.Grip
front handlewithyourlefthandand
placerightfoot throughrear handle.
. ChokePositions
Full
• Setfast idle by depressing the throttle
lockwith your right hand. Then,
squeezethrottletrigger and hold.With
your thumb, press thefast idle lock
down and hold. Next, release the .
throttle trigger.
• DONOTsqueezethrottle triggerdur-
ing starting;otherwise, it willbe nec-
essaryto resetthe fast idlelock.
NOTE: Whenpullingthe starterrope,
donotusethefull extentoftherope.
Donotlet starterropesnapback.
Holdhandle.Let rope rewindslowly.
• Pullstarterropehandlefirmly and
quicklywithyourrighthanduntilthe
engineattempts tostartor 5 pulls.
Thenpushthechokeknobfully in.
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