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Resumepullinghandleuntilengine
starts.See Illustration.
• Above40'°F,allowenginetorunfor
approximately5 seconds.Then,
squeezeand releasethrottletriggerto
allowengineto idle.
• Below40°1=,allow enginetowarmup
for30 secondsto 1minute;then
squeezeandreleasethrottletriggerto
allowenginetoidle.
° Tostopengine,moveOn/Stopswitch
totheSTOPposition.
STARTINGA WARM ENGINE
DONOTusathechoketostarta warm
engineorfloodingandhardstarting
mayoccur.
° MoveOn/StopswitchtoON.
° Setfast idlelock.
• BesurechokeisintheOFFposition.
° Withsaw onground,gripfronthandle
withlefthandandplaceyourrightfoot
through rearhandle.
° Graspstafferropehandleand pull
ropefirmly andquicklytostartengine.
° Squeezeand releasethrottletrigger
toreturnenginetoidlespeed.
LeftHand
onFront
Handle
€ltn_lllr
FootThroughRearHandle
DIFFICULT STARTING OR
STARTING A FLOODED ENGINE
TheenginemaybefloodedifIthasnot
startedafter 10pulls.Floodedengines
canbeclearedofexcessfuel withthe
followingprocedure:
Activatethefast idlelock.
Startingcouldrequiremanypullsde-
pendingon howbadlyunitisflooded. If
enginestillfails tostart,refertoTROU-
BLESHOOTINGchafforcall
1-800-235-5878.
OPERATING TIPS
• Checkchaintensionbeforefirst use
andafter1 minuteofoperation.See
ChainTensionIntheMaintenance
section.
, Cutwoodonly.Do notcutmetal,plas-
tics,masonry,non-woodbuildingma-
terials,etc.
• Stopthesaw ifthechainstdkesa for-
eignobject.Inspectthesawand re-
pairpartsas necessary.
° Keepthechainoutofdirtand sand.
Evena small,amountofdirt willquick-
lydulla chainand Increasethepossi-
bilityofkickback.
, Practicecuttinga few smalllogsusing
thefollowing steps.Thiswillhelpyou
getthe"feel"ofusingyoursawbefore
youbegina majorsawingoperation.
° Squeezethethrottletriggerandal-
lowtheenginetoreachfullspeed
beforecutting.
i Begincuttingwiththesawframe
againstthelog.
Keeptheengineat full speedthe
entiretimeyouarecutting.
• Allowthechaintocutfor you.Exert
onlylightdownwardpressure.
• Releasethethrottletriggerassoon
as thecut iscompleted,allowingthe
enginetoidle.tfyourunthe sawat
fullthrottlewithouta cuttingload,
unnecessarywearcanoccur.
• Toavoidlosingcontrol whencutis
complete,do notputpressureon
sawat endofcut.
• Stoptheenginebeforesettingthe
sawdown.
TREE FELLING TECHNIQUES
WARNING: Checkforbrokenordead
brancheswhichcanfallwhilecutting
° Verifythatthe On/StopswitchIsinthe causingserious Injury.Do notcutnear
ON position, bulldlngsor electricalwiresifyoudonot
• Pushchokeknobto theOFFposition, knowthedirectionoftreefall,norcutat
* Withsawon ground,gripfront handle nlghtsinceyouwillnotbeabletosee
withlefthandand placerightfoot wetl,norduringbad weathersuchas
throughrearhandle, rain,snow,orstrongwinds,etc.
• Gripstarterropehandleand pullrope Carefullyplanyoursawingoperationin
firmly andquicklyto startengine.If advance.Cleartheworkarea.You
notsuccessful,repeatuntilengine needa cleararea allaroundthetree=so
staffs.
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