Bolens 115-500-000 - Manual (Page 5)

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7.
Insert the rope guide bolt (A) through the right
hand side of upper and lower handle.
The starter rope is wound around the starter
handle. Maintain the tension on the rope as
you unwind it.
Slip the starter rope into the rope guide bolt
as shown in figure 4. Secure the rope guide
bolt with lock washer (C) and hex nut (D). If
more slack is needed in the starter rope,
disconnect and ground the spark plug wire.
Depress the blade control handle and pull ad­
ditional rope out from the engine.
8. Route the brake cable under the lower handle.
Place the end of the brake cable into the up­
per hole on the bottom of the control housing,
and through the slot in the side of the housing
—as shown in figure 5. The angle of the flange
on the plastic fitting must be positioned
downward as shown. Be careful not to bend or
kink the cable.
Ai
WARNING
Brake cable must be assembled as
shown for proper blade brake opera­
tion.
9. Snap the plastic fitting on the end of the cable
into the control housing. Hook the “Z” end of
the brake cable into the hole in the blade con-
—trol handle. See figure 6. If additional slack is
needed in order to hook the cable into the han­
dle, proceed as follows: