Manual

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Removethe foampre-filterfromaroundthe paperair filter. See
Fig.25. Replacepaperelementwhendirtyor damaged.Clean
foamelementor replacewhendamaged.
Air Filter.
Figure25
4. Tocleanfoamelement,washin a mildliquiddetergentandwater.
Squeezeor pressthe foamelementto rinseoutdirtandwater.Do
nottwist; thiscoulddamageortear thefoamelement.Allowto
dry thoroughlybeforeusing.DO NOToilthe foamelement.
5. Attachthenewairfilterwithfoamelement,aligningthe holeinthe
airfilterwiththe intakemanifold.SeeFig.26.
Air Filter
Plastic
Feature
Shroud
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Feature
Figure27
Spark Plug Service
DONOTcheckfor sparkwith sparkplugremoved.DONOTcrank
enginewithsparkplugremoved.
Toensureproperengineoperation,the sparkplugmustbeproperly
gappedandfree of deposits.
1. Removethe sparkplugboot andusea sparkplugwrenchto
removetheplug.SeeFig.28.
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Figure26
Attachtheair filtercover,makingsureto alignplasticribfeatures
onthe shroudto the plasticfeaturesonthe air filtercover.See
Fig.27.Turnthumbscrewsclockwiseuntil snug.Checkfor any
misalignment.
Ifthe enginehas beenrunning,the mufflerwillbeveryhot.Becareful
not to touchthe muffler.
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SparkPlug
Figure28
Visuallyinspectthe sparkplug.Discardthe sparkplugif thereis
apparentwear,or if the insulatoriscrackedorchipped.Cleanthe
sparkplugwitha wirebrushif it isto be reused.