Makita RBC421L Original Instruction

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14CORRECT HANDLING OF MACHINEAttachment of shoulder strap– Wear shoulder strap across the chest. Keep machine at your right.– Adjust the strap length so that the cutter blade will be kept parallel with theground.Detachment– In case of emergency, remove the emergency detachment lever (1) bypulling strongly with a finger. The machine sill detach from body.Be extremely careful to maintain control of the machine at this time. Do notallow the machine to be deflected toward you or anyone in the work vicinity.WARNING: Failure to maintain complete control of the machine at all couldresult in serious bodily injury or DEATH.PUTTING INTO OPERATIONObserve the applicable accident prevention regulations.StartingMove at least 3m (10ft) away from the place of refueling. Place the brushcutter on a clean piece of ground taking care that the cutting tool does notcome into contact with the ground or any other objects.Cold start– Push the I-O switch (1) in the direction shown by the arrow.– Grasp the handle (hand pressure activates the safety lock-off lever (2)).– Press the control lever (3) and hold it down.– Press the lock button (4) and release the control lever, and then release thelock button (the lock button holds the control lever in the start-up position).– First place the machine on the ground.– Give a gentle push on the primer pump (5) repeatedly (7-10 times) until fuelcomes into the primer pump.– Move the choke lever (6) to the top position ( ).(1)Hanger(5)(6)(3)(1)(2)(4)