How To Assemble Your Blower; Blower Tube Assembly; Vacuum Tube Assembly - Craftsman 358.798980 Operator's Manual

HOW TO ASSEMBLE YOUR BLOWER

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WARNING
Stop the engine before opening the vacuum
inlet door or attempting to insert or remove the
vacuum tubes. The engine must be stopped and
the impeller blades no longer turning to avoid
serious injury from the rotating blades.
BLOWER TUBE ASSEMBLY (Fig. 1)
• Locate the two locking tabs on the side of the blower
tube.
• Align the grooves on the nozzle with the locking tabs on
the blower tube and push the nozzle onto the blower
tube.
• Turn the nozzle clockwise until the parts snap into place
and are firmly tightened.
• Align grooves on the blower tube with locking tabs in the
blower outlet (inset) and push the blower tube into the
blower outlet.
• Turn the blower tube clockwise until the parts snap into
place and are firmly tightened.
• Turn flare nozzle and blower tube counterclockwise
removal.
Locking Tabs
Grooves
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ASSEMBLY
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Locking Tabs

VACUUM TUBE ASSEMBLY

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• Remove the blower tube from the engine.
• Set the unit, blower outlet up, on a flat surface. Open the
vacuum inlet cover as follows:
- Insert a screwdriver into latch area.
- Gently tilt the tip of the screwdriver forward towards the
blower outlet and open the vacuum inlet cover with
your other hand.
• Hold open vacuum inlet cover and align the grooves on
the upper vacuum tube with the locking tabs inside the
vacuum inlet. Insert the upper vacuum tube and turn
clockwise until parts snap together.
• Assemble the vacuum tubes by aligning the slanted end
of the lower vacuum tube with the blower outlet as
shown. Push the two tubes together until they are snug.
NOTE -
The bottom end of the lower vacuum tube is cut at
an angle. Make sure slanted end of vacuum tube is aligned
with blower outlet.
Locking Tabs
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