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11-16 IMPORTANT: Thank you for purchasing this Southland™ Cultivator. Read and understand all warnings and instructions in this manual before using this tool. Improper use of this tool can cause severe injury or death. Keep this manual for future reference.
Safety Definitions • Save all instructions Safety Warning Symbols: Indicates WARNING, DANGER, or This equipment can throw small objects CAUTION. at high speed causing personal injury. Inspect area where used and remove all foreign objects. Read operator’s manual before Engine exhaust contains carbon operating this machine.
Important Safety Information • Save all instructions Before Operating Cultivator 1. READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE OPERATING CULTIVATOR. Be thoroughly familiar with the controls and the proper use of the equipment. Know how to stop the unit and disengage the controls quickly. WARNING Read and follow all warnings and safety instructions.
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5. A guard or other part that is damaged should be properly repaired or replaced by a qualified service center. 6. Use only genuine Southland™ replacement parts and accessories. Use of any non-Southland™ parts or accessories could lead to injury, damage the unit, and void your warranty.
Assembly If you need assistance or find any parts • Save all instructions missing, CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800–737-2112 Parts Included with Cultivator • Middle Handle (1) • Cable Ties (3) • Upper Handles (2) • Operator’s Manual (1) • Wing nuts and bolts (4 ea.) •...
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Assembly (Continued) • Save all instructions How to Assemble the Tines Fig. 4a Fig. 3 Fig. 4b Fig. 5 To Remove Tines 1. Remove the pins from each end of the tine shaft. Refer to Figure 3. 2. Slide the four tines off the tine shaft. To Install Tines The 4 different tines are labeled “A”, “B”, “C”, and “D”.
Operation • Save all instructions Before Starting Engine: Mixing Fuel / 2-Cycle Oil CAUTION WARNING Do not smoke or allow smoking near fuel or the cultivator. Use of incorrect gasoline such as diesel fuel or gasoline Mix and pour fuel outdoors WHERE THERE ARE NO containing more than 10% ethanol or methanol will damage SPARKS OR FLAMES.
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Operation (Continued) • Save all instructions Starting Engine (Continued): Starting a Flooded Engine 1. Place the cultivator on a flat surface. 2. Move the ignition switch to the ON position. 3. Move the choke lever to the ‘run/ warm start’ position. (see Figure 7) 4.
Maintenance • Save all instructions WARNING Turn off ignition switch, and disconnect the spark plug before performing maintenance except for carburetor adjustments. Reconnect the spark plug wire after the service is done. Air Filter Your cultivator has been equipped with two (2) foam air filters inside the air filter housing to prevent dirt and debris from entering the engine.
Troubleshooting • Save all instructions PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE(S) SOLLUTION(S) Engine will not start. 1. Ignition Switch in the “OFF” position. 1. Move ignition switch to the ON position. 2. Engine flooded. 2. See Starting a Flooded Engine in OPERATION section. 3.
Warranty • Save all instructions Southland™ CULTIVATOR Limited Warranty Always specify model number when contacting the factory. We reserve the right to amend these specifications at any time without notice. The only warranty applicable is our standard written warranty. We make no other warranty, expressed or implied. MAT Engine Technologies, LLC warrants this Cultivator...
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Other U.S States / Territories: In other areas of the Unites States, your outdoor power equipment engine must be designed, built and equipped so as to conform at the time of sale to U.S. EPA emissions standards for small off-road spark ignition engines at or below 19 kilowatts.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Defects Warranty Coverage: METL warrants to the original purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that the small off-road engine (SORE) (1) has been designed, built and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations; and (2) is free from defects in materials and workmanship that cause the failure of a warranted part to conform with those regulations as may be applicable to the terms and conditions stated below.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Emission Warranty Parts List: The repair or replacement of any warranted part otherwise eligible for warranty coverage may be excluded from such warranty coverage if METL demonstrates that the engine has been abused, neglected, or improperly maintained, and that such abuse, neglect, or improper maintenance was the direct cause of the need for repair or replacement of the part.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions California Evaporative Emission Control Warranty Statement YOUR WARRANTY RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS The California Air Resources Board and METL are pleased to explain the evaporative emission control system’s warranty on your 2009 model year small off-road engine (SORE). In California, new SOREs must be designed, built and equipped to meet the State’s stringent anti-smog standards.
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Warranty (Continued) • Save all instructions Defects Warranty Coverage: (a) The warranty period begins on the date the engine is purchased. (b) General Evaporative Emissions Warranty Coverage. The engine must be warranted to the ultimate purchaser and any subsequent owner that the evaporative emission control system when installed was: (1) Designed, built, and equipped so as to conform with all applicable regulations;...
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