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IMPORTANTMANUALDONOTTHROWAWAY 
OWNERS 
MANUAL 
MODELNO. 
536.886540 
Caution: 
ReadandFollow 
AllSafetyRules 
andInstructions 
BeforeOperating 
ThisEquipment 5HORSEPOWER 
22DUALSTAGE 
SNOWTHROWER 
120V.ELECTRICSTART ® 
®Assembly 
OOperation 
OCustomerResponsibilities 
•ServiceandAdjustments 
®RepairParts 
SEARS,ROEBUCKANDCO.,HoffmanEstates,IL60179U.S.A.  

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SAFETYRULES 
&CAUTION:ALWAYSDISCONNECTSPARKPLUGWIREAND&  PLACEWIREWHEREITCANNOTCONTACTSPARKPLUG 
TOPREVENTACCIDENTALSTARTINGWHENSETTING-UP, 
TRANSPORTING,ADJUSTINGORMAKINGREPAIRS. 
IMPORTANT 
SAFETYSTANDARDSREQUIREOPERATORPRESENCECONTROLSTOMINIMIZETHE 
RISKOFINJURY..YOURSNOWTHROWERISEQUIPPEDWITHSUCHCONTROLS.DONOT 
ATTEMPTTODEFEATTHEFUNCTIONOFTHEOPERATORPRESENCECONTROLUNDER 
ANYCIRCUMSTANCES. 
TRAINING 
1,Readtheoperatorsmanualcarefully°Be 
thoroughlyfamiliarwiththecontrolsandthe...

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SAFETYRULES 
8,DOnotruntheengineindoors,exceptwhenstarting 
theengineandfortransportingthesnowthrowerin 
oroutofthebuilding.Opentheoutsidedoors; 
exhaustfumesaredangerous(containingCARBON 
MONOXIDE,anODORLESSandDEADLYGAS)° 
9oDonotclearsnowacrossthefaceofslopes. 
Exercisecautionwhenchangingdirectionon 
slopes.Donotattempttoclearsteepslopes_ 
10.Neveroperatethesnowthrowerwithoutproper 
guards,platesorothersafetyprotectivedevices 
inplace.. 
1t.Neveroperatethesnowthrowernearglass...

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CONGRATULATIONSonyourpurchaseofaSears 
CraftsmanSnowThrowerIthasbeendesigned,engi- 
neeredandmanufacturedtogiveyouthebestpossible 
dependabilityandperformance 
Shouldyouexperienceanyproblemyoucannoteasily 
remedy,pleasecontactyournearestSearsService 
Center/DepartmentSearshascompetent,wetHrained 
techniciansandthepropertoolstoserviceorrepairthis 
unil 
PleasereadandretainthismanualTheinstruclionswill 
enableyouIoassembleandmaintainyoursnowthrower 
]roperly,AlwaysobservetheSAFETYRULES/ 
MODEL...

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TABLEOFCONTENTS 
SAFETYRULES....................................................2,3 
PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS..............................4 
CUSTOMERRESPONSIBILITIES.......4,15-!7 
WARRANTY.......................................................................4 
TABLEOFCONTENTS.............................................5 
INDEX........................................................................................5 
ASSEMBLY.............................................................6-9...

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CONTENrsOFHAR 
CONTENTSOFPARTSBAG 
*2-SpareShearBolts 
(1/4-20xI-3/4In) REPACK 
D@ 
2-SpareSpacers 1-KnobWithThreads(notshownactua!size) 
*2-Spare1/4-20Locknuts 
1_Ownersmanua!(notshown 
actualsize) 1-StarterMotorCord(not 
shownac_ua_size) 
Non-AssemblyParts, 
Partspackedseparatelyincarton(notshownfullsize) 
q 
I 
l 
r 
I 
1-PartsBag 
t-CrankAssembly I 
I-5W30containeroil 
2-IgnitionKeys(Attachedtoengineinplasticbag) 
6  

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ASS 
TOOLSREQUIREDFORASSEMBLY 
1-Knife(tocutcartonandplasticties) 
2-1/2inchwrenches(oradjustablewrenches) 
2-9/16inchwrenches(oradjustablewrenches) 
2-3/4inchwrenches(oradjustablewrenches) 
1-P_iers(tospreadcotterpin) 
1-Screwdriver 
1-MeasuringTapeorRuler 
Figure1showsthesnowthrowerintheshippingposition., 
Figure2showsthesnowthrowercompletelyassembled. 
Referencetotherightandlefthandsideofthesnow 
throwerisfromtheoperatorspositionatthehandle, 
TOREMOVESNOWTHROWER 
FROMCARTON(SeeFig.1)...

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ASSEMBLV 
HOWTOSETUPYOURSNOW 
THROWER 
@Yoursnowthrowerisequippedwithheightadjust 
skids(SeeFig2)ontheoutsideoftheauger 
housing,Toadjusttheskidheightfordifferent 
conditions,seeToAdjustSkidHeightparagraphon 
page18, 
TOINSTALLTHEUPPERHANDLE 
ANDCRANKASSEMBLY 
•Removethescrews,flatwashers,Iockwashers,and 
hexnutssecuringtheshifterplateinthelowerholes 
ofthetowerhandleandmoveshiftleverto3rdgear 
(SeeFig4A) 
•Loosen,butdonotremove,thescrews,flatwashers, 
Iockwashers,andhexnutsintheupperholesofthe...

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ASSE LY 
@Rotatethechutecrankfullyclockwiseandfully 
counter-clockwise.Thedischargechuteshouldro- 
tatefullywithapproximately1/8inchclearancebe- 
tweenthewormandthebottomofthenotch(SeeFig. 
5) 
®Ifthechutecrankneedstobeadjusted,gotolhe 
ServiceandAdjustmentssectiononpage18.Screws 
securingchuteclipsatthebaseofthechuteshould 
beslightlylooseforeasyrotation. 
NOTE:Besurethecrankdoesnottouchthesideofthe 
engineorthecoverwillbescratched 
TOINSTALLSHIFTERLEVERKNOB 
®...

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u,l/, 
OPERATION 
KNOWYOURSNOWTHROWER 
READTHISOWNERSMANUALANDSAFETYRULESBEFOREOPERATINGYOURSNOW 
THROWER_Comparetheillustrationswithyoursnowthrowertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththelocationofvarious 
controlsandadjustments.Savethismanualforfuturereference, 
TRACTIONDRIVE 
LEVERLEVER 
SPEEDSHIFTER 
LEVER 
CHUTEDEFLECTOR 
--.. CRANK 
ASSEMBLY 
DISCHARGE, 
CHUTE 
KEY IMERBUTTON 
STARTER 
STARTER 
HANDLE 
CHOKECONTROL 
THROTTLECONTROL 
SCRAPERBAR 
ADJUSTSKIDS 
FIG.8...
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