Transcription of STIHL FS 56 Instruction Manual
1 {. STIHL FS 56. Instruction Manual Manual de instrucciones WARNING. Read and follow all safety precautions in Instruction Manual . improper use can cause serious or fatal injury. ADVERTENCIA. Lea y siga todas las precauciones de seguridad dadas en el Manual de instrucciones el uso incorrecto puede causar lesiones graves o mortales. Instruction Manual 1 - 51. Manual de instrucciones 52 - 106. English Contents Guide to Using this Manual 2 maintenance and Repairs 45 Allow only persons who fully understand this Manual to operate your trimmer /. Safety Precautions and Working Disposal 46. brushcutter. Techniques 3 STIHL Incorporated Federal Approved Combinations of Cutting Emission Control Warranty To receive maximum performance and Original Instruction Manual Attachment, Deflector, Handle and Statement 46 satisfaction from your STIHL trimmer /.}
2 Harness 16 brushcutter, it is important that you read, STIHL Incorporated California understand and follow the safety Mounting the Bike Handle 18 Exhaust and Evaporative precautions and the operating and Mounting the Loop Handle 19 Emissions Control Warranty maintenance instructions in chapter Statement 48. Fitting the Carrying Ring 22 "Safety Precautions and Working Trademarks 50 Techniques" before using your trimmer /. Mounting the Deflector 22. Mounting the Cutting Attachment 23 brushcutter. For further information you Printing inks contain vegetable oils, paper can be recycled. can go to Fuel 26. Fueling 27 Contact your STIHL dealer or the STIHL . distributor for your area if you do not Fitting the Harness 29 understand any of the instructions in this Balancing the Trimmer/Brushcutter 30 Manual .
3 Starting / Stopping the Engine 31. Operating instructions 33 WARNING. Printed on chlorine-free paper Cleaning the Air Filter 33 Because a trimmer / brushcutter is a Engine Management 34 high-speed cutting tool some special Adjusting the Carburetor 34 safety precautions must be observed to Spark Plug 35 reduce the risk of personal injury. Careless or improper use may cause Engine Running Behavior 36 serious or even fatal injury. Rewind Starter 36. Make sure your unit is equipped with the Storing the Machine 37 proper deflector, handle and harness for Sharpening Metal Cutting Blades 37 the type of cutting attachment being Maintaining the Mowing Head 37 used. Always wear proper eye ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, 2013. Inspections and maintenance by protection. Dealer 39. maintenance and Care 40.
4 0458-547-8621-D. Main Parts 42. 0000000997_018_GB. Specifications 44. Special Accessories 45. { This Instruction Manual is protected by copyright. All rights reserved, especially the rights to reproduce, translate and process with electronic systems. FS 56, FS 56 R, FS 56 C, FS 56 RC 1. English Symbols in Text Engineering Improvements Guide to Using this Manual Many operating and safety instructions STIHL 's philosophy is to continually Pictograms are supported by illustrations. improve all of its products. As a result, engineering changes and improvements The individual steps or procedures are made from time to time. Therefore, described in the Manual may be marked The meanings of the pictograms some changes, modifications and in different ways: attached to or embossed on the improvements may not be covered in machine are explained in this Manual .}
5 N A bullet marks a step or procedure. this Manual . If the operating A description of a step or procedure that characteristics or the appearance of Depending on the model concerned, the refers directly to an illustration may your machine differs from those following pictograms may be on your contain item numbers that appear in the described in this Manual , please contact machine. illustration. Example: your STIHL dealer or the STIHL . Fuel tank for gasoline distributor for your area for assistance. and engine oil mixture N Loosen the screw (1). N Lever (2) .. Press to operate decom- In addition to the operating instructions , pression valve this Manual may contain paragraphs that require your special attention. Such paragraphs are marked with the symbols and signal words described Manual fuel pump below: DANGER.
6 Press to operate Manual Indicates an imminent risk of severe or fuel pump fatal injury. WARNING. Filler hole for gear Indicates a hazardous situation which, if lubricant not avoided, could result in severe or Air intake summer mode fatal injury. NOTICE. Indicates a risk of property damage, Air intake winter mode including damage to the machine or its individual components. Handle heating 2 FS 56, FS 56 R, FS 56 C, FS 56 RC. English FS models with an "R" on the nameplate break. Thrown objects, including broken Safety Precautions and were originally configured (at the time of heads or blades, may result in serious or Working Techniques distribution) as a trimmer with a loop fatal injury to the operator or bystanders. handle. Because a trimmer / STIHL does not recommend the use of brushcutter is a high- rigid blades when cutting in stony areas.
7 Speed, fast-cutting power WARNING. Use your trimmer / brushcutter equipped tool sometimes equipped As more fully explained later in these with the appropriate cutting attachment with sharp cutting blades, Safety Precautions, to reduce the risk of only for cutting grass and similar special safety precau- personal injury, make sure your unit is material. tions must be observed to equipped with the proper handle, reduce the risk of per- harness and deflector for the type of sonal injury. WARNING. cutting attachment you are using. Use only cutting attachments that are Do not use it for other purposes, since It is important that you specifically authorized by STIHL for use misuse may result in personal injury or read, fully understand on your FS model. property damage, including damage to and observe the following the machine.
8 Safety precautions and Have your STIHL dealer show you how warnings. Read the to operate your power tool. Observe all applicable local safety regulations, WARNING. Instruction Manual and the safety precautions standards and ordinances. Minors should never be allowed to use periodically. Careless or this power tool. Bystanders, especially improper use may cause WARNING children, and animals should not be serious or fatal injury. allowed in the area where it is in use. Do not lend or rent your power tool without the Instruction Manual . Be sure The terminology utilized in this Manual that anyone using it understands the WARNING. when referring to the power tool reflects information contained in this Manual . the fact that different types of cutting To reduce the risk of injury to bystanders attachments may be mounted on it.
9 The and damage to property, never let your term "trimmer" is used to designate an WARNING power tool run unattended. When it is FS unit that is equipped with a nylon line not in use ( during a work break), The use of this machine may be head or a head with flexible plastic shut it off and make sure that hazardous. If the rotating line or blade blades ( , the PolyCut head.) A unauthorized persons do not use it. comes in contact with your body, it will "brushcutter" designates a unit cut you. When it comes in contact with Most of these safety precautions and equipped with a rigid metal blade. Many solid foreign objects such as rocks or warnings apply to the use of all STIHL . FS models may be used as either a bits of metal, it may fling them directly or trimmer / brushcutters. Different models trimmer or a brushcutter therefore, the by ricochet in the direction of bystanders may have different parts and controls.
10 Power tool is referred in this Manual as a or the operator. Striking such objects See the appropriate section of your "trimmer / brushcutter". Some smaller could damage the cutting attachment Instruction Manual for a description of and / or lightweight FS models may only and may cause blades to crack, chip or the controls and the function of the parts be used as a trimmer, , they may not of your model. be used with metal blades. FS 56, FS 56 R, FS 56 C, FS 56 RC 3. English Safe use of a trimmer / brushcutter These conditions reduce the hand's All the above-mentioned precautions do involves ability to feel and regulate temperature, not guarantee that you will not sustain produce numbness and burning whitefinger disease or carpal tunnel 1. the operator sensations and may cause nerve and syndrome.
