STIHL FC 55 Lightweight Edger Instruction Manual | STIHL

1 {. STIHL FS 55. 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 - 47. Manual de instrucciones 49 - 99. English Contents Guide to Using this Manual 2 Maintenance and Repairs 42 Allow only persons who fully understand this Manual to operate your trimmer /. Safety Precautions and Working STIHL Incorporated Federal brushcutter. Techniques 3 Emission Control Warranty Approved Combinations of Cutting Statement 43 To receive maximum performance and Original Instruction Manual Attachment, Deflector, Handle and STIHL Incorporated California satisfaction from your STIHL trimmer /.}

2 Harness 16 Exhaust and Evaporative brushcutter, it is important that you read, Emissions Control Warranty understand and follow the safety Mounting the Bike Handle 17. Statement 45 precautions and the operating and Mounting the Loop Handle 19 maintenance instructions in chapter Trademarks 47. Fitting the Carrying Ring 20 "Safety Precautions and Working Mounting the Deflector 20 Techniques" before using your trimmer /. Mounting the Cutting Attachment 21 brushcutter. For further information you Printing inks contain vegetable oils, paper can be recycled. can go to Fuel 24. Fueling 25 Contact your STIHL dealer or the STIHL .

3 Distributor for your area if you do not Fitting the Harness 25 understand any of the instructions in this Balancing the Trimmer/Brushcutter 26 Manual . Starting / Stopping the Engine 27. Operating instructions 30. Printed on chlorine-free paper Warning! Cleaning the Air Filter 31. Because a trimmer / brushcutter is a Engine Management 31 high-speed cutting tool some special Adjusting the Carburetor 32 safety precautions must be observed to Spark Plug 33 reduce the risk of personal injury. Care- Engine Running Behavior 34 less or improper use may cause serious or even fatal injury. Rewind Starter 35. Lubricating the Gearbox 35 Make sure your unit is equipped with the proper deflector, handle and harness for Storing the Machine 35.

4 The type of cutting attachment being Sharpening Metal Cutting Blades 36 used. Always wear proper eye ANDREAS STIHL AG & Co. KG, 2011. Inspections and Maintenance by protection. Dealer 36. 0458-233-8621-C. Maintenance and Care 37. Main Parts 39. 0000000063_004_GB. Specifications 41. Special Accessories 42. {. FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 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.}

5 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 . 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.

6 Example: your STIHL dealer for assistance. Fuel tank for gasoline 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! Press to operate Manual fuel pump Indicates an imminent risk of severe or fatal injury. Warning! Filler hole for gear lubricant Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in severe or Air intake summer mode fatal injury.

7 Caution! Air intake winter mode Indicates a risk of property damage, including damage to the machine or its individual components. Handle heating 2 FS 55, FS 55 C, FS 55 R, FS 55 RC. English FS models with an "R" on the nameplate STIHL does not recommend the use of Safety Precautions and were originally configured (at the time of rigid blades when cutting in stony areas. Working Techniques distribution) as a trimmer with a loop Use your trimmer / brushcutter equipped handle. Because a trimmer / with the appropriate cutting attachment brushcutter is a high- only for cutting grass and similar speed, fast-cutting power Warning!

8 Material. tool sometimes equipped with sharp cutting blades, As more fully explained later in these special safety precau- Safety Precautions, to reduce the risk of Warning! tions must be observed to personal injury, make sure your unit is Do not use it for other purposes, since reduce the risk of per- equipped with the proper handle, har- misuse may result in personal injury or sonal injury. ness and deflector for the type of cutting property damage, including damage to attachment you are using. Use only cut- the machine. It is important that you ting attachments that are specifically read, fully understand authorized by STIHL for use on your FS.

9 And observe the following model. Warning! safety precautions and Have your STIHL dealer show you how Minors should never be allowed to use warnings. Read the to operate your power tool. Observe all this power tool. Bystanders, especially Instruction Manual and applicable local safety regulations, children, and animals should not be the safety precautions standards and ordinances. allowed in the area where it is in use. periodically. Careless or improper use may cause serious or fatal injury. Warning! Warning! The terminology utilized in this Manual Do not lend or rent your power tool with- To reduce the risk of injury to bystand- when referring to the power tool reflects out the Instruction Manual .

10 Be sure that ers and damage to property, never let the fact that different types of cutting anyone using it understands the infor- your power tool run unattended. When it attachments may be mounted on it. The mation contained in this Manual . is not in use ( during a work break), term "trimmer" is used to designate an shut it off and make sure that unauthor- FS unit that is equipped with a nylon line ized persons do not use it. head or a head with flexible plastic Warning! Most of these safety precautions and blades ( , the PolyCut head). A The use of this machine may be hazard- warnings apply to the use of all STIHL .