Operator's Manual

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StartingtheEngine

1.Sitintheoperatorseat,insertthekeyintothe

keyswitch,androtatethekeyclockwisetothe

ONorSTARTposition.

Thereare2modesofstartingthemachine:

•PedalStart—turnthekeyswitchtotheON

position,pressdowntheacceleratorpedal,

thenreleaseyourfootfromtheaccelerator

pedal.

Note:Whenyouremoveyourfootfromthe

acceleratorpedal,theengineshutsoff.

•KeyStart—turnthekeyswitchtotheSTART

positionandtheengineremainsonuntilthe

isturnedtotheOFFposition.

Note:WhileintheSTARTposition,youcan

engagetheparkingbrakeandworkwhilethe

batteryholdsacharge.

Note:IfyouturnthekeytotheSTARTposition,

theenginecranksuntilitstarts.Iftheengine

cranksformorethan10seconds,returntothe

OFFposition,anddeterminetheissue(e.g.,the

chokecontrolsneedstobeengaged,checkthe

aircleanerforrestrictions,ensurethatthefuel

tankisfull,thesparkisbad,etc.)beforestarting

themachineagain.

Note:Whenequippedwiththeoptionalbackup

alarm,ifyoumovethegear-shiftselectortothe

REVERSEpositionwhenthekeyswitchisinthe

ONorSTARTposition,abuzzersoundstowarn

theoperatorthatthemachineisinreversegear.

2.Movethegear-shiftselectortothedesired

directionoftravelforthemachine.

3.Disengagetheparkingbrake.

4.Slowlystepontheacceleratorpedal.

Note:Iftheengineiscold,pressandholdthe

acceleratorpedalabouthalf-waydown,andpull

thechokeknobouttotheONposition.Return

thechokeknobtotheOFFpositionafterthe

enginewarmsup.

StoppingtheMachine

Important:Whenstoppingthemachineon

anincline,usetheservicebrakestostopthe

machineandengagetheparkingbraketoholdthe

machineinplace.Usingtheacceleratortostall

themachineonthehillcandamagethemachine.

1.Removeyourfootfromtheacceleratorpedal.

2.Slowlypressthebrakepedaltoapplytheservice

brakesuntilthemachinecomestoacomplete

stop.

Note:Thestoppingdistancemayvary

dependingonthemachineloadandspeed.

ParkingtheMachine

1.Stopthemachineusingtheservicebrakesby

pressingandholdingthebrakepedal.

2.Engagetheparkingbrakebypullingthe

parking-brakelevertowardyou.

3.Rotatethekeyswitchcounterclockwisetothe

OFFposition.

4.Removethekeyfromthekeyswitch.

BreakinginaNewMachine

ServiceInterval:Aftertherst100hours—Perform

thebreakinginanewmachine

guidelines.

Performthebreakinginanewmachineguidelines

toprovideproperperformanceandlonglifeforthe

machine.

•Checktheuidandengine-oillevelsregularly.

Remainalertforsignsthatthemachineorits

componentsareoverheating.

•Afterstartingacoldengine,letitwarmupforabout

15secondsbeforeusingthemachine.

•Avoidhardbrakingsituationsfortherstseveral

hoursofnewmachinebreak-inoperation.New

brakeliningsmaynotbeatoptimumperformance

untilseveralhoursofusehascausedthebrakes

tobecomeburnished(broken-in).

•Varythemachinespeedduringoperation.Avoid

faststartsandquickstops.

•Abreak-inoilforengineisnotrequired.Original

engineoilisthesametypespeciedforregular

oilchanges.

•RefertotheMaintenance(page27)sectionfor

anyspeciallowhourchecks.

•Checkthefrontsuspensionpositioningandadjust

itifnecessary;refertoAdjustingtheFrontWheel

Toe-in(page46).

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