Operator's Manual

Controls
ChokeLever
Beforestartingacoldengine,movethechokelever(Figure5)
totheleft.Aftertheenginestarts,regulatethechoketokeep
theenginerunningsmoothly.Assoonaspossible,movethe
chokeleverallthewaytotheright.
Note:Awarmenginerequireslittleornochoking.
ThrottleLever
Thethrottlelever(Figure5)islocatedontheengineand
controlstheenginespeed.Movingthethrottleleverrearward
increasestheenginespeed,andmovingthethrottlelever
forwarddecreasestheenginespeed.
EngineOn/OffSwitch
Theengineon/offswitch(Figure5)islocatedonthefront
right-handsideoftheengine.Rotatetheswitchclockwiseto
theOnpositionbeforestartingtheengine.Rotatetheswitch
counterclockwisetotheOffpositiontostoptheengine.
FuelShutoffValve
Thefuelshutoffvalve(Figure5)islocatedontheengineand
isusedtoshutoffthefuelwhenthemachinewillnotbeused
forafewdays,duringtransporttoandfromthejobsite,and
whenparkedinsideabuilding.
Rotateitdowntoopenitoruptocloseit.
Self-propelDriveBail
Theself-propeldrivebail(Figure6),locatedunderthehandle,
controlstheforwardandreversemotionofthemachine.
Whenyousqueezetheself-propeldrivebailisagainstthe
handle,thegroundspeedofthemachinewillchangebased
onthedistancebetweenthebailandthehandle.Whenyou
releasethebail,themachinewillstopmoving.
Figure6
1.Seeder-controllever4.Self-propeldrivebail
2.Handle5.Blade-controllock
3.Blade-controlbail
Blade-controlBail
Theblade-controlbail(Figure6),locatedinfrontofthe
handle,engagesordisengagestheblade.
Iftheengineisrunning,thebladeswillengagewhenyou
squeezetheblade-controlbailtowardthehandle.
Whenyoureleasetheblade-controlbail,thebladeswillstop.
Blade-controlLock
Theblade-controllock(Figure6)islocatedontheleftsideof
thehandle,nexttotheblade-controlbail.
Movingtheblade-controllockintothefullforwardposition
allowstheblade-controlbailtobesqueezedagainstthe
handle.
Squeezingtheblade-controlbailagainstthehandleengages
theblade.Releasingtheblade-controlbailautomatically
disengagestheblade.Theblade-controllockwillresettolock
theblade-controlbail.
Seeder-controlLever
Theseeder-controllever(Figure6)islocatedontheright
handlebar.
Pushtheleverforwardtostarttheseedow,andpullit
rearwardtostoptheseedow.
ParkingBrake
Settheparkingbrakewheneveryouleavethemachine
unattendedandwhenperformingmaintenance.Toengage
theparkingbrake,pullthebrakerodoutanddown,locking
itintheoutposition.Todisengagethebrake,pullthebrake
upuntilitsnapsbackintothemachine.
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