Operator's Manual

Figure13
1.Choke—on2.Choke—off
5.MovethethrottlecontroltotheFastposition
beforestartingacoldengine(Figure14).
Figure14
1.Throttle—fast
2.Throttle—slow
6.TurntheignitionkeytoStart(Figure15).Whenthe
enginesstarts,releasethekey.
Important:Donotengagestarterformore
than10secondsatatime.Ifenginefailstostart,
allow30secondcool-downperiodbetween
attempts.Failuretofollowtheseinstructions
canburnoutstartermotor.
Figure15
1.Off3.Start
2.Run
7.Aftertheenginestarts,movethechoketooff
(Figure13).Iftheenginestallsorhesitates,move
thechokebacktoonforafewseconds,thenmove
thethrottlelevertodesiredsetting.Repeatthisas
required.
StoppingtheEngine
1.PushthePTOtotheoffposition(Figure12).
2.Movethethrottlelevermidwaybetweentheslow
andfastpositions(Figure14).
3.Lettheengineidlefor60seconds.
4.Turntheignitionkeytotheoffpositionandremove
thekey(
Figure15).
5.Closethefuelshutoffvalvebefore
transportingorstoringthemachine.Refer
toFuelSystemMaintenance(page34).
Important:Makesurethatthefuelshutoff
valveisclosedbeforetransportingorstoring
themachine,asfuelleakagemayoccur.Setthe
parkingbrakebeforetransporting.Makesure
toremovethekeyasthefuelpumpmayrun
andcausethebatterytolosecharge.
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethetractorwhileit
isunattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsetthe
parkingbrakewhenleavingthemachine
unattended,evenifjustforafewminutes.
OperatingthePowerTakeOff
(PTO)
Thepowertakeoff(PTO)switchstartsandstopsthe
mowerbladesandanypoweredattachments.
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