Use and Care Manual

OperatingtheThrottle
YoucanmovethethrottlecontrolbetweentheFASTand
SLOWpositions(Figure17).
AlwaysusetheFASTpositionwhenturningonthemower
deckwiththeblade-controlswitch(PTO).
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Figure17
OperatingtheChoke
Usethechoketostartacoldengine.
1.Iftheengineiscold,usethechoketostarttheengine.
2.Pullupthechokeknobtoengagethechokebefore
usingtheignitionswitch(Figure18).
Note:Ensurethatyoufullyengagethechoke.You
mayneedtoholdtheknobupwhenyouusethe
ignitionswitch.
3.Pushdownthechoketodisengagethechokeafterthe
enginehasstarted(Figure18).
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Figure18
1.ONposition2.OFFposition
OperatingtheIgnition
Switch
1.TurntheignitionkeytotheSTARTposition(Figure19).
Note:Whentheenginestarts,releasethekey.
Important:Donotengagethestarterformore
than5secondsatatime.Iftheenginefailsto
start,wait15secondsbetweenattempts.Failureto
followtheseinstructionscanburnoutthestarter
motor.
Note:Youmayneedmultipleattemptstostartthe
enginewhenyoustartitthersttimeafterthefuel
systemhasbeenwithoutfuelcompletely.
START
RUN
ST OP
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Figure19
2.TurntheignitionkeytotheSTOPpositiontoshutoff
theengine.
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