Operation Manual

Premaintenance
Procedures
AccessingtheMachine
Someinternalcomponentscanbeaccessedbysimply
raisingtheseat.Usethefollowingprocedurestoaccess
totheinternalcomponentsasneededwhenperforming
themaintenanceproceduresdescribedinthismanual.
RemovingtheEngineHood
Removetheenginehoodtogainaccesstotheengine
compartment.Toremovetheenginehoodthecollection
bagmustbeemptiedandremovedrst.
1.Emptythecollectionbagasdesired.
2.Parkthemachineonalevelsurfaceanddisengage
thebladecontrolswitch.
3.Movethemotioncontrolleverstothebrakeposition,
stoptheengine,removethekey,andwaitforall
movingpartstostopbeforeleavingtheoperating
position.
4.Graspthecollectionbagatthefrontandrearusing
theplastichandholds.Pivotitupandforwardand
thenliftitoutoftheenginehood.Referto,pagefor
additionalinformation.
Note:Therearaccesspanelcanbeopenedwhen
thecollectionbagisoffthemachine.
5.Removethefastenersretainingtheenginehoodto
themachineframe(Figure24).Retainallparts.
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Figure24
1.Enginehood2.Fasteners
6.Grasptheenginehoodfrontandrearandliftthe
enginehoodofftheframe(Figure25).
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Figure25
RemovingtheEngineDuct
Removethefastenerssecuringtheducttothemachine
frameandretainthefasteners.Lifttheductoutofthe
enginecompartment.Installtheductasitwasremoved.
Usethefastenerstosecuretheducttotheframe.
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Figure26
1.Engineduct5.Hairpin
2.Dischargechute6.Rubberwasher
3.Rearframe
7.Post
4.Machineframe
RearAccessPanel
Therearaccesspanelislocatedonthebackofthe
machineframeandcanbeseenwhenthecollectionbag
isoff.Loosenthefastenerstoremovethepaneland
accesstheenginecomponents(Figure27).Alwaysmake
surethepanelisreplacedandsecuredwiththefasteners
beforeoperatingthemachine.
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