Gas Powered Riding Lawn Tractor Operator's Manual

PARKING BRAKE LEVER
Toset the parkingbrake: Fullydepressthe brakepedal. Movethe
parkingbrakeleverintothe parkingbrakeposition.Releasethe brake
pedalto allowthe parkingbraketo engage.
To release the parkingbrake: Depressthe brakepedalandthe park-
ingbrakeleverwill moveoutof the parkingbrakepositionon itsown.
Theparkingbrakewillthen bereleased.Releasethe brakepedal.
NOTE=The parkingbrakemustbe setif the operatorleavesthe seat
withtheenginerunningor the enginewill automaticallyshutoff.
THROTTLE/CHOKE CONTROL LEVER
Thethrottle/chokecontrolleveris
locatedonthe right sideof the trac-
tor'sdashpanel.This levercontrols
the speedof the engineand when
pushedall thewayforward,the
chokecontrolalso.Whensetin
a givenposition,thethrottlewill
maintaina uniformenginespeed.
IMPORTANT=Whenoperating
the tractorwiththe cuttingdeck
engaged,thethrottle/chokecontrol
levermustalwaysbe inthe FAST
(rabbit)position.
IGNITION SWITCH MODULE
Thekeyswitchmoduleisusedto
startand stopthe engine.Itis also
usedto activatethe ReverseCaution
Mode(bladesoperatewhileriding
in reverse).Insertkeyinto the key
switchmoduleandturn clockwiseto
the STARTposition.Releasethe key
intothe normalmowingpositiononce
enginehas started.Theheadlights
will beactivatedin the Normal(and
ReverseCaution)modes.
Tostoptheengine,turnthe ignitionkey
counterclockwiseto theSTOPposition.
CHOKE
FAST
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IMPORTANT:Priorto operatingthe tractor,referto boththe "Safety
InterlockSystem"and"StartingThe Engine"laterinthissectionof this
manualfor detailedinstructionsregardingthe IgnitionSwitchModule
andoperatingthe tractorinREVERSECAUTIONMODE.
Neverleavea runningmachineunattended.AlwaysdisengagePTO
(BladeEngageLever),moveshiftleverintoneutralposition,setpark-
ingbrake,stopengineandremovekeyto preventunintendedstarting.
SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER
Theseatadjustmentleveris locatedunderthe frontofthe seat.Toadjustthe
seat,slidetheseatadjustmentleverto the leftandslidetheseatforwardor
rearward.Makesure seatis lockedintopositionbeforeoperatingthetractor.
AUTO-DRIVE PEDAL
The drivepedalislocatedonthe rightside of the tractor,alongthe
runningboard.Depressthe drivepedalforwardandthe tractorwill
moveinthe directionthatthe shiftleveris engagedin. Tocausethe
tractorto travelforward,whileat acompletestop,movethe shift lever
intothe Forwardposition.Graduallysteponthe drivepedalandthe
tractorwill beginto moveforward.Tomovein Reverse,followthe same
procedureonlymovetheshift leverintothe reverseposition.
The groundspeediscontrolledwiththe drivepedal.Thefurther
forwardthatthe pedalis pivoted,thefasterthe tractorwill travel.
The pedalwill returnto its originalpositionwhenit'snot depressed.
Referto the Operationsectionof thismanualfor detailedinstructions
regardingthedrive pedal.
IMPORTANT= Alwayssetthe parkingbrakewhenleavingthe tractor
unattended.
DECK LIFT LEVER
Foundonyour tractor'srightfender,the deckliftleverisused
to changethe heightof the cuttingdeck.To use,movethe
leverto the left, thenplaceinthe notchbestsuitedfor your
application.
PTO (BLADE ENGAGE) LEVER
Foundonthe tractor'srightfender,the PTO(bladeengage)
leveris usedto engagepowerto the cuttingdeckorother
(separatelyavailable)attachments.Tooperate,movethe
leverall thewayforward.Movingthe leverallthe way
rearwardintothe PTOOFFpositiondisengagespowerto the
cuttingdeck/attachment.
NOTE: The PTO(bladeengage)levermustbe inthe
disengaged(PTOOFF)positionwhenstartingthe engine.
CUP HOLDER
The tractor'scup holderis locatedon the fenderto the left of
the seat.
SHIFT LEVER
The shift leveris locatedonthe left
sideof the fenderand hasthree
positions,FORWARD,NEUTRAL
and REVERSE.Theclutch-brake
pedalmustbedepressedandthe
tractormustnot be inmotionwhen
the movingshift lever.
IMPORTANT=Neverforcethe
shiftlever.Doingso mayresultin
seriousdamageto the tractor's
transmission.
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CLUTCH-BRAKE PEDAL
The clutch-brakepedalis locatedonthe left sideof the lawntractor,
alongthe runningboard.Depressthe clutch-brakepedalto engagethe
disc brakeandbringthetractorto a completestop.
NOTE=The pedalmustbe depressedto startthe engine.Referto
SafetyInterlockSwitcheslaterin thissectionof thismanual.
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