Operator's Manual

6.Tostartacoldengine,movethethrottlecontrol
midwaybetweenthefastandslowpositions.
7.Tostartawarmengine,movethethrottlecontrol
tothefastposition.
8.Pullthechokeknobiftheengineiscold(Figure7).
Note:Awarmorhotengineusuallydoesnot
requireanychoking.
9.Grasptherecoilstarterhandlermlyandpullit
outuntilpositiveengagementresults;thenpullthe
handlevigorouslytostarttheengine.Allowthe
ropetorecoilslowly.
Important:Donotpulltherecoilropetoits
limitorreleasethestarterhandlewhenyoupull
outtheropebecausetheropemaybreakorthe
recoilassemblymaybedamaged.
10.Pushthechoketooffastheenginewarmsup.
11.Iftheengineiscold,allowittowarmupandthen
movethethrottlecontroltothefastposition.
StoppingtheEngine
Important:Inanemergency,youcanstopthe
engineimmediatelybyturningtheignitionkeyto
the of f position.
1.Movethethrottlelevertotheslowposition
(Figure7).
2.Letengineidlefor30to60secondsbeforeturning
theignitionkeytooff.
3.Turntheignitionkeytooff(Figure7).
Figure7
1.Bladecontrollever(PTO)
3.Ignitionkey
2.Throttlelever
4.Settheparkingbrakeandremovekey.
5.Pullwireoffsparkplug(s)topreventpossibilityof
accidentalstartingbeforestoringorperforming
maintenanceonthemachine.
6.Closethefuelshutoffvalvebeforestoringor
transportingthemachine.
Important:Makesurefuelshutoffvalveis
closedbeforetransportingorstoringmachine,
asfuelleakagemayoccur.
OperatingtheBladeControl
Lever(PTO)
Thebladecontrollever(PTO)engagesanddisengages
powertothemowerblades.
EngagingtheMowerBlades
1.Toengagetheblades,squeezebladecontrolbail
againsttheuppercontrolbar(Figure8).
2.Pushthebladecontrolleverrmlyforward,untilit
latchesover-center.
3.Restarttheengineandrepeattheprocedureto
engagethemowerbladesifthebladecontrolbail
isreleased.
Figure8
1.Uppercontrolbar
3.Bladecontrollever(PTO)
2.Bladecontrolbail
DisengagingtheMowerBlades(PTO)
Todisengagetheblades,pullthebladecontrollever
rearwardalltheway(Figure8).Theenginewillkill
whenthebladecontrolbailisreleasedwiththeblade
controlleverengaged.
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