Operator's Manual

TestingtheSafety-interlockSystem
ServiceInterval:Beforeeachuseordaily
Testthesafety-interlocksystembeforeyouusethemachine
eachtime.Ifthesafetysystemdoesnotoperateasdescribed
below,haveanAuthorizedServiceDealerrepairthesafety
systemimmediately.
1.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrakeandmove
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOnposition.
Trystartingtheengine;theengineshouldnotcrank.
2.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrakeandmove
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOffposition.
Moveeithermotion-controllever(outofneutrallocked
position).Trystartingtheengine;theengineshould
notcrank.Repeatforothercontrollever.
3.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOffposition,
andmovethemotion-controlleverstoneutral-lock
position.Nowstarttheengine.Whiletheengine
isrunning,releasetheparkingbrake,engagethe
blade-controlswitch(PTO)andriseslightlyfromthe
seat;theengineshouldstop.
4.Sittingontheseat,engagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOffposition,
andmovethemotion-controlleverstoneutral-lock
position.Nowstarttheengine.Whiletheengine
isrunning,centereithermotioncontrolandmove
(forwardorreverse);theengineshouldstop.Repeat
forothermotioncontrol.
5.Sittingontheseat,disengagetheparkingbrake,move
theblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOffposition,
andmovethemotion-controlleverstoneutral-lock
position.Trystartingtheengine;theengineshould
notcrank.
DrivingForwardorBackward
Thethrottlecontrolregulatestheenginespeedasmeasured
inrpm(revolutionsperminute).Placethethrottlecontrolin
theFastpositionforbestperformance.Alwaysoperateinthe
fullthrottlepositionwhenmowing.
CAUTION
Machinecanspinveryrapidly.Operatormaylose
controlofmachineandcausepersonalinjuryor
damagetomachine.
•Usecautionwhenmakingturns.
•Slowthemachinedownbeforemakingsharp
turns.
UsingtheMotion-controlLevers
Figure22
1.Motion-control
lever—neutral-lock
position
4.Backward
2.Center,unlockedposition5.Frontofmachine
3.Forward
DrivingForward
Note:Theenginewillkillifthetraction-controlleversare
movedwiththeparkingbrakeengaged.
Tostop,pullthemotion-controlleverstotheneutralposition.
1.Releasetheparkingbrake;refertoReleasingthe
ParkingBrake(page20)
.
2.Movetheleverstothecenter,unlockedposition.
3.Togoforward,slowlypushthemotion-controllevers
forward(Figure23).
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