Owner's manual

Operation
PTOEngagementSwitch
Locatedonrightconsole(seeFigure6).
Switchmustbepulledout(up)toengagetheblades.
Switchispushedintodisengagetheblades.
TheLCDindicatorwillappearwhenthePTOswitch
isdisengaged(see
Figure9).
LowVoltageIndicator
Locatedontherightconsoleinthemessagedisplay
(seeFigure6andFigure9).
Alowvoltagecondition(lessthan12.3volts)exists
whentheLCDindicatorappearsonthemessage
displaywhiletheengineisrunning.
Iftheignitionkeyisturnedtothe“ON”positionfor
afewsecondsbeforecrankingtheengine,thebattery
voltagewilldisplayintheareawherethehoursare
normallydisplayed.
Note:Theindicatornormallyappearswhenthe
engineisoffandthekeyswitchisturnedtothe
“ON”position.
DeckLiftPedal
Locatedattherightfrontcorneroftheoorpan.
Pushthepedalforwardwithyourfoottoraisethe
cuttingdeck.Allowthepedaltomoverearwardto
lowerthecuttingdecktothecutheightthathasbeen
set.
TransportLock
Locatedontheheightofcutadjustmentplatestothe
rightoftheparkingbrake.
Positioninthetransportlatchingpositionto
automaticallylatchthecuttingdeckwhenraisedto
thetransportposition(seeitem1inFigure11).
Inthenon-latchingposition,thedeckwill
automaticallyreturntothecuttingheightwhenthe
pedalislowered(seeitem3inFigure11).
Figure11
1.Latchingposition3.Non-latchingposition
2.Transportlockcontrol
Pre-Start
Fillfueltankonlevelground.Forbestresultsuse
onlyclean,freshregulargradeunleadedgasolinewith
anoctaneratingof87orhigher.
Important:Neverusemethanol,gasoline
containingmethanol,gasoholcontainingmore
than10%ethanol,premiumgasoline,orwhite
gasbecausethefuelsystemcouldbedamaged.
DoNotaddoiltogasoline.
DoNotoverllfueltank.Fillthefueltanktothe
bottomofthellerneck.Theemptyspaceinthe
tankallowsgasolinetoexpand.Overllingmayresult
infuelleakageordamagetotheengineoremission
system.
Makesureyouunderstandthecontrols,their
locations,theirfunctions,andtheirsafety
requirements.
RefertotheMaintenancesectionandperformallthe
necessaryinspectionandmaintenancesteps.
OperatingInstructions
RaisetheRolloverProtectionSystem
(ROPS)
Important:Therollbarisanintegraland
effectivesafetydevice.Keeptherollbarinthe
raisedandlockedpositionwhenoperatingthe
mower.Lowertherollbartemporarilyonlywhen
absolutelynecessary.
1.Theknobmustbecompletelylatchedwiththe
tabsinterlockingasshownin
Figure12tolock
therollbarintheraised,operateposition.
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