Manual

Maintenance
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthemachinefromthenormaloperatingposition.
RecommendedMaintenanceSchedule(s)
MaintenanceService
Interval
MaintenanceProcedure
Aftertherst5hours
•Changetheengineoil.
Beforeeachuseordaily
•Checktheengineoillevel.
•Ensurethattheenginestopswithin3secondsafterreleasingtheenginestoplever.
•Cleangrassclippingsanddirtfromunderthemower.
Every25hours
•Replacetheairlter;replaceitmorefrequentlyindustyoperatingconditions.
Beforestorage
•Emptythefueltankbeforerepairsasdirectedandbeforeannualstorage.
Yearly
•Lubricatethewheelgears.
•Lubricatetheupperhandle.
•Changetheengineoil.
•Replacethecutterbladeorhaveitsharpened(morefrequentlyiftheedgedulls
quickly).
•RefertoyourEngineOperator’sManualforanyadditionalyearlymaintenance
procedures.
Yearlyorbeforestorage
•Chargethebatterymonthly(orasneeded)andbeforestorage.
Important:Refertoyour Engine Operator’ s Man ual foradditionalmaintenanceprocedures.
Premaintenance
Procedures
PreparingforMaintenance
1.Stoptheengineandwaitforallmovingpartstostop.
2.Disconnectthesparkplugleadfromthesparkplug
(Figure39)beforeperforminganymaintenance
procedure.
Figure39
3.Afterperformingthemaintenanceprocedure(s),
connectthesparkplugleadtothesparkplug.
Important:Beforetippingthemowertochange
theoilorreplacethecutterblade,allowthefuel
tanktorundrythroughnormalusage.Ifyou
musttipthemowerpriortorunningoutoffuel,
useahandfuelpumptoremovethefuel.Always
tipthemowerontoitssidewiththeairlterup.
Tippingthemowermaycausethefueltoleak.
Petrolisammable,explosiveandcancause
personalinjury.
RuntheenginedryorremovethePetrolwitha
handpump;neversiphon.
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