Manual

PARKING BRAKE LEVER
Toset the parkingbrake: Fullydepressthebrakepedal. Movethe
parkingbrakeleverintothe parkingbrakeposition.Releasethe brake
pedalto allowtheparkingbraketo engage.
To release the parkingbrake: Depressthe brakepedalandthe park-
ingbrakeleverwill moveoutofthe parkingbrakepositionon itsown.
Theparkingbrakewillthenbereleased.Releasethe brakepedal.
NOTE: The parkingbrakemustbe setif the operatorleavesthe seat
withthe enginerunningor the enginewill automaticallyshutoff.
THROTTLE/CHOKE CONTROL LEVER
Thethrottle/chokecontrolleveris
locatedonthe right sideof the trac-
tor'sdash panel.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
Thekeyswitchmoduleisusedto
startand stopthe engine.Insert
keyintothe keyswitchmodule
andturnclockwiseto theSTART
position.Releasethe keyintothe
normalmowingpositiononceen-
ginehasstarted.The headlights
will beactivatedautomatically.
Tostopthe engine,turnthe
ignitionkeycounterclockwiseto
the STOPposition.
CHOKE
FAST
SLOW
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IMPORTANT:Priorto operatingthe tractor,referto boththe"Safety
InterlockSystem"and"StartingTheEngine"laterinthissectionofthis
manualfor detailedinstructionsregardingthe IgnitionSwitchModule.
Neverleavea runningmachineunattended.AlwaysdisengagePTO
(BladeEngageLever),moveshiftleverintoneutralposition,setpark-
ingbrake,stopengineandremovekeyto preventunintendedstarting.
SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER
Theseatadjustmentleveris locatedbelowthe front/leftof the seat.The
leverallowsfor adjustmentof the foreandaft positionof the seat.Refer
to theAssemblysectionof themanual formoredetailedinstructionsfor
adjustingthe seatposition.
AUTO-DRIVE PEDAL
The drivepedalislocatedonthe rightside of the tractor,alongthe
runningboard.Depressthe drivepedalforwardandthe tractorwill
moveinthe directionthatthe shiftleveris engagedin. Tocausethe
tractorto travelforward,whileat acompletestop,movetheshift lever
intothe Forwardposition.Graduallysteponthe drivepedalandthe
tractorwill beginto moveforward.Tomovein Reverse,followthe same
procedureonlymovetheshift leverintothereverseposition.
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,thedeckliftleveris used
to changetheheightof the cuttingdeck.To use,movethe
leverto the left, thenplaceinthe notchbestsuitedfor your
application.
PTO (BLADE ENGAGE) LEVER
Foundonthe tractor'srightfender,the PTO(bladeengage)
leverisusedtoengagepowerto 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.The brakepedal
mustbedepressedandthe tractor
mustnotbe in motionwhenthe
movingshift lever.
IMPORTANT: Neverforcethe
shiftlever.Doingsomayresultin
seriousdamageto the tractor's
transmission.
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BRAKE PEDAL
The brakepedalis locatedon the leftside of the lawntractor,alongthe
runningboard.Depressthe brakepedalto engagethe discbrakeand
bringthe tractorto a completestop.
NOTE=The pedalmustbe depressedto startthe engine.Referto
SafetyInterlockSwitcheslaterin thissectionof thismanual.
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