Manual

PARKING BRAKE LEVER
Toset the parkingbrake: Fullydepressthe brakepedal. Movethe
parkingbrakeleverintotheparkingbrakeposition.Releasethe brake
pedalto allowthe parkingbraketo engage.
To release the parkingbrake: Depressthe brakepedalandthe park-
ingbrakeleverwillmoveoutof the parkingbrakepositionon itsown.
Theparkingbrakewillthen bereleased.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'sdashpanel.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"laterinthissectionof this
manualfordetailedinstructionsregardingthe IgnitionSwitchModule.
Neverleavea runningmachineunattended.AlwaysdisengagePTO
(BladeEngageLever),moveshiftleverintoneutralposition,setpark-
ingbrake,stopengineandremovekeyto preventunintendedstarting.
SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER
Theseatadjustmentleverislocatedbelowthefront/leftofthe seat.The
leverallowsforadjustmentof the foreandaft positionof the seat.Refer
to theAssemblysectionof themanual formoredetailedinstructionsfor
adjustingthe seatposition.
AUTO-DRIVE PEDAL
The drivepedalislocatedonthe rightside of the tractor,alongthe
runningboard.Depressthedrivepedalforwardandthe tractorwill
moveinthe directionthatthe shiftleveris engagedin. Tocausethe
tractorto travelforward,whileat acompletestop,movetheshift lever
intothe Forwardposition.Graduallysteponthe drivepedalandthe
tractorwill beginto moveforward.Tomovein Reverse,followthe same
procedureonlymovetheshift leverintothe reverseposition.
The groundspeediscontrolledwiththe drivepedal.Thefurther
forwardthatthe pedalis pivoted,thefasterthe tractorwill travel.
The pedalwill returnto its originalpositionwhenit'snotdepressed.
Referto the Operationsectionof thismanualfordetailedinstructions
regardingthedrive pedal.
IMPORTANT= Alwayssetthe parkingbrakewhenleavingthe tractor
unattended.
DECK LIFT LEVER
Foundonyour tractor'srightfender,the deckliftleverisused
to changethe heightof the cuttingdeck.Touse,movethe
levertothe left, thenplaceinthe notchbestsuitedfor your
application.
PTO (BLADE ENGAGE) LEVER
Foundonthe tractor'srightfender,the PTO(bladeengage)
leverisusedto engagepowerto the cuttingdeckorother
(separatelyavailable)attachments.Tooperate,movethe
leverall thewayforward.Movingthe leverallthe way
rearwardintothePTOOFFpositiondisengagespowertothe
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.Doingso mayresultin
seriousdamagetothe tractor's
transmission.
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BRAKE PEDAL
The brakepedalis locatedon the leftside of thelawntractor,alongthe
runningboard.Depressthebrakepedalto engagethe discbrakeand
bringthe tractorto a completestop.
NOTE=The pedalmustbe depressedto startthe engine.Referto
SafetyInterlockSwitcheslaterin thissectionof thismanual.
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