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OPERATING THE ENGINE
OPERATING THE ENGINE
To avoid personal injury:
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Read "Safe Operation" in the front of this
manual.
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Understand the pictorial safety labels located
on the tractor.
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To avoid the danger of exhaust fume
poisoning, do not operate the engine in a
closed building without proper ventilation.
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Never start engine while standing on ground.
Start engine only from operator's seat.
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Make it a rule to set all shift levers to the
"NEUTRAL" positions and to place PTO lever in
"NEUTRAL" position before starting the
engine.
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Do not use starting fluid or ether.
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To protect the battery and the starter, make sure that
the starter is not continuously turned for more than 30
seconds.
STARTING THE ENGINE
1. To set the parking brake:
(1) Interlock the brake pedals.
(2) Depress the brake pedals.
(3) Depress the parking brake pedal to Park.
2. To release the parking brake, pull the parking release
lever.
Push in the engine stop knob if it is pulled out, or the
engine will not start.
1.
Make sure the parking brake is set
.
(1) Parking brake pedal
(A) "DEPRESS"
(1) Parking release lever
(A) "PULL"
2. Make sure the engine stop knob is
pushed in.
(1) Engine stop knob
(A) "PUSH"
