OPERATING THE ENGINE
WARNING
To avoid serious injury or death:
• Read and understand the safe operation
section.
• Read and understand the safety labels located
on the machine.
• To avoid the danger of exhaust fume poisoning,
do not operate the engine indoors without
proper ventilation.
• Never start the engine while standing on the
ground. Start the engine only from the
operator's seat.
Details regarding safe operation can be found in a
different section.
(See SAFE OPERATION on page 5.)
GETTING ON AND OFF THE
MACHINE SAFELY
Do not step on either side of the mower deck when you
get on and get off the machine. When you get on and
off the machine use LH side and step over the mower
deck.
STARTING THE ENGINE
1. Sit on the operator's seat.
Put on the seat belt.
2. Apply the parking brake.
To apply the parking brake:
a. Depress the parking brake pedal firmly with
your right foot and the parking brake lock pedal
simultaneously with your left foot.
b. Then release the parking brake pedal while
holding the parking brake lock pedal down.
c. Parking brake warning indicator will come on.
(1) Parking brake pedal
(2) Parking brake lock pedal
(3) Parking brake warning indi-
cator
(A) “DEPRESS”
To release the parking brake:
Depress the parking brake pedal and release it
slowly with your right foot without pressing the
parking brake lock pedal.
3. Place the PTO lever in the
“DISENGAGED”
(OFF)
position.
PTO clutch indicator will come off.
(1) PTO lever
(2) PTO clutch indicator
(A) “ENGAGED” (ON)
(B) “DISENGAGED” (OFF)
GETTING ON AND OFF THE MACHINE SAFELY
OPERATING THE ENGINE
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