Exmark COMMERCIAL 21 - Stopping the Engine; Operating the Self-Propel Drive (Self-Propelled Units Only)

Operation
3.ForKawasakiUnitswithoutaBladeBrake
Clutch:Pushtheprimerbulbrmlyandholdfor
onesecondthenrelease.
ForHondaandBBCUnits:Movethe
choke/throttlecontrolforwardtothechoke
position.
Note:DoNotusethechokewhentheengine
iswarmedup.
4.ForunitswithoutaBladeBrakeClutch:Hold
thebladecontrolbailtothehandle.
5.Pullthestarterhandlelightlyuntilyoufeel
resistance,thenpullitsharply.Allowtheropeto
returnslowly.
6.ForKawasakiUnitswithoutaBladeBrake
Clutch:Iftheenginedoesnotstart,repeatsteps3
through5.
7.ForHondaandBBCUnits:Whentheengine
starts,movethechoke/throttlecontrolbackto
thefastposition.
StoppingtheEngine
1.Bringtheunittoafullstop.
•ForunitswithoutaBladeBrakeClutch:
Releasethebladecontrolbail.Boththe
engineandthebladeshouldstopwithinthree
seconds.
•ForunitswithaBladeBrakeClutch:
Releasethebladecontrolbailandthe
bladecontrollockleverresets.Theblade
shouldstopwithinthreeseconds;the
enginewillcontinuetorun.Movethe
throttle-choke-enginestopcontroltotheStop
positiontokilltheengine.
Note:Ifthebladedoesnotstopwithin3seconds
afterreleasingthebladecontrolbail,contactan
AuthorizedServiceDealer.
2.Closethefuelshut-offvalve,ifequipped,when
themachinewillnotbeinuseforafewdays,
whentransporting,orwhentheunitisparked
insideabuilding.
OperatingtheSelf-PropelDrive
(Self-PropelledUnitsOnly)
Thelawnmowerisvariablespeed,themoreyou
squeezethedrivebailagainstthehandlethefaster
themachinetravels.
1.Starttheengine.
2.Squeezethedrivebailagainstthehandle(see
Figure4).
Note:Youcanvarythegroundspeedby
increasingordecreasingthedistancebetween
thegroundspeedcontrolbailandthehandle.
Lowerthecontrolbailtodecreasetheground
speedwhenyouaremakingaturnorifthelawn
mowerismovingtoofastforyou.Ifyoulower
thecontrolbailtoofarthelawnmowerstops
self-propelling.Squeezethegroundspeedcontrol
bailclosertothehandletoincreasetheground
speed.Whenyouholdthegroundspeedcontrol
bailtightagainstthehandle,thelawnmower
self-propelsatthemaximumgroundspeed.
Releasethedrivebailtostopmovingwhenyou
usethelawnmowerfortrimmingorwhenever
youleavethelawnmower.
3.Todisengagetheself-propeldrive,releasethe
drivebail.
Note:Themowercomeswithfreewheeling
clutcheswhichmakeiteasiertopullthemower
rearward.Todisengagetheclutches,youmay
needtopushthemowerforwardoneinch(2.5
cm)ormoreafteryoureleasetheself-propeldrive
bail.
OperatingtheBladeControlBail
(UnitsWithoutBladeBrakeClutch)
1.Squeezethebladecontrolbailagainstthehandle.
2.Starttheengine.
3.Whenthebladecontrolbailissqueezedagainst
thehandle,thebladeshouldengage.
4.Releasethebladecontrolbail.Boththeengine
andthebladeshouldstop.
OperatingtheBladeControlLever
(BladeBrakeClutchUnitsOnly)
1.Starttheengine.
2.Pushandholdthebladecontrollockleverforward
toreleasethebladecontrolbail(Figure10).
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