Operation
DeckHeightAdjustmentLever
LocatedbelowtheRHmotioncontrollever
(Figure4).
Pulltheleverinwardandrearwardtoraisethecutting
deck.Allowthehandletomoveforwardtolowerthe
cuttingdeck.Movethedeckheightadjustmentlever
outwardatthedesiredheight-of-cut.Onlyadjustthe
heightofcutwhilethemachineisnotmoving.
Height-of-CutFootLever
Locateattherightfrontcorneroftheoorpan.
Theheight-of-cutfootleverallowstheoperatorto
usetheirlegtoassistinloweringandraisingthedeck
fromtheseatedposition(Figure4).Pushthelever
forwardwithyourfoottoraisethecuttingdeck.
Allowthelevertomoverearwardtolowerthecutting
decktothecutheightthathasbeenset.
FuelWindow
Locatedontheleftsideofthemachine(seeFigure7).
Thefuelwindowcanbeusedtodeterminethe
amountoffuelinthetank.
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Figure7
1.Fuelcap2.Fuelwindow
HourMeter
S-SeriesUnitsOnly
Locatedoncontrolpanel.
Thehourmeterrecordsthenumberofhourswhen
theoperatorisintheseatandtheignitionswitchisin
the“ON”position.
OperatingInstructions
ThinkSafetyFirst
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthe
machinefromthenormaloperatingposition.
Pleasecarefullyreadallofthesafetyinstructionsand
decalsinthesafetysection.Knowingthisinformation
couldhelpyou,yourfamily,petsorbystandersavoid
injury.
CAUTION
Thismachineproducessoundlevelsinexcessof
85dBAattheoperatorsearandcancausehearing
lossthroughextendedperiodsofexposure.
Wearhearingprotectionwhenoperatingthis
machine.
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Figure8
1.Wearsafetyglasses
2.Wearhearingprotection
RecommendedGasoline
Fillfueltankonlevelground.SeeFuel
RecommendationsintheSpecicationssectionfor
additionalgasolineinformation.
DoNotaddoiltogasoline.
DoNotoverllfueltank.Fillthefueltanktothe
bottomofthellerneck.Theemptyspaceinthe
tankallowsgasolinetoexpand.Overllingmayresult
infuelleakageordamagetotheengineoremission
system.
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