MTD 760 - Speed Control, Parking Brake, and Safety Interlocks

erating
NOTE: The parking
brake must be Setif the
operator leaVeSthe seat
with the engine rum
ning orthe enginevvil!
automatically shut off,
NOTE: The PTO(Blade
Engage) levermust
in the disengaged(PT(
OFF) positionwhen
IMPORTANT
Never force the shift
!ever,Doing SOmay
result in serious
damage to the tractor's
transmission.
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FORWARD
RUETEAL
REVERSE
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Speed Control Lever
Thespeedcontrollever,locatedon the
leftsideofthetractor'sdashconsole,
allowsyouto regulatethegroundspeed
ofthelawntractor.To use,depressthe
clutch-brakepedalandmovetheleverou
oftheparkingbrakenotchand forward
toincreasethetractor'sgroundspeed.
Whenadesiredspeedhas beenreached
releasethe leverintoan appropriate
notchto maintainthatspeed.
Toslowthe tractor'sgroundspeed,
depresstheclutch-brakepedalandmow
thespeedcontrolleverrearwardand
releaseit intoa notch.
NOTE:Lawntractorsvaryby modeland
areavailablewith eithera6- or 7-speed
controllever.
Parking Brake
Tosetthe parkingbrake,fullydepresstheclutch-brake
pedal.Movethe speedcontrolleverallthe waydown
andintothe parkingbrakeposition.Releasetheclutch-
brakepedalto allowtheparkingbraketo engage.
Toreleasethe parkingbrake,depresstheclutch-brake
pedaland movethe speedcontrolleverout of the
notchesto the desiredposition.Releasethe speed
controlleverandthe clutch-brakepedal.
NOTE:The parkingbrakemustbeset if theoperator
leavestheseatwiththe enginerunningor theengine
willautomaticallyshutoff.
Clutch=Brake Pedal
Theclutch-brakepedalis locatedon theleftsideof
thelawntractor,alongthe runningboard.Depressthe
clutch-brakepedalpartwaydownwhenslowingthe
tractorby changingspeeds(Referto SpeedControl
Lever).Depressthe pedalall thewaydowntoengage
thedisc brakeand bringthetractorto a completestop.
NOTE:The pedalmustbedepressedto startthe
engine.Referto SafetyInterlockSwitcheson page14.
Shift Lever
Theshift leveris locatedonthe leftsideof thefender
andhasthree positions,FORWARD,NEUTRALand
REVERSE.Thebrakepedalmustbe depressedand
thetractor mustnotbe in motionwhenthe movingshift
lever.SeeFigure11.
IMPORTANT:Neverforcetheshift lever.Doingso may
resultinseriousdamageto the tractor'stransmission.
PTO (Blade Engage) Lever
Foundon thetractor'sright fender,the
PTO(bladeengage)leverisusedto
engagepowerto the cuttingdeckor
other(separatelyavailable)attachments.
Tooperate,movethe leverall the way
forward.Movingthe leveralltheway
rearwardintothePTOOFFposition
disengagespowerto the cuttingdeck/
attachment.
NOTE:The PTO(bladeengage)lever
mustbe inthedisengaged(PTOOFF)
positionwhenstartingtheengine.
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Safety Interlock Switches
Thistractoris equippedwitha safetyinterlocksystem
fortheprotectionoftheoperator.If the interlocksystem
shouldevermalfunction,donotoperatethe tractor.
ContactanauthorizedMTDservicedealer.
• Thesafetyinterlocksystempreventstheengine
fromcrankingor startingunlesstheparkingbrakeis
engaged,and the PTO(BladeEngage)leveris inthe
disengaged(OFF)position.
• Theenginewill automaticallyshutoff if theoperator
leavestheseatbeforeengagingtheparkingbrake.
• Theenginewill automaticallyshutoff if theoperator
leavesthetractor'sseatwiththe PTO(BladeEngage)
leverinthe engaged(ON) position,regardlessof
whethertheparkingbrakeis engaged.
• Theenginewill automaticallyshutoff if theoperator
engagesthe PTOwiththeparkingbrakeON.
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