Toro 04044 - Choke Lever

ChokeLever
Thechokelever(Figure18)islocatedontheengine.
Theleverhas2positions:RUNandCHOKE.Movethe
chokelevertothehalf-openpositionwhenstartinga
coldengine.Aftertheenginestarts,movethelever
totheRUNposition.
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Figure18
1.ChokeleverintheCHOKEposition
Fuel-ShutoffValve
Thefuel-shutoffvalve(Figure19)islocatedonthe
engine.Thevalvehas2positions:CLOSEDandOPEN.
MovethelevertotheCLOSEDpositionwhenstoringor
transportingmachine.Openthevalvebeforestarting
theengine.Thefuelcupislocatedbelowtheshutoff
valve.
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Figure19
1.Fuel-shutoffvalvein
closedposition
2.Fuelcup
Recoil-StarterHandle
Pulltherecoil-starterhandle(Figure20)tostartthe
engine.
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Figure20
1.Recoil-starterhandle
Kickstand
Thekickstand(Figure22)ismountedtotherearofthe
machineandisusedtoraisetherearofthemachine
forinstallingorremovingthetransportwheelsandfor
preventingthemachineforfallingontothehandle
whenyouremovethereel.
•Tousethekickstandtoinstallthetransportwheels,
lowerittothegroundandstepdownonthe
kickstandloopwhilepullingupandbackonthe
lowercentermachinehandle(Figure21).
CAUTION
Themachineisheavyandcancauseback
strainifliftedimproperly.
Putfootpressuredownonlyonthe
kickstandloopandonlyusethelower
centermachinehandletoraisetheunit.
Attemptingtoraisetheunitontothe
kickstandanyotherwaycancauseinjury.
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