Toro 04384 - Cooling System Maintenance; Cooling System Safety; Cleaning the Radiator Screen; Checking the Engine-Coolant Level

AdjustingtheMowing
Speed
Themachineisadjustedatthefactory,butspeedmay
bevariedifdesired.
1.Loosenthejamnutonthetrunnionbolt(Figure
43).
2.Loosenthenutsecuringthelockandmow
bracketsonthepedalpivot.
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Figure43
1.Jamnut3.Trunnionbolt
2.Nut
3.Rotatethetrunnionboltclockwisetoreducethe
mowingspeedandcounterclockwisetoincrease
themowingspeed.
4.Tightenthejamnutonthetrunnionboltandthe
nutonthepedalpivottolocktheadjustment
(Figure43).Checktheadjustmentandadjust
asrequired.
CoolingSystem
Maintenance
CoolingSystemSafety
•Swallowingenginecoolantcancausepoisoning;
keepoutofreachfromchildrenandpets.
•Dischargeofhot,pressurizedcoolantortouching
ahotradiatorandsurroundingpartscancause
severeburns.
–Alwaysallowtheenginetocoolatleast15
minutesbeforeremovingtheradiatorcap.
–Usearagwhenopeningtheradiatorcap,and
openthecapslowlytoallowsteamtoescape.
CleaningtheRadiator
Screen
ServiceInterval:BeforeeachuseordailyCleanit
hourlyifconditionsareextremely
dustyanddirty.
Topreventthesystemfromoverheating,theradiator
screenandradiatormustbekeptclean.Checkand
cleanthescreenandradiatordailyor,ifnecessary,
hourly.Cleanthesecomponentsmorefrequentlyin
dusty,dirtyconditions.
1.Removetheradiatorscreen(Figure44).
2.Workingfromthefansideoftheradiator,blow
outtheradiatorwithcompressedair.
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Figure44
1.Radiatorscreen2.Radiator
3.Cleanthescreenandinstallit.
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