Toro 04520 - Checking the Safety Interlock System

cranking,wait60secondsbeforeengagingthe
startermotoragain.
6.Allowtheenginetowarmupforafewminutes
beforeoperating.
Important:Whentheengineisstartedforthe
rsttime,orafteranoverhauloftheengine,
operatethemachineinforwardandreversefor
onetotwominutes.Turnthesteeringwheelto
theleftandrighttocheckthesteeringresponse.
Thenshuttheengineoff(seeStoppingin
StartingandStoppingtheEngine)andwait
forallmovingpartstostop.Checkforoil
leaks,loosepartsandanyothernoticeable
malfunctions.
Stopping
1.MovethethrottlecontroltoSlow,disengagethe
raise/lowermowcontrol,andmovethefunctional
controltoneutral.
2.RotatethestarterkeytoOfftoshuttheengine
off.Removethekeyfromtheswitchtoprevent
accidentalstarting.
3.Closethefuelshut-offvalvesbeforestoringthe
machine.
CheckingtheSafetyInterlock
System
CAUTION
Ifthesafetyinterlockswitchesaredisconnectedor
damagedthemachinecouldoperateunexpectedly
causingpersonalinjury.
•Donottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlockswitches
dailyandreplaceanydamagedswitchesbefore
operatingthemachine.
Thepurposeofthesafetyinterlocksystemistoprevent
operationofthemachinewherethereispossibleinjury
totheoperatororthemachine
•Thetractionpedalisinneutral.
•Thefunctionalcontrolleverisinneutral.
Thesafetyinterlocksystempreventsthemachine
frommovingunless:
•Theparkingbrakeisoff.
•Theoperatorisseated.
•ThefunctionalcontrolleverisinMoworTransport.
Thesafetyinterlocksystempreventsthereelsfrom
operatingunlessthefunctionalcontrolleverisinthe
Mowposition.
Performthefollowingsystemchecksdailytobesure
theinterlocksystemisoperatingcorrectly:
1.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Trytodepressthe
tractionpedal.Thepedalshouldnotdepress,
whichmeansthattheinterlocksystemisoperating
correctly.Correcttheproblemifitisnotoperating
properly.
2.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Movethefunctional
controllevertomowortransportandtrytostartthe
engine.Theengineshouldnotcrank,whichmeans
thattheinterlocksystemisoperatingcorrectly.
Correcttheproblemifitisnotoperatingproperly.
3.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,
andengagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengine
andmovethefunctionalcontrollevertomowor
transport.Theengineshouldkill,whichmeansthat
theinterlocksystemisoperatingcorrectly.Correct
theproblemifitisnotoperatingproperly.
4.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengine.Release
theparkingbrake,movethefunctionalcontrol
levertomow ,andrisefromtheseat.Theengine
shouldkill,whichmeansthattheinterlocksystem
isoperatingcorrectly.Correcttheproblemifitis
notoperatingproperly.
5.Sitontheseat,movethetractionpedaltoNeutral,
movethefunctionalcontrollevertoNeutral,and
engagetheparkingbrake.Starttheengine.Move
theraise/lowermowcontrolforwardtolowerthe
cuttingunits.Thecuttingunitsshouldlowerbut
notstartrotating.Iftheydo,theinterlocksystemis
notoperatingcorrectly.Correcttheproblem.
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