Toro 30363N - Mower Deck Maintenance; Servicing the Cutting Blades

Figure69
1.Hydraulicreservoirdrain
plug
3.Transmissioncasedrain
plug
2.Filter
4.Cleantheareaaroundthehydraulicoillterand
removeit(Figure69).
5.Immediatelyinstallanewhydraulicoillter.
6.Installthehydraulicreservoirandtransmissioncase
drainplugs.
7.Fillthereservoirtotheproperlevel(approximately6
quarts);refertoCheckingtheHydraulicFluid.
8.Starttheengineandcheckforoilleaks.Allowthe
enginetorunforaboutveminutes,thenshutitoff.
9.Aftertwominutes,checkthelevelofthehydraulic
uid;refertoCheckingtheHydraulicFluid.
MowerDeck
Maintenance
WARNING
Ifyouraisethemachineusingonlyajacktosupport
itwhileyouworkunderthemowerdeck,thejack
couldtip,causingthemowerdecktofall,crushing
youorbystanders.
Alwayssecurethemachinewithatleast2jack
standswhenyouhavethemowerdeckraised.
CAUTION
Onthetopofthemowerdeckaretwolinksthat
connectthemtotheframe.Connectedtotheselinks
aretorsionspringthatareundertension(Figure70).
Ifyoudisconnectthelinkthestoredenergyinthe
torsionspringwillbereleasedandcouldcausethe
linkstomove,damagingyourhandsorngers.
Becarefulwhenremovingthemowerdeckfrom
theframeandsecurethelinksbeforedisconnecting
themfromtheframe.
Figure70
1.Link2.Torsionspring
ServicingtheCuttingBlades
Maintainsharpbladesthroughoutthecuttingseason
becausesharpbladescutcleanlywithouttearingor
shreddingthegrassblades.Tearingandshreddingturns
grassbrownattheedges,whichslowsgrowthand
increasesthechanceofdisease.
Checkthebladesdailyforsharpness,andforanywear
ordamage.Sharpenthebladesasnecessary.Ifabladeis
damagedorworn,replaceitimmediatelywithagenuine
Tororeplacementblade.
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