Parking-BrakeLatch
Aknobontheleftsideoftheconsoleactuatesthe
parking-brakelock(Figure3).
Toengagetheparkingbrake,connectthepedalswiththe
lockinglatch,pushdownonbothpedals,andpullthe
parking-brakelatchout.Toreleasetheparkingbrake,press
bothpedalsuntiltheparking-brakelatchretracts.
Hazard-LightSwitch(Optional)
Pressthehazard-lightswitchtoactivatethehazardlights
(Figure3).
Turn-SignalSwitch(Optional)
Presstheleftsideoftheturn-signalswitchtoactivatethe
left-turnsignalandtherightsideoftheswitchtoactivatethe
right-turnsignal(Figure3).
KeySwitch
Thekeyswitch(Figure4)has3positions:OFF,
ON/PREHEAT,andSTART.
Figure4
1.Liftswitches
5.High-Lowspeedcontrol
2.PTOswitch
6.Engine-speedswitch
3.Keyswitch
7.Lightswitch(optional)
4.InfoCenter
Engine-SpeedSwitch
Theengine-speedswitchhas2modestochangetheengine
speed(Figure4).
Bymomentarilytappingtheswitch,youcanincreaseor
decreasetheenginespeedin100-rpmincrements.Whenyou
holdtheswitchdown,theengineautomaticallymovesto
HIGHorLOWIDLE,dependingonwhichswitchyoupress.
PTOSwitch
ThePTOswitchhas2positions:OUT(START)andIN(STOP).
PullthePTObuttonouttoengagethemower-deckblades.
Pushthebuttonintodisengagethemower-deckblades
(Figure4).
High-LowSpeed-ControlSwitch
TheHigh-Lowspeed-controlswitchallowsthespeedrange
toincreasefortransportofthemachine(Figure4).
Mowerdecksdonotoperateinhighrange.Toswitchbetween
theHIGHandLOWrange,raisethedecks,disengagethePTO,
disengagethecruisecontrol,movethetractionpedalinthe
NEUTRALposition,andmovethemachineataslowspeed.
LiftSwitches
Theliftswitchesraiseandlowerthemowerdecks(Figure
4).Presstheswitchesforwardtolowerthemowerdecks
andrearwardtoraisethemowerdecks.Whenstartingthe
machine,withthemowerdecksinthedownposition,press
theliftswitchdowntoallowthemowerdeckstooatand
mow .
Note:ThedecksdonotlowerwhileintheHigh-speedrange
andtheydonotraiseorloweriftheoperatorisoutoftheseat
whentheengineisrunning.Also,thedeckslowerwiththe
keyintheONpositionandtheoperatorintheseat.
Cruise-ControlSwitch
Thecruise-controlswitchlocksinthepedalpositionto
maintainthedesiredgroundspeed(Figure5).Pressingthe
rearoftheswitchturnsoffthecruisecontrol,themiddle
positionoftheswitchenablesthecruise-controlfunction,
andthefrontoftheswitchsetsthedesiredgroundspeed.
Note:Pressingeitherbrakepedalormovingthetraction
pedalintotheREVERSEposition,for1second,also
disengagesthepedalposition.
Figure5
1.Power-pointport
2.Cruise-controlswitch
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