Toro 38272 - Drive Belt Installation and Storage; Installing the Drive Belt; Storing the Snowthrower

Figure33
1.Rotorpulley5.Idlerpulley
2.Idlerarmbrake6.Enginepulley
3.Drivebelt7.Tabsontheidlerarm
4.Idlerarm
3.Pressdownontheidlerarmandremovethebelt
frombetweenthetabontheidlerarmbrakeand
therotorpulley.
Note:Theenginepulleybeltguideisverycloseto
thepulley,andthebeltmaynottthroughthegap.
4.Twistthebeltoutinfrontofthebeltguidesothat
thebeltiswedgedbetweenthebeltguideandthe
enginepulley.
5.Insertascrewdriverintotheholeinthebeltguideas
showninFigure34,andexthebeltguidetoward
therotorpulleyenoughtopullthebeltthroughthe
gap.
Figure34
1.Beltguide2.Enginepulley
Note:Takecarenottodistortordamagethebelt
guide.
6.Toinstallthenewdrivebelt,reversethestepsabove.
Important:Ensurethatyouinstallthedrive
beltsothatitsitsabovethetwotabsontheidler
armandbelowtheidlerarmbrake(Figure33).
7.Installthedrivebeltcoverwiththefastenersthatyou
removedinstep1.
Storage
StoringtheSnowthrower
•Gasolinefumesarehighlyammable,
explosive,anddangerousifinhaled.Ifyou
storetheproductinanareawithanopen
ame,thegasolinefumesmayigniteand
causeanexplosion.
•Donotstorethesnowthrowerinahouse
(livingarea),basement,oranyotherarea
whereignitionsourcesmaybepresent,
suchashotwaterandspaceheaters,clothes
dryers,furnaces,andotherlikeappliances.
•Donottipthesnowthrowereitherforward
orbackwardwithfuelinthefueltank;
otherwise,fuelmayleakoutofthe
snowthrower.
•Donotstorethesnowthrowerwithitshandle
tippeddownontotheground,becauseoil
willleakintotheenginecylinderandonto
theground,andthesnowthrowerwillnot
startorrun.
1.Onthelastrefuelingoftheseason,addfuelstabilizer
tofreshfuelasdirectedbytheenginemanufacturer.
2.Runtheenginefor10minutestodistributethe
conditionedfuelthroughthefuelsystem.
3.Whiletheengineisstillwarm,changetheengineoil.
RefertoChangingtheEngineOil.
4.Drainthefuelfromthetankandcarburetorby
performingthefollowingsteps:
A.Loosenthefueltankcap.
B.Unscrew,butdonotremove,thesmallscrewon
thesideofthecarburetorfuelbowl(Figure35)
untilthefuelbeginstodrainfromthecarburetor.
Drainthefuelintoanapprovedfuelcontainer.
Important:Donotremovethecarburetor
bowlboltonthebottomofthecarburetor.
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