Toro 74253 - Starting and Stopping the Engine

Figure10
1.Parkingbrake-ON3.BrakeStop
2.Parkingbrake-OFF
StartingandStoppingthe
Engine
StartingtheEngine
Note:Thismachinedoesnothaveamanualchoke.
Thismachineisequippedwithandirectfuelinjection
(DFI)system.
1.RaisetheROPSupandlockintoplace,sitonthe
seatandfastentheseatbelt.
2.Movethemotioncontrolstoneutrallocked
position.
3.Settheparkingbrake;refertoSettingtheParking
Brake.
4.MovethePTO(powertakeoff)switchtotheOff
position(Figure11).
Figure11
1.PTO—on2.PTO—off
5.MovethethrottlecontrolmidwaybetweentheSlow
andFastpositions(Figure12).
Figure12
1.Throttle—fast
2.Throttle—slow
6.TurntheignitionkeytotheStartposition
(Figure13).Whentheenginesstarts,releasethekey.
Important:Donotengagestarterformore
than5secondsatatime.Iftheenginefails
tostartallowa15secondcool-downperiod
betweenattempts.Failuretofollowthese
instructionscanburnoutthestartermotor.
Note:Additionalstartingcyclesmayberequired
whenstartingtheengineforthersttimeafterthe
fuelsystemhasbeenwithoutfuelcompletely.
Figure13
1.Off3.Start
2.Run
StoppingtheEngine
1.PushthePTOtotheOffposition(Figure11).
2.MovethethrottlelevermidwaybetweentheSlow
andFastpositions(Figure12).
3.Lettheengineidlefor60seconds.
4.TurntheignitionkeytotheOffpositionand
removethekey(Figure13).
5.Closethefuelshutoffvalvebeforetransporting
orstoringthemachine.RefertoFuelSystem
Maintenance,page34.
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