Toro 74406 - Using the Parking Brake; Starting and Stopping the Engine; Starting the Engine

Chec king the Oil Lev el in Engine Maintenance ,
pag e 22 .
Using the Parking Brake
Alw a ys set the parking brak e when y ou stop the
mac hine or lea v e it unattended.
Setting the Parking Brake
1. Mo v e the motion control lev ers ( Figure 5 ) out
to the neutral loc k position.
2. Pull bac k and up on the parking brak e lev er to
set the parking brak e ( Figure 7 ). T he parking
brak e lev er should sta y fir mly in the Eng ag ed
position.
Important: Do not enga ge the par king
brak e while the machine is mo ving .
Dama ge to the dri v e system may occur .
Figure 7
1. Parking brake-On 2. Parking brake-Off
Releasing the Parking Brake
Push forw ard and do wn on the parking brak e lev er
to release the parking brak e ( Figure 7 ).
Starting and Stopping the
Engine
Starting the Engine
1. Sit do wn on the seat and mo v e the motion
controls to neutral loc k ed position.
2. Set the parking brak e; refer to Setting the
P arking Brak e abo v e .
3. Mo v e the PTO (po w er tak e off) to Off
( Figure 8 ).
Figure 8
1. PTO-On
2. PTO-Off
4. Mo v e the throttle lev er to Chok e before
star ting a cold engine .
Note: A w ar m or hot engine ma y require
c hoking . After the engine star ts , mo v e the
throttle lev er to F ast.
5. T ur n the ignition k ey to Star t to energize the
star ter . W hen the engine star ts , release the k ey .
Important: Do not enga ge the star ter
f or mor e than 10 seconds at a time. If the
engine f ails to star t, allo w a 60 second
cool-do wn period betw een attempts.
F ailur e to f ollo w these instr uctions can
bur n out the star ter motor .
6. After the engine star ts , mo v e the throttle
lev er to F ast ( Figure 9 ). If the engine stalls
or hesitates , mo v e the throttle lev er bac k to
Chok e for a few seconds . T hen mo v e the
throttle lev er to the desired setting . R e peat this
as required.
Figure 9
1. Engine
3. Fast
2. Choke 4. Slow
Figure 10
1. Off
3. Start
2. Run
4. Ignition
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