Toro 74408 - Cooling System Maintenance; Cleaning the Air Intake Screen; Cleaning the Cooling System; Brake Maintenance

Important: Mak e sur e spring w asher s
ar e installed cor r ectl y as sho wn in
Figur e 40 .
5. Install the dust cap ( Figure 40 ).
Figure 40
1. Spring Washers
3. Dust Cap
2. Lock Nut
Cooling System
Maintenance
Cleaning the Air Intake
Screen
Before eac h use remo v e any build-up of g rass , dir t
or other debris from the cylinder and cylinder head
cooling fins , air intak e screen on flywheel end, and
carburetor -g o v er nor lev ers and linkag e . T his will
help insure adequate cooling and cor rect engine
speed and will reduce the possibility of o v erheating
and mec hanical damag e to the engine .
Cleaning the Cooling System
Clean the air intak e screen from g rass and debris
before eac h use .
Chec k and clean cooling fins and engine shrouds
ev er y 100 hours or yearly , whic h ev er comes first.
1. Diseng ag e the PTO and set the parking brak e .
2. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
3. R emo v e the air intak e screen, recoil star ter and
fan housing ( Figure 41 ).
4. Clean the debris and g rass from the engine
par ts .
5. Install air intak e screen, recoil star ter and fan
housing ( Figure 41 ).
Figure 41
1. Air intake screen 4. Bolt
2. Fan housing
5. Nut
3. Recoil starter
Brake Maintenance
Servicing the Brakes
Before eac h use , c hec k the brak es on both a lev el
surface and slope .
Alw a ys set the parking brak e when y ou stop the
mac hine or lea v e it unattended. If the parking
brak e does not hold securely , see an A uthorized
Ser vice Dealer for maintenance .
Checking the Brake
1. P ark the mac hine on a lev el surface , diseng ag e
the blade control (PTO).
2. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
3. Apply the parking brak e . T he wheels m ust loc k
when y ou tr y to push the mac hine forw ard.
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