Maintenance
Note: Deter mine the left and right sides of the mac hine from the nor mal operating position.
Recommended Maintenance Schedule(s)
Maintenance Service
Interval
Maintenance Procedure
After the rst 10
operating hours
• Change the engine oil.
Before each use or daily
• Check the safety interlock system.
• Check the air lter.
• Check the engine oil level.
• Check the cutting blades.
• Clean the mower housing.
Every 25 hours
• Grease all lubrication points.
• Oil the linkage bushings (more often in dirty or dusty conditions).
• Check the battery electrolyte level.
• Check tire pressure.
• Check the belts for wear/cracks.
Every 50 hours
• Clean the air lter (more often in dirty or dusty conditions).
Every 100 hours
• Change the engine oil (more often while operating the engine under heavy
load or in high temperatures).
• Change the oil lter
• Check the spark plug.
Every 300 hours
• Clean the combustion chamber.
Yearly or before storage
• Clean the cooling system (more often in dirty or dusty conditions).
• Change the air lter (more often in dirty or dusty conditions).
• Replace spark plug.
• Clean the fuel tank and lter.
• Check the fuel line (replace if necessary).
• Replace fuel lter.
• Charge the battery and disconnect battery cables.
• Perform all maintenance procedures listed above before storage.
• Paint any chipped surfaces.
Important: R efer to y our engine operator’ s man ual f or additional maintenance pr ocedur es.
If y ou lea v e the k ey in the ignition s witch, someone could accidentl y star t the engine and
seriousl y injur e y ou or other bystander s.
R emo v e the k ey fr om the ignition and disconnect the wir e fr om the spar k plug bef or e y ou do
an y maintenance. Set the wir e aside so that it does not accidentall y contact the spar k plug .
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