Toro 74629 - Starting the Engine

UnderstandingtheSafety-interlock
System
WARNING
Ifsafety-interlockswitchesaredisconnectedor
damaged,themachinecouldoperateunexpectedly
causingpersonalinjury.
•Donottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlockswitches
daily,andreplaceanydamagedswitchesbefore
operatingthemachine.
Thesafety-interlocksystemisdesignedtopreventtheengine
fromstartingunless:
•Thebladesaredisengaged.
•Themotion-controlleversareintheparkposition.
Thesafety-interlocksystemalsoisdesignedtostoptheengine
wheneverthecontrolleversareoutoftheparkpositionand
yourisefromtheseat.
StartingtheEngine
1.Sitdownontheseat,andmovethemotioncontrols
outwardtotheparkposition.
2.Disengagethebladesbymovingtheblade-control
switchtoOff(Figure12).
Figure12
1.Controlpanel2.Blade-controlswitch—Off
position
3.MovethethrottlelevertoChokebeforestartingacold
engine(Figure13).
Note:Itmaybenecessarytoholdtheleveragainst
thestop,inthechokeposition,whiletryingtostart
theengine.
Note:Awarmorhotenginemaynotrequirechoking.
Figure13
1.Controlpanel
4.Fast
2.Throttle/choke
lever—chokeposition
5.Continuous-variable
setting
3.Choke6.Slow
4.TurntheignitionkeytoStarttoenergizethestarter
(Figure14).
Note:Whentheenginestarts,releasethekey.
Important:Donotengagethestarterformore
than10secondsatatime.Iftheenginefailsto
start,allowa60-secondcool-downperiodbetween
attempts.Failuretofollowtheseinstructionscan
damagethestartermotor.
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