Toro 74920 - Engine Starting and Stopping; Starting the Engine Safely; Stopping the Engine Properly

StartingandStoppingthe
Engine
StartingtheEngine
1.Sitdownontheseat(Figure18)andfastentheseat
belt.
2.Movethemotioncontrolsoutwardtotheneutral
lockposition(
Figure18).
3.Settheparkingbrake(Figure18);refertoSetting
theParkingBrake.
4.Movethebladecontrolswitch(PTO)totheOff
position(Figure18).
5.MovethethrottlelevertoFast.
6.EngagethechokeasdescribedinOperatingthe
Choke.
Note:Awarmorhotenginemaynotrequire
choking.Inthiscase,rsttrystartingtheengine
withoutusingthechoke.
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Figure18
7.TurntheignitionkeytotheStartposition
(Figure17).Whentheenginesstarts,releasethekey.
Important:Donotengagestarterformore
than5secondsatatime.Iftheenginefails
tostartallowa15secondcool-downperiod
betweenattempts.Failuretofollowthese
instructionscanburnoutthestartermotor.
Note:Additionalstartingcyclesmayberequired
whenstartingtheengineforthersttimeafterthe
fuelsystemhasbeenwithoutfuelcompletely.
START
RUN
ST OP
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Figure19
1.Off3.Start
2.Run
StoppingtheEngine
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethetractorwhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended,even
ifjustforafewminutes.
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