Toro 74950 - Starting and Stopping the Engine; Starting the Engine; Stopping the Engine

StartingandStoppingthe
Engine
StartingtheEngine
1.RaisetheROPSupandlockintoplace,sitontheseat,
andfastentheseatbelt.
2.MovethemotioncontrolstotheNEUTRAL-LOCK
position.
3.Settheparkingbrake;refertoBrakeMaintenance
(page48).
4.Movetheblade-controlswitch(PTO)totheOFF
position(Figure19).
5.MovethethrottlelevermidwaybetweentheSLOWand
FASTpositions.
Figure19
6.TurnthekeyintheignitionswitchtotheSTART
position(Figure20).Whentheenginesstarts,release
thekey.
Important:Donotengagestarterformorethan5
secondsatatime.Iftheenginefailstostartallowa
15-secondcool-downperiodbetweenattempts.Failure
tofollowtheseinstructionscanburnoutthestarter
motor.
Note:Youmayneedtoattempttostarttheenginemultiple
timeswhenyoustartitforthersttimeafterthefuelsystem
hasbeenwithoutfuelcompletely.
START
RUN
ST OP
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Figure20
StoppingtheEngine
CAUTION
Childrenorbystandersmaybeinjuredifthey
moveorattempttooperatethemachinewhileitis
unattended.
Alwaysremovetheignitionkeyandsettheparking
brakewhenleavingthemachineunattended,even
ifjustforafewminutes.
Lettheengineidleatslowthrottle(turtle)for60seconds
beforeturningtheignitionswitchtotheOFFposition.
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