Toro TimeCutter SWX 5000 - Performing Daily Maintenance; Breaking in a New Machine; Using the Safety-Interlock System

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PerformingDaily
Maintenance
Beforestartingthemachineeachday,performthe
EachUse/DailyprocedureslistedinMaintenance
(page29).
BreakinginaNewMachine
Newenginestaketimetodevelopfullpower.Mower
decksanddrivesystemshavehigherfrictionwhen
new,placingadditionalloadontheengine.Allow
40to50hoursofbreak-intimefornewmachinesto
developfullpowerandbestperformance.
UsingtheSafety-Interlock
System
WARNING
Ifthesafety-interlockswitchesare
disconnectedordamaged,themachinecould
operateunexpectedly,causingpersonal
injury.
•Donottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlock
switchesdailyandreplaceanydamaged
switchesbeforeoperatingthemachine.
Understandingthe
Safety-InterlockSystem
Thesafety-interlocksystemisdesignedforthe
following:
•Topreventtheenginefromstartingunlessthe
tractionpedalisintheNEUTRALposition.
•Toautomaticallyensurethattheparkingbrake
isengagedandthePTOisoffwhenstartingthe
machine.
•Toshutofftheenginewheneverthetractionpedal
isnotintheNEUTRALpositionandyourisefrom
theseat.
•Toautomaticallyengagetheparkingbrakeand
disengagethePTO,whenyouriseoutoftheseat
withthetractionpedalintheNEUTRALposition.
•Toshutofftheenginewhenevertheparkingbrake
isnotengagedandyourisefromtheseat.
TestingtheSafety-Interlock
System
1.Sitintheseatwiththeengineoffandensure
thatthePTOswitchisintheOFFposition.
2.TurnthekeyswitchtotheSTARTposition;the
startershouldcrank.Donotstartorshutoffthe
enginepriortostep3.
3.TurnthekeyswitchtotheONpositionandpush
theSmartParkswitchtotheOFFposition.The
brakeshoulddisengageandthebrakelight
shouldturnoff.
4.Withthebrakedisengagedandtractionpedal
intheNEUTRALposition,turnthekeytothe
STARTposition.Thebrakeshouldautomatically
engage,theengineshouldcrank,andthebrake
lightshouldturnon.
5.WiththeengineoffandthekeyintheON
position,engagethePTObypullingupthe
blade-controlswitch;youshouldheartheclutch
engage.
6.Ensurethatthetractionpedalisinneutraland
turnthekeytotheSTARTposition.ThePTO
shoulddisengageandtheengineshouldcrank
andstartwithoutthebladesmoving.
7.Withtheenginerunning,risefromtheseat.The
engineshouldremainrunningandthebrake
lightshouldbeon.
8.Returntotheseatanddisengagetheparking
brakebypushingtheSmartParkswitchtothe
OFFposition.Theengineshouldcontinuetorun.
9.Risefromtheseatagain.Thebrakeshould
automaticallyengageandtheengineshould
continuetorun.
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