Hydraulic-LiftLock
Thehydraulic-liftlocksecurestheliftlever,sothatthe
hydrauliccylindersdonotoperatewhenthemachine
isnotequippedwithabed(Figure8).Italsolocksthe
liftleverintheONpositionwhenusingthehydraulics
forattachments.
High-LowRangeShifter
Thehigh-lowrangeshifteradds3additionalspeeds
forprecisespeedcontrol(Figure8):
•Youmuststopthemachinecompletelybefore
shiftingbetweentheHIGHandLOWrange.
•Shiftonlevelgroundonly.
•Presstheclutchpedalfully.
•MovetheleverfullyforwardforHIGHandfully
rearwardforLOW.
HIGHrange—Forhigherspeeddrivingonlevel,dry
surfaceswithlightloads.
LOWrange—Forlow-speeddriving.Usethis
rangewhengreaterthannormalpowerorcontrol
isnecessary.Forexample,steepgrades,difcult
terrain,heavyloads,slowspeedbuthigh-engine
speed(spraying).
Important:ThereisalocationbetweenHIGHand
LOWinwhichthetransaxleisinneitherrange.
DonotusethispositionasaNEUTRALposition,
becausethemachinecouldmoveunexpectedlyif
theHigh-Lowshifterisbumpedandthegear-shift
leverisingear.
4-WheelDriveButton
4-WheelDriveModelsOnly
Toengagethe4-wheeldrivemanually,pressand
holdthe4WDbutton(Figure8)onthecenterconsole
whilethevehicleisinmotionandthe4-wheeldrive
engages.
KeySwitch
Usethekeyswitch(Figure5)tostartandshutoff
theengine.
Thekeyswitchhas3positions:OFF,ON,andSTART.
RotatethekeyswitchclockwisetotheSTARTposition
toengagethestartermotor.Releasethekeyswitch
whentheenginestarts.Thekeyswitchmoves
automaticallytotheONposition.
Toshuttheengineoff,rotatethekeyswitch
counterclockwisetotheOFFposition.
HourMeter
Thehourmeterindicatesthetotalhoursofmachine
operation.Thehourmeter(Figure5)startstofunction
wheneveryourotatethekeyswitchtotheONposition
oriftheengineisrunning.
Speed-LimiterSwitch
Movethespeed-limiterswitch(Figure5)totheSLOW
positionandremovethekey.Thespeed-limiter
switchlimitstheenginespeedto2,200rpmwhenthe
machineisinthirdgearintheHIGHrange,whichlimits
thetopspeedto21km/h(13mph).
LightSwitch
Pushthelightswitch(Figure5)totoggletheheadlights
onoroff.
Oil-Pressure-WarningLight
Theoil-pressure-warninglight(Figure5)illuminatesif
theengine-oilpressuredropsbelowasafelevelwhile
theengineisrunning.
Important:Ifthelightickersorremainson,
stopthemachine,shutofftheengine,andcheck
theoillevel.Iftheoillevelislow,butadding
oildoesnotcausethelighttogooutwhenthe
engineisstarted,shutofftheengineimmediately,
andcontactyourAuthorizedServiceDealerfor
assistance.
Checktheoperationofthewarninglightsasfollows:
1.Engagetheparkingbrake.
2.TurnthekeyswitchtotheON/PREHEATposition,
butdonotstarttheengine.
Note:Theoil-pressurelightshouldglowred.
Ifthelightdoesnotfunction,eitherabulbis
burnedoutorthereisamalfunctioninthe
systemthatyoumustrepair.
Note:Ifenginewasjustshutoff,itmaytake1
to2minutesforthelighttocomeon.
Coolant-TemperatureGaugeand
Light
Thecoolant-temperaturegaugeandlightregistersthe
coolanttemperatureintheengineandoperatesonly
whenthekeyswitchisinONposition(Figure5).The
indicatorlightblinksrediftheengineoverheats.
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