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OPERATING THE ENGINE
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OPERATING THE ENGINE
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A CAUTION
To avoid personal injury:
• Read "Safe Operation"
in the front of this
manual.
• Read the danger, warning and caution labels
located on the tractor.
• To avoid the danger of exhaust fume
poisoning, do not operate the engine in a
closed building without proper ventilation.
• Never start engine while standing on ground.
Start engine only from operator's seat.
• Make it a rule to set all shift levers to the
"NEUTRAL" positions and to place PTO lever in
"OFF" position before starting the engine.
IMPORTANT:
• Do not use starting fluid or ether.
• To protect the battery and the starter, make sure that
the starter is not continuously turned for more than 10
seconds.
STARTING THE ENGINE
1. Make sure the parking brake is set.
1. To set the parking brake;
( 1 ) Depress the brake pedal.
(2) Latch the brake pedal on pushing and holding the
parking brake lock pedal then releasing pressure
on the brake pedal.
2. To release the parking brake, depress the brake
pedals again.
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(1) Parking brake lock pedal
. (2) Brake pedal
(A) "DEPRESS"
(BJ PUSH FORWARD
WHILE DEPRESSING®
NOTE:
• It is recommended that the oper~tor practice engaging
and disengaging the parking brake on a flat surface
without the engine running before operating the tracJor
for the first time.
2. Place the PTO clutch lever i~ "~.F~"-
position.
3. Place the speed control pedal in
"NEUTRAL" position.
Place the range gear shift lever (Hi-Lo)
in "NEUTRAL" position.
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(1) PTO clutch lever
(2) Speed control pedal
(3) Range gear shift lever
(Hi-Lo)
f!l"ON"
rttl "OFF"
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(N} "NEUTRAL
POSITION"
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l~~ speed control pedal aut~tically returns to
neutral when the operators foot is released from the
pedal.