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speed by slipping the clutch. Use a suitable gear in-
stead, so that the right speed is obtained.
3B. SERVICE BRAKE
(President - Royal - Pro16 - Pro20)
A pedal that acts on the machine’s braking system.
There are 3 positions:
1. Pedal released – service brake
not activated.
2. Pedal depressed halfway –
forward drive disengaged. Serv-
ice brake not activated.
3. Pedal fully depressed – for-
ward drive disengaged. Service
brake fully activated.
4. PARKING BRAKE
An inhibitor that can lock the brake pedal in the de-
pressed position.
Depress the brake pedal fully. Move the
inhibitor to the right and then release the
brake pedal.
The parking brake is released by pressing the brake
pedal. The spring-loaded inhibitor slides to one
side.
Make sure that the parking brake is released when
operating the machine.
5. DRIVE PEDAL
(President - Royal - Pro16 - Pro20)
A pedal that activates the variable transmission.
1. Depress the pedal with the
ball of your foot – the machine
moves forwards.
2. No load on the pedal – the ma-
chine is stationary.
3. Depress the pedal with your
heel – the machine reverses.
The drive pedal regulates the speed. The more
pressure applied, the faster the machine will move.
6. ADJUSTABLE STEERING WHEEL
(President - Royal - Pro16 - Pro20)
The height of the steering wheel is infinitely ad-
justable. Undo the adjustment knob on the steering
column and raiseor lowerthesteering wheelto the
desired position. Tighten.
Do not adjust the steering wheel during opera-
tion.
7. THROTTLE/CHOKE CONTROL
A control for setting the engine speed and to choke
the engine when starting from cold. (The latter
does not apply to Royal-Pro16-Pro20 which have
separate choke control – see item 8).
1. Choke – for starting a cold engine. The
choke is locatedin topof groove(does not
apply to Royal-Pro16-Pro20). Avoid op-
erating the machine in this position, taking
care to move the control to full throttle
(see below) when the engine is warm.
2. Full throttle – when the machine is in
operation, full throttle should always be
used.
3. Idling.
8. CHOKE CONTROL
(Royal - Pro16 - Pro20)
A pull-type control to choke the engine when start-
ing from cold.
1. Control fully pulled out – choke valve
in carburettor closed. For starting cold en-
gine.
2. Control pushed in – choke valve open.
For starting warm engine and when oper-
ating the machine.
Never operate the machine with the choke
pulled out when the engine is warm.
9. IGNITION LOCK/SPOTLIGHT
Ignition lock used for starting/stopping the engine.
Also includes switch for spotlight (Senator does
not have a spotlight). Four positions:
1. Stop position – the engine is short-
circuited. The key can be removed.
2. Operating position – spotlight activat-
ed.
3. Operating position – spotlight not acti-
vated.