theground.Adjusttheheightofcutonlywhilethe
machineisnotmoving(Figure14).
KeyChoice™Switch
Thisswitchallowsyoutomowinreversewhenitis
activated.T oactivateit,turntheswitchtoONand
releaseitafterthePTOisengaged.T odeactivateit,
disengagethepowertakeoff(PTO)(Figure6).
Operating-in-ReverseWarning
Light
Theoperating-in-reversewarninglightilluminates
whenevertheKeyChoice™keyisusedtodeactivate
theoperating–in–reverseinterlock.Itisareminder
thattheinterlocksystemisdeactivated.Thelight
goesoutwheneverthePTOisdisengagedorthe
engineisshutoff.Whenthelightison,lookbehind
anduseextracautionwhenbacking(Figure6).
SmartPark
™
Switch
Theparkingbrakeisactivatedelectronically.
Engagetheparkingbrakeby1ofthefollowingactions:
•PressingtheSmartPark™switchtotheON
position(Figure5).
•Theparkingbrakeengagesautomaticallywhenthe
operatorleavestheseatandthetraction-control
pedalisintheNEUTRALposition.
•Theparkingbrakeautomaticallyengages5to6
secondsaftertheignitionswitchisturnedtothe
OFFposition(ifnotalreadyengaged).
Todisengagetheparkingbrake,pressthe
SmartPark™switchtotheOFFpositionwiththekey
intheRUNposition.
Operation
Note:Determinetheleftandrightsidesofthe
machinefromthenormaloperatingposition.
AddingFuel
•Forbestresults,useonlyclean,fresh(lessthan
30daysold),unleadedgasolinewithanoctane
ratingof87orhigher((R+M)/2ratingmethod).
•Ethanol:Gasolinewithupto10%ethanol
(gasohol)or15%MTBE(methyltertiarybutyl
ether)byvolumeisacceptable.Ethanoland
MTBEarenotthesame.Gasolinewith15%
ethanol(E15)byvolumeisnotapprovedforuse.
Neverusegasolinethatcontainsmorethan
10%ethanolbyvolume,suchasE15(contains
15%ethanol),E20(contains20%ethanol),orE85
(containsupto85%ethanol).Usingunapproved
gasolinemaycauseperformanceproblemsand/or
enginedamagewhichmaynotbecoveredunder
warranty.
•Donotusegasolinecontainingmethanol.
•Donotstorefueleitherinthefueltankorfuel
containersoverthewinterunlessyouuseafuel
stabilizer.
•Donotaddoiltogasoline.
DANGER
Incertainconditions,gasolineisextremely
ammableandhighlyexplosive.Areor
explosionfromgasolinecanburnyouand
othersandcandamageproperty.
•Fillthefueltankoutdoors,inanopenarea,
whentheengineiscold.Wipeupany
gasolinethatspills.
•Neverllthefueltankinsideanenclosed
trailer.
•Donotllthefueltankcompletelyfull.Add
gasolinetothefueltankuntilthelevelis6
to13mm(1/4to1/2inch)belowthebottom
ofthellerneck.Thisemptyspaceinthe
tankallowsgasolinetoexpand.
•Neversmokewhenhandlinggasoline,and
stayawayfromanopenameorwhere
gasolinefumesmaybeignitedbyaspark.
•Storegasolineinanapprovedcontainer
andkeepitoutofthereachofchildren.
Neverbuymorethana30-daysupplyof
gasoline.
•Donotoperatewithoutentireexhaust
systeminplaceandinproperworking
condition.
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