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mixoilwithgasoline.Purchasefuelin
quantitiesthatcanbeusedwithin30
daystoassurefuelfreshness.
IMPORTANT:Whenoperatingintempera-
turesbelow 32°F(0°C), usefresh, clean
wintergradegasolinetohelpinsuregood
,_dAweatherstarting.
RNING: Experienceindicatesthat
alcoholblendedfuels (calledgasoholor
-usingethanolor methanol)canattract
moisturewhichleadstoseparationand
formationofacidsduringstorage.Acidic
gascandamagethefuel systemofan
enginewhileinstorage.Toavoidengine
problems,thefuel systemshouldbe emp-
tied beforestorageof30 daysorlonger.
Drainthegastank, starttheengineand
letitrununtilthefuel linesandcarburetor
areempty.Usefresh fuel nextseason.
See StorageInstructionsfor additional
information.Never useengineorcarbure-
torcleanerproductsinthefuel tankor per-
nentdamagemay occur.
CAUTION: Fillto bottomofgastank
fillerneck.Do notoverfill.Wipeoffany
spilledoilorfuel. Do notstore,spilloruse
gasolinenearan openflame.
TO START ENGINE
Whenstartingthe enginefor thefirst time
or iftheenginehasrunoutoffuel,itwill
take extracrankingtimeto movefuel from
thetanktotheengine.
• Siton seat inoperatingposition,
depressclutch/brakepedaland set
parkingbrake.
• Placegear shiftleverin neutral(N)posi-
tion.
• Moveattachmentclutchto=DISEN-
GAGED"position.
• Movethrottlecontroltochokeposition.
Note: Beforestarting readthewarmand
coldstartingproceduresbelow.
• Insertkey intoignitionandtumkey
clockwiseto=START"positionand
releasekey as soonas enginestarts.
Do notrunstartercontinuouslyfor more
thanfifteen secondsper minute.Ifthe
enginedoesnotstartafterseveral
attempts,movethrottle controltofast
position,waita few minutesandtry
again.If enginestilldoesnotstart,
movethe throttlecontrol beck tothe
chokepositionand retry.
WARM WEATHERSTARTING(50° F
ANDABOVE)
• Whenenginestarts,movethe throttle
controltothefast position.
• The attachmentsand grounddrivecan
nowbe used.If theenginedoesnot
accepttheload, restarttheengineand
allowittowarmupfor one minuteusing
thechokeas describedabove.
COLD WEATHERSTARTING( 50° F
AND BELOW)
• When enginestarts,allowengineto run
withthethrottlecontrolinthechoke
positionuntiltheenginerunsroughly,
then movethrottlecontroltofast posi-
tion.Thismay requireanenginewarm-
upperiodfrom severalsecondstosev-
eralminutes,dependingonthetemper-
ature.
• The attachmentscanalsobeuseddur-
ingtheenginewarm-upperiod.
NOTE: Ifat a highaltitude(above3000
feet) or incoldtemperatures(below32 F)
the carburetorfuel mixturemayneed tobe
adjustedfor bestengineperformance.
See =TOADJUST CARBURETOR"inthe
ServiceandAdjustmentssectionofthis
manual.
MOWING TIPS
• "13rechainscannotbeusedwhenthe
mowerhousingisattachedtotractor.
• Mowershouldbeproperlyleveledfor
bestmowingperformance.See =TO
LEVELMOWER HOUSING"inthe
ServiceandAdjustmentssectionofthis
manual.
• The lefthandsideof mowershouldbe
usedfor trimming.
• Drivesothatclippingsaredischarged
ontothe areathathasbeen cut.Have
thecutareato-therightofthetractor.
Thiswillresultina moreevendistribu-
tionofclippingsandmoreuniformcut-
ting.
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