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NOTE:Beforestarting,readthewarmand
coldstartingproceduresbelow.
6. Insertkeyintoignitionandturnkey
clockwisetostart positionandrelease
keyas soonas enginestarts.Do
notrunstartercontinuouslyfor more
thanfifteensecondsper minute.Ifthe
enginedoes notstartafterseveral
attempts,pushchokecontrolin,wait
afewminutesandtry again.Ifengine
still doesnotstart,pullthe chokecon-
troloutand retry.
WARMWEATHERSTARTING(50° Fand
above)
7. Whenenginestarts,slowlypushchoke
controlinuntiltheenginebeginsto
runsmoothly.Iftheenginestartsto
runroughly,pullthe chokecontrolout
slightlyfora fewsecondsandthen
continueto pushthecontrolinslowly.
• The attachmentsand grounddrivecan
nowbeused.Iftheenginedoesnot
acceptthe load,restartthe engineand
allowitto warm upforone minuteusing
the chokeasdescribedabove.
COLDWEATHERSTARTING(50° F and
below)
7. Whenenginestarts,slowlypushchoke
controlinuntiltheenginebeginsto run
smoothly.Continueto pushthechoke
controlinsmallsteps allowingtheen-
ginetoacceptsmallchangesinspeed
and load,untilthechokecontrolisfully
in.Iftheenginestartsto run roughly,
pullthechokecontroloutslightlyfor
afewsecondsandthencontinueto
pushthecontrolinslowly.Thismay
requireanenginewarm-upperiodfrom
severalsecondsto severalminutes,
dependingon thetemperature.
NOTE:Inextremecoldconditions,if
enginewill notstart you mayneedto dis-
engagethe motiondrivebeltasfollows:
1. Besureparkingbrakeisengaged.
2. Removeretainerspringfromthe drive
belt tensionhandleto relievebeltten-
sion.
3. Start engineandallow itto warm up
forthree(3)minutes.
4. Shut-offengineandengageparking
brake.
5. Engagedrive belttensionhandleand
replacetheretainerspring.
AUTOMATICTRANSMISSIONWARMUP
Beforedrivingthe unitin coldweather,
thetransmissionshouldbewarmedupas
follows:
1. Besurethetractorison levelground.
2. Placethe motioncontrolleverin
neutral.Releasetheparkingbrakeand
letthe brakeslowlyreturnto operating
position.
3. Allowone minutefortransmissionto
warmup.Thiscan be doneduringthe
enginewarm up period.
• The attachmentscanbe usedduring
theenginewarm-upperiodafterthe
transmissionhasbeenwarmedupand
mayrequirethechokecontrolbe pulled
outslightly.
NOTE:Ifata highaltitude(above3000
feet)orin coldtemperatures(below32 F)
thecarburetorfuel mixturemayneedto
be adjustedforbestengineperformance.
(See"TOADJUSTCARBURETOR"inthe
ServiceandAdjustmentssectionofthis
manual).
PURGE TRANSMISSION
_CAUTION: Neverengageordisengage
freewheelleverwhilethe engineis run-
ning.
Toensureproperoperationandper-
formance,it isrecommendedthat the
transmissionbe purgedbeforeoperating
tractorforthefirst time.Thisprocedurewill
removeanytrappedair insidethetrans-
missionwhichmayhavedevelopedduring
shippingof yourtractor.
IMPORTANT:Shouldyourtransmission
requireremovalfor serviceorreplace-
ment,itshouldbe purgedafterreinstall-
ationbeforeoperatingthetractor.
1. Placetractorsafelyonlevelsurface
withengineoffandparkingbrakeset.
2. Disengagetransmissionbyplac-
ingfreewheelcontrolin disengaged
position(See"TOTRANSPORT'inthis
sectionof manual).
3. Sittingin thetractorseat,start engine.
Aftertheengineisrunning,move
throttlecontrolto slowposition.Disen-
gageparkingbrake.
4. Movemotioncontrolleverto full
forwardpositionandhold forfive(5)
seconds.Moveleverto full reverse
positionand holdforfive(5) seconds.
Repeatthisprocedurethree (3)times.
NOTE: Duringthis steptherewill be no
movementofdrivewheels.Theair is being
removedfromhydraulicdrivesystem.
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