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Running
Before Starting
• Read the sections Safety Instructions and
Presentation before starting the machine.
• Perform the daily maintenance before starting
(see Maintenance Schedule in the
Maintenance section).
• Check that there is sufficient fuel in the fuel
tanks.
• Adjust the seat to the desired position.
The following conditions must be fulfilled before
the engine can be started:
• the driver must be seated on the seat,
• the control for engaging the mower deck must
be depressed,
• the parking brake must be on,
• both steering controls must be in the locked
(outer) neutral position.
Starting the Engine
1. Sit on the seat.
2. Raise the mower deck by pulling the lifting lever
backward to the locked position (transport
position) on manual lift units. Activate the
parking brake.
3. Mowers with hydraulic lift decks, are raise by
pulling back on the lift switch located on the
console.
4. Disengage the mower deck by pressing the
control knob.
OPERATION
Start conditions
Raise the mower deck - 27.5 HP engine
8011-552
Depress the control knob for disengagning the
mower deck
BAM - 2
DECK LIFT
SWITCH
MOWER
DECK KNOB