b) When putting the grass catcher into position on
the deck, open up both volutes to discharge into
the catcher compartment; swing open the door
and lift the curved deflector upward out of the way.
5.
Put the unit on a level surface.
Remove the nuts from the PTO studs and mount the
mower to the PTO.
6.
The mower deck should be level for even mowing
height. The wheel mounting brackets have three ho-
les. If levelling is required, remove the wheel re-
taining hairpins and remount the wheels in a higher
or lower hole as required.
LUBRICATION
Before operating, remove the pipe plug at the top of the
transmission housing. Check that the gear oil is within
2" of the top of the housing. If low, fill with SAE 80/90 or
SAE 90EP gear oil to the top of the filler hole.
The oil level should be checked each 50 operating
hours thereafter.
ROTARY MOWER OPERATION
WARNING
Read and obey all safety rules applicable to the unit
and the rotary mower in Section One. Do not remove
or defeat the purpose of the discharge deflector on the
mower, or leave the discharge door open when not
using the grass catcher.
Do not remove or destroy the operation of the high
speed lockout device on the unit, or operate or leave
the machine running with the RED STOP LEVER lat-
ched in the down position. Do not operate with the mo-
wer at the rear of the unit.
When operating from a sulky, always MOW UP AND
DOWN (never across) a slope and make wide turns to
guard against tipping.
When walking behind the mower, GO ACROSS (never
up and down) the slopes while mowing.
1.
OPERATION FROM A RIDING SULKY:
Only models with wheel brakes should be operated
from a riding sulky.
An optional wheel brake kit may be installed if your
unit does not have factory-installed brakes.
WARNING
Remember that a converted unit will pull to the left
when the right brake lever is depressed and to the
right when the left brake lever is depressed.
Forgetting this could result in loss of control espe-
cially on a unit in differential drive, or the model
where the right and left brake levers are used in
making turns.
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