Maintenance
Cleaning the Blower Housing
Service Interval: Every 100 hours/Yearly
(whichever comes first)
More often under dirty
conditions.
To ensure proper cooling, make sure the grass screen,
cooling fins, and other external surfaces of the engine
are kept clean at all times.
1.
Remove the blower housing and any other cooling
shrouds.
2.
Clean the cooling fins and external surfaces as
necessary.
3.
Make sure the cooling shrouds are reinstalled
Important:
Operating the engine with a blocked
grass screen, dirty or plugged cooling fins,
and/or cooling shrouds removed, will cause
engine damage due to overheating.
Fuel System Maintenance
Replacing the Fuel Filter
Service Interval: Every 100 hours/Yearly
(whichever comes first)
DANGER
In certain conditions, gasoline is extremely
flammable and highly explosive. A fire or
explosion from gasoline can burn you and others
and can damage property.
•
Perform any fuel related maintenance when
the engine is cold. Do this outdoors in an
open area. Wipe up any gasoline that spills.
•
Never smoke when draining gasoline, and
stay away from an open flame or where a
spark may ignite the gasoline fumes.
Never install a dirty filter if it is removed from the
fuel line.
1.
Park machine on level ground, move the motion
control levers out to engage the parking brake,
disengage the blade control switch, stop engine,
and remove key. Wait for all moving parts to stop
before leaving the operator’s position.
2.
The fuel filter is in the fuel line between the tank
and engine.
3.
Squeeze the ends of the hose clamps together and
slide them away from the filter.
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Figure 51
4.
Remove the filter from the fuel lines.
5.
Install a new filter with the flow direction arrow
coming from the fuel tank and pointing to the
engine. Move the hose clamps close to the filter
to secure it in place.
Electrical System
Maintenance
Charging the Battery
Removing the Battery
WARNING
Battery terminals or metal tools could short
against metal machine components causing
sparks. Sparks can cause the battery gasses to
explode, resulting in personal injury.
•
When removing or installing the battery, Do
Not allow the battery terminals to touch any
metal parts of the machine.
•
Do Not allow metal tools to short between
the battery terminals and metal parts of the
machine.
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