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ZXT54 & ZXT60 Pro Series Zero Turning Radius Mowers Riding Mowers 357-271M
2/10/09
Land Pride
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Table of Contents
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety at All Times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Section 1: Assembly & Set-up . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Uncrating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Control Lever Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Seat Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Hitch Plate Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Electrical Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Engine Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Remove Mower From Crate Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Section 2: Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . 12
Mower Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Instrumentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ignition Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Throttle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Choke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Blade Engagement Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Left/Right Fuel Tank Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Park Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Control Levers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Deck Lift Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine Shut-Down Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Safety Start Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Driving the Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Moving Mower with Stalled Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safe Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mower Deck Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
General Operating Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 3: Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Neutral Creep Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Control Lever Adjustable Stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjust Stops to Protect Pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Adjust Stops to Drive Straight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Steering Dampener Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Upper Control Lever Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ground Drive Belt Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deck Drive Belt Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Deck Leveling & Height Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Park Brake Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Front Axle Pivot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Section 4: Options & Accessories . . . . . . . . 30
Roll Over Protection System (ROPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Folding Soft Top Canopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Light Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Screw Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Mulching Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Section 5: Maintenance & Lubrication . . . . . 32
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Torque Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Maintenance Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Electrical System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Hydrostatic Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Fuel Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Draining The Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General Engine Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Engine Oil and Oil Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Engine Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Air Filter Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Belt Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mower Blade Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Preparation of Engine for Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
New Season Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Lubrication Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Section 6: Specifications & Capacities . . . . . 49
Section 7: Features and Benefits . . . . . . . . . 51
Section 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Section 9: Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Torque Values Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tire Inflation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57