Toro TimeCutter 74874, Manual

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Installing the Mower Deck
1. Park the machine on a level surface, disengage
the blade-control switch (PTO), and engage the
parking brake.
2. Shut off the engine, remove the key, and
disconnect the spark-plug wires from the spark
plugs.
3. Slide the mower under the machine.
4. Lower the height-of-cut lever to the lowest
position.
5. Place the height-of-cut pin in the lock position
for lowest height of cut.
6. Lift the rear of the mower deck and attach the
chains to the rear lift arms (
Figure 76 ).
7. Attach the front chains to the front lift arms
(
Figure 76 ).
8. Install the long link bar through the frame hanger
and deck.
9. Secure the link pin with the hairpin cotters and
washers removed previously (
Figure 75 ).
10. Install the mower belt onto the engine pulley;
refer to
Replacing the Mower Belt (page 43) .
11. Tighten the 2 bottom bolts holding the
mower-deck curtain to the mower deck; refer to
Releasing the Mower-Deck Curtain (page 34) .
Replacing the Grass
Deflector
Service Interval: Before each use or daily—Inspect
the grass deflector for damage.
WARNING
An uncovered discharge opening could allow
the machine to throw objects toward you or
bystanders, resulting in serious injury. Also,
contact with the blade could occur.
Never operate the machine unless you install
a mulch plate, discharge deflector, or grass
collection system.
1. Remove the cotter pin from the end of the rod
(
Figure 77 ).
2. Disengage the spring from the notch in the
deflector bracket and slide the rod out of the
welded deck brackets, spring, and discharge
deflector (
Figure 77 ).
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Figure 77
1. Rod 4. Deck brackets
2. Deflector 5. Cotter pin
3. Spring 6. Spring installed over the
rod
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