Cleaning The Muffler And The Exhaust Port; Lubricating The Gear Case - Toro ProLine Recycler 22038 Operator's Manual

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Figure 28
1. Clamp screw
2. Shift lever
3. Push the shift lever until it is tight against the stop
(Fig. 28).
4. Remove all slack from the ground speed cable and
tighten the clamp screw (Fig. 28).
Note: If the lawn mower does not drive when the ground
speed control is in 1 of the 3 speed slots, ensure that the
ground speed control is positioned fully forward in the
desired speed slot.
Cleaning the Muffler and the
Exhaust Port
Clean the end of the muffler pipe and the exhaust port
after every 75 hours of operation.
Caution
The muffler and the engine surface become hot
when the lawn mower is in operation. Contact
with the hot muffler surface can burn you.
Clean the muffler and the exhaust port only after
the engine and the muffler are cool.
1. Stop the engine and wait for all moving parts to stop.
2. Disconnect the wire from the spark plug (Fig. 16).
3. Use a hardwood scraper to remove the carbon from the
end of the muffler pipe (Fig. 29).
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3. Stop
4. Ground speed cable
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Figure 29
1. Screw, nuts, and lock
washers
4. Remove the screw, 2 nuts, and 2 lock washers
(Fig. 29).
5. Slide the muffler off the mounting pins.
6. Slowly pull the recoil starter so that the piston covers
the exhaust port (Fig. 30).
Figure 30
1. Exhaust port
7. Clean the carbon from the exhaust port (Fig. 30) with a
flat hardwood scraper.
Important
Do not use a metal scraper or a similar
object to clean the exhaust port because it could damage
the piston or the cylinder.
8. Install the muffler with the screw, 2 nuts, and 2 lock
washers (Fig. 30).
9. After cleaning the exhaust port, ensure that the muffler
gasket is still usable.

Lubricating the Gear Case

After every 100 operating hours, grease the gear case.
1. Remove the grass bag.
2. Install the grease gun onto the fitting through the belt
cover opening (Fig. 31).
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2. Muffler pipe
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