Starting The Engine; Stopping The Engine; Operating The Self-Propel Drive And Engaging The Cutting Blade - Toro 22298 Operator's Manual

Starting the Engine

1. Connect the spark-plug wire to the spark plug.
2. Open the fuel valve
1. Throttle-control lever
3. Move the throttle-control lever
Choke position.
Note: Do not use the choke when the engine is warm.
4. Pull the starter handle lightly until you feel resistance,
then pull it sharply.
Note: Allow the rope to return slowly to the rope
guide on the handle.
5. When the engine starts, move the throttle-control lever
to the Fast position.

Stopping the Engine

Release the blade-control bar and move the throttle-control
lever (Figure 13) to the Stop position.
Note: Close the fuel valve
starting the engine soon afterward.
(Figure 13).
Figure 13
2. Fuel valve
(Figure 13) to the
(Figure 13) if you will not be
Operating the Self-Propel
Drive and Engaging the
Cutting Blade
This machine is equipped with a blade-brake clutch.
Important: To ensure that the blade-brake clutch is
working properly, refer to
Clutch (page 13).
The machine has 3 ground speeds: 1 (slow), 2 (medium),
and 3 (fast). The self-propel-drive lever is located below and
behind the fuel tank (Figure
1. Self-propel-drive lever
•
To operate the self-propel drive without engaging
the blade: Raise the blade-control bar to the handle
(Figure 15).
1. Raise the blade-control bar to the handle.
•
To operate the self-propel drive and engage the
blade: Move the blade-control bar all the way to the right
and raise it to the handle
12
Checking the Blade-Brake
14).
Figure 14
1
Figure 15
(Figure 16).
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