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CLEAN
AIR SCREEN
Air screen must be kept free of dirt and
chaff to prevent
engine damage
from
overheating.
Clean with a wire brush or
compressed
air to remove dirt and
stubborn
dried gum fibers.
CLEAN
AIR INTAKE/COOLING
AREAS
To insure proper cooling, make sure the
grass screen, cooling fins, and other
external surfaces of the engine are kept
clean at all times.
Every 100 hours of operation (more often
under extremely
dusty, dirty conditions),
remove the blower housing
and other
cooling shrouds.
Clean the cooling fins
and external surfaces
as necessary.
Make sure the cooling shrouds
are
reinstalled.
NOTE"
Operating
the engine with a
blocked
grass screen, d!rty or plugged
cooling fins, and/or cooling shrouds
removed
will cause engine damage
due
to overheating.
AIR FILTER
Your engine will not run properly using a
dirty airfilter.
Clean the foam pre-
cleaner after every 25 hours of operation
or every season.
Service paper car-
tridge every 100 hours of operation
or
every season, whichever occurs first.
Service air cleaner more often under
dusty conditions.
• Remove knob and cover.
• Remove wing nut and air cleaner from
base.
TO SERVICE PRE-CLEANER
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Slide foam pre-cleaner off cartridge.
Wash it in liquid detergent and water.
Squeeze It dry in a clean cloth. Allow
it to dry.
• Saturate it in engine oil. Wrap it in
clean, absorbent cloth and squeeze to
remove excess oil.
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TO SERVICE CARTRIDGE
• Replace a dirty, bent, or damaged
cartridge.
NOTE:
Do not wash the paper cartridge
or use pressurized
air, as this will
damage the cartridge.
• Reinstall
the pre-cleaner
(cleaned
and
oiled) over the paper cartridge.
• Reassemble
air cleaner, wing nut,
cover and tighten knob securely.
ENGINE
OIL FILTER
Replace the engine oil filter every
season or every other oil change if the
tractor is used more than 100 hours in
one year.
• Drain oil from engine crankcase
(See
"TO CHANGE
ENGINE OIL" in this
section of this manual, through step
remove drain plug).
• Remove oil filter and wipe off filter
adapter.
• Apply a thin coating of new engine oil
to the rubber gasket on replacement
oil filter.
• Install replacement
oil filter on filter
adapter. Turn oil filter clockwise
until
rubber gasket contacts the filter
adapter, then tighten filter an addi-
tional 1/2 turn.
• Fill crankcase with new oil (See "TO
CHANGE ENGINE OIL" in this section
of this manual).
For approximate
capacity see "PRODUCT
SPECIFICA-
TIONS" section of this manual.
• Start the engine and check for oil
leaks. Correct any leaks before
placing engine into full operation.
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MUFFLER
Inspect and replace corroded muffler
and spark arrester (if equipped) as it
could create a fire hazard and/or
damage.
SPARK
PLUGS
Replace spark plugs at the beginning of
each mowing season or after every 100
hours of operation, whichever occurs
first. Spark plug type and gap setting are
shown in =PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS"
section of this manual.
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