CLEAN AIR SCREEN
Ak 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
Cartridge
Foam
Cartridge
Plate
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
Knob
Rubber
Seal
Nut
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, dirty 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 air filter. Clean the foam
100hours of operation or every season, whichever occurs first.
Service air cleaner more often under
dusty conditions.
1. Loosen knob and remove cover.
TO SERVICE PRE-CLEANER
2.Slide foam
3.Wash it in liquid detergent and water.
4.Squeeze it dry in a clean cloth. Allow it to dry.
5.Saturate it in engine oil. Wrap it in clean, absorbent cloth and squeeze to remove excess oil.
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.
6.Remove nut and cartridge plate.
7.Reinstall the
8.Check rubber seal for damage and proper position around stud. Replace if necessary.
9.Reassemble air cleaner, cartridge plate, and nut.
10.Reinstall air cleaner cover and secure by tightening knob.
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.
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.
IN-LINE FUEL FILTER
The fuel filter should be replaced once each season. If fuel filter becomes
clogged, obstructing fuel flow to carbure- tor, replacement is required.
1.With engine cool, remove filter and plug fuel line sections.
2.Place new fuel filter in position in fuel
line with arrow pointing towards carburetor.
3.Be sure there are no fuel line leaks and clamps are properly positioned.
4.Immediately wipe up any spilled gasoline.
Fuel Filter_
CLEANING
•Clean engine, battery, seat, finish, etc. of all foreign matter.
•Keep finished surfaces and wheels free of all gasoline, oil, etc.
•Protect painted surfaces with automo-
tive type wax.
We do not recommend using a garden hose to clean your tractor unless the
electrical system, muffler, air filter and carburetor are covered to keep water out.
Water in engine can result in a shortened
21 engine life.