MTD 769-01645A warranty Throttle Control Lever, Starting

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Throttle Control Lever

Thethrottlecontrol leveris locatedon the rightside of thetractor'sdash panel.Thislevercontrolsthe speed of the engineand,on somemodels,when pushedall thewayforward,the chokecontrolalso.Whenset ina givenposition,the throttlewill maintaina uniformengine speed.SeeFigure9.

IMPORTANT:Whenoperatingthetractorwiththe cutting deckengaged,becertainthatthe throttleleveris always inthe FAST(rabbit)position.

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Choke Control

Onsomemodels,movingthe throttleleverallthe wayforward activatestheengine'schoke control.Onall othermodels,the chokecontrolcan befoundon the leftside of thedash panel andis activatedby pullingthe knoboutward.Activatingthe chokecontrolclosesthe choke

plateonthe carburetorandaids instartingthe engine. Referto Starting The Engine in this sectionof the manualfor detailedstartinginstructions.

Brake Pedal

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The brakepedal islocatedon / the rightfrontsideof the tractor_

abovethe drive pedalalongthe runningboard.The brakepedal can beusedfor suddenstops or settingthe parkingbrake.

NOTE:Thebrakepedalmust befullydepressedto activate the safetyinterlockswitch whenstartingthe tractor.

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IMPORTANT:Priorto operatingthe tractor,referto both Safety interlockSwitches andStarting The Engine inthissectionof the manualfor detailedinstructions regardingthe ignitionSwitchModuleandoperatingthe tractorin REVERSECAUTIONMODE.

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set Parking brake, stop engine and remove key to prevent unintended

starting:

WARNING: Never leave a running machine unattended. Always disengage PTO, move shift lever into neutral position, set parking brake, stop engine and remove key to prevent unintended starting.

Tostart theengine,insertthe keyintothe ignitionswitch andturnclockwiseto the STARTposition.Releasethe keyintothe NORMALMOWINGMODEpositiononce theenginehasfired.

Tostopthe engine,turn theignitionkeycounterclockwise to the OFFposition.SeeFigure10.

Drive Pedal

The drivepedalis locatedbelowthe brakepedalon the rightfrontside of the tractoralongthe runningboard.

Depressthe drivepedalwithyourright footwhenthe tractorshift leveris in

either FORWARDor REVERSEtocaus_ M the tractorto move.Groundspeedis

also controlledwiththe drivepedal.The / furtherdown thepedalis depressed,the 4 fasterthe tractorwill travel.Thepedal

will returnto itsoriginalpositionwhen it'._ notdepressed.

IMPORTANT:Alwayssetthe parkingbrakewhenleaving the tractorunattended.

IMPORTANT

PriortooReratingthe

tractor,refer to both Safety interlock Switches and Starting

The Engine in this seCtion ofthe manual for detailed instructions

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operating the tractoi in

REVERSECAUTION MODE:

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