Operation

CoolantTemperatureGauge

(KawasakiLiquid-CooledOnly)

Locatedontherightconsole(seeFigure6).
Thecoolanttemperaturegaugemonitorsthe
temperatureoftheenginecoolant.Duringnormal
operatingconditionsthegaugeshouldbeinthegreen
range.Anengineoverheatingconditioniswhenthe
bardisplaygoestotheyelloworredrangeandan
alarmsounds.RefertotheWarningBuzzersection.
Figure11
1.Green3.Red
2.Yellow4.Bardisplay

WarningBuzzer(Kawasaki

Liquid-CooledOnly)

Locatedonthesideoftherighthandconsole(see
Figure6).
Thebuzzerisawarningsignalthattheengineis
overheating.SeetheTroubleshootingsection.

DeckLiftPedal

Locatedattherightfrontcorneroftheoorpan.
Pushthepedalforwardwithyourfoottoraisethe
cuttingdeck.Allowthepedaltomoverearwardto
lowerthecuttingdecktothecutheightthathasbeen
set.

TransportLock

Locatedontheheightofcutadjustmentplatestothe
rightoftheparkingbrake.
Positioninthetransportlatchingpositionto
automaticallylatchthecuttingdeckwhenraisedto
thetransportposition(seeitem1inFigure12).
Inthenon-latchingposition,thedeckwill
automaticallyreturntothecuttingheightwhenthe
pedalislowered(seeitem3inFigure12).
Figure12
1.Latchingposition3.Non-latchingposition
2.Transportlockcontrol

Pre-Start

Fillfueltank.Forbestresultsuseonlyclean,fresh
regulargradeunleadedgasolinewithanoctanerating
of87orhigher.
DoNotaddoiltogasoline.
DoNotoverllfueltank.Neverllthefueltankso
thatthefuellevelrisesabovealevelthatis1/2inch
(13mm)belowthebottomofthellernecktoallow
forfuelexpansionandpreventfuelspillage.
Makesureyouunderstandthecontrols,their
locations,theirfunctions,andtheirsafety
requirements.
RefertotheMaintenancesectionandperformallthe
necessaryinspectionandmaintenancesteps.

OperatingInstructions

RaisetheRolloverProtectionSystem

(ROPS)

Important:Therollbarisanintegraland
effectivesafetydevice.Keeptherollbarinthe
raisedandlockedpositionwhenoperatingthe
mower.Lowertherollbartemporarilyonlywhen
absolutelynecessary.
1.Theknobmustbecompletelylatchedwiththe
tabsinterlockingasshowninFigure13tolock
therollbarintheraised,operateposition.
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