MAINTENANCE
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, dirty or plugged cooling fins, and/or cooling shrouds removed will cause engine damage due to overheating.
AIR FILTER (See Fig. 14)
Your engine will not run properly using a dirty air filter. Clean the foam
Service air cleaner more often under dusty conditions.
•Remove knob and cover.
•Remove wing nut and air cleaner from base.
TO SERVICE
•Slide foam
•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.
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
•Reassemble air cleaner, wing nut, cover and tighten knob securely.
COVER KNOB
AIR CLEANER
COVER | WING NUT |
FOAM
RUBBER
GROMMET
AIR CLEANER | AIR CLEANER | |
BASE | ||
PAPER CARTRIDGE | ||
|
OIL FILL CAP/
DIPSTICK
AIR
SCREEN
FIG. 14
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.
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