Maintenance Instructions

CLEANING

CLEANING

Engine Air Cleaner System

There are two components in the engine air cleaner system: a foam prefilter element and a paper ele- ment. Each component is checked, cleaned and maintained on a different schedule based on the filtering action required. Each component is serviced as follows:

Paper

ElementFoam

Element

Engine Air Cleaner Foam and Paper Element

Foam Precleaner Element

Clean and inspect the foam element after every 25 hours of service and replace the element yearly (or when dirty or damaged). Wash the element in detergent and water; and dry it thoroughly. More frequent cleaning may be required when operating in extremely dusty conditions.

Paper Precleaner Element

Inspect the paper element after every 50 hours of service and replace the element every 200 hours (or when dirty or damaged). More frequent replacement may be required when operating in extremely dusty conditions.

Be careful to reinstall the foam element and the paper element into the air cleaner case. Carefully reinstall the air cleaner cover into the air cleaner body by putting the hooks on the bottom of the air cleaner cover into the air cleaner body bottom.

Engine Cooling System

Air Intake Screen

Before each use, check that the air intake (rotary) screen is free from grass and debris and clean if necessary.

Engine Cooling Fins

Every 100 hours, check and clean the cooling fins and inside of engine shrouds to remove grass, chaff or dirt clogging the cooling system and causing overheating. When cleaning, remove the recoil starter and the fan housing.

Grass Buildup in Mower Housing

DANGER

Before raising or removing the mower deck for cleaning, stop the engine, remove the ignition key, and disconnect the spark plug wires.

1.Raise the deck lock lever handle on each side of the carrier frame and pull out to release car- rier frame for tilting action.

2.Using the carrier frame lift handle, raise deck to the TILT-UPposition and insert the deck hook into the tilt-up latch on the tractor body.

DANGER

Do not operate the mower with deck in tilt- up position. Do not move the tractor with the deck in the tilt-up position.

3.Clean grass buildup underneath the deck using a pressure washer (and scraper if required).

NOTE: While some degree of material buildup in the mower deck housing can be tolerated, a point is finally reached where cutting quality deteriorates and clogging begins to occur because of too much buildup on the baffling and housing.

4.Lower the deck to the normal operating position and reengage the deck lock levers.

CAUTION

NEVER operate the cutter blades with the deck in the raised position.

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