Homelite 1600383 - Manual (Page 6)

10. To empty grass bag, pull up on cover to unsnap spring
clips and remove cover. Lift bag and frame straight up until
frame tubular supports come off of vertical supports. Turn
bag and frame over to dump grass clippings. Replace bag
tubular supports over vertical supports and lower in place,
slipping bag over discharge tube. Place grass bag cover over
bag frame and snap clips in place over bag frame.
NOTE: One front counterweight is recommended when
using grass catcher on slopes 15-30 percent. Mowing slopes
greater than 30% is not recommended.
OPERATION
PREPARING
Controls
Before attempting to use the riding mower, acquaint your­
self with all of the controls and how they operate.
STEERING
WHEEL
FORWARD-REVERSE i
CONTROL LEVER
IGNITION
SWITCH &
KEY
GEAR ,
SHIFT
LEVER
MOWER HEIGHT
CONTROL CRANK
CLUTCH-
BRAKE
PEDAL
Figure 6.
a. Clutch Brake Pedal
See Figure 6. Pushing the clutch-brake pedal forward first,
loosens and disengages the transmission drive belts. Further
forward motion of the pedal applies the brakes.
b. Throttle and Choke Levet '’
See Figure 6. The throttle and choke lever controls the en­
gine speed from idle to full speed. Moving the lever farther
forward past the "fast" position applies the choke for
starting the engine. As soon as engine starts the lever should
be pulled back to mid-range and engine allowed to warm up
a few minutes before applying a load. When operating at
full throttle be careful that the lever is not moved so far
forward that the choke is partially closed.
c. Gear Shift Lever
See Figure 6. Pulling up on gear shift lever places the trans­
mission in low range. Pushing dovvn engages the high range
gearing. Shift lever must be placed in neutral midway be­
tween high and low range to engage a safety interlock switch
to permit starting the engine (Figure 7|. To shift gears with
engine running, either the clutch-brake pedal must be fully
depressed, or the foryvard reverse contrbi lever must be
placed in neutral.
d. Forward-Reverse Control Lever
See Figure 6. The forward-reverse control lever operates
the transmission shuttle clutch and perrriits starting and
stopping the tractor in either forward or reverse direction
without shifting gears or using the fbot clutch. The shuttle
clutch may be used for a short time to "inch" the tractor
forward or backward, and to start and stop motion smoothly.
IT MUST NOT be used as a speed change device. All con­
tinuous operation MUST be done in either fully forward or
fully rearward position.
IFORWARD REVERSE CONTROL LEVER
Figure 7.
To operate in forward direction, select high or low gear
shift range. With engine running and clutch-brake pedal
fully up in engaged position, move forward-reverse control
lever smoothly, but firmly, forward and engage it in for­
ward notch in quadrant. To stop, disengage lever from
forward notch and pull it smoothly, but firmly, to rear
arid place in neutral notch.
To operate in reverse for any appreciable distance, pull the
lever frorn neutral to the rear and of quadrant and hold
ifthere until you wish to stop rearward travel; at which time
it should be pushed forward to neutral notch. When oper­
ating in reverse, the control lever will automatically be re­
turned to neutral when clutch-brake pedal is depressed.