
Service Intervals
Servicing Your Machine
IMPORTANT: Avoid damage! Operating in extreme conditions may require more frequent service intervals:
• Engine components may become dirty or plugged when operating in extreme heat, dust or other severe conditions.
• Engine oil can degrade if machine is operated constantly at slow or low engine speeds or for frequent short periods of time.
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Please use the following timetables to perform routine maintenance on your machine.
Service Intervals
Daily
• Check all necessary guards and shields are attached.
• Check engine oil.
• Check transmission oil.
• Check fuel levels.
• Check tires, tire pressures and drive wheel hardware torque.
• Check mower deck drive belts.
• Check mower level, cutting height, and blades.
• Check steering control linkages and park brake.
• Check loose, damaged or missing parts.
• Clean grass and debris from mower deck belt.
• Clean grass and debris from operator station foot platform.
• Clean grass and debris from air intake screens and exhaust systems.
• Clean grass and debris from transmissions, fans, and traction drive belt area.
Initial Break In (After First 5 Hours)
• Change engine oil and filter.
• Check and tighten drive wheel hardware.
Every 50 Hours
• Grease front caster pivots.
• Check air cleaner element.
• Grease deck spindles and baffle pivots (MOD only).
Every 100 Hours
• Change engine oil and filter (Annually or at hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
• Check traction drive belt.
• Clean and regap spark plugs.
• Check and clean radiator, hoses, engine cooling fins under shroud, and oil cooler (if equipped).
Every 300 Hours
• Check and adjust valve clearance.
• Check and adjust clutch air gap if applicable (see dealer).
Every 500 Hours
• Grease Return to Neutral (RTN) bearing block.
• Check and adjust park brake (Annually or hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
• Change transmission oil and filter (Every year or at hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
Every 1000 Hours
• Change spark plugs (Annually or at hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
• Change fuel filter (Annually or at hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
• Clean battery (Annually or at hour meter reading, whichever comes first).
2000 Hours or 2 years
• Change engine coolant and thermostat.
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