Viking MF 440 Gebrauchsanweisung Seite 14

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1. Pedal released – service brake
not activated.
2. Pedal depressed halfway –
forward drive disengaged. Serv-
ice brake not activated.
3. Pedal fully depressed – for-
ward drive disengaged. Service
brake fully activated.
3. PARKING BRAKE
An inhibitor that can lock the brake pedal in the de-
pressed position.
Depress the brake pedal fully. Move the
inhibitor to the right and then release the
brake pedal.
The parking brake is released by pressing the brake
pedal. The spring-loaded inhibitor slides to one
side.
Make sure that the parking brake is released when
operating the machine.
4. DRIVE PEDAL (MF 460, MF 480)
A pedal that activates the variable transmission.
1. Depress the pedal with the
ball of your foot – the machine
moves forwards.
2. No load on the pedal – the ma-
chine is stationary.
3. Depress the pedal with your
heel – the machine reverses.
The drive pedal regulates the speed. The more
pressure applied, the faster the machine will move.
5. THROTTLE/CHOKE CONTROL
A control for setting the engine speed and to choke
the engine when starting from cold.
1. Choke – for starting a cold engine. The
choke is located at the very front of
groove. Avoid operating the machine in
this position, taking care to move the con-
trol to full throttle (see below) when the
engine is warm.
2. Full throttle – when the machine is in
operation, full throttle should always be
used.
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3. Idling.
6. IGNITION LOCK
Ignition lock used for starting/stopping the engine.
Four positions:
1. Stop position – the engine is short-
circuited. The key can be removed.
2/3. Operating position.
4. Start position – the electric start motor
is activated when the key is turned to the
spring-loaded start position. Once the en-
gine has started, let the key return to oper-
ating position 2/3.
7. GEAR STICK (MF 440)
A lever for selecting one of the five forward gears
in the gearbox (1-2-3-4-5), neutral (N) or reverse
(R).
The clutch pedal must be kept pressed in when
changing gear.
NOTE! You must make sure the machine is quite
stationary before changing from reverse to forward
gear or vice versa. If a gear does not engage imme-
diately, release the clutch pedal and then press it in
once again. Engage the gear once again. Never
force a gear in.
8. POWER TAKE-OFF
(MF 440, MF 460)
A lever for engaging and disengaging the power
take-off for operating cutting decks and front-
mounted accessories.
There are two positions:
1.Forward position – power take-off dis-
engaged.
2. Backward position – power take-off en-
gaged.
9. POWER TAKE-OFF (MF 480)
Switch for engaging/disengaging the electromag-
netic power take-off for operating cutting decks