L2000 Compression Release

[allantg]

Can someone please tell me when I should and should not use the compression release knob on my dash. When I bought my tractor, the seller told me to use the compression release to shut the tractor off. In reading more about my tractor on this site, I realized there is a lever to shut the engine down. So now I don't use the compression release for that.

Any info would be appreciated, thanks.

 

[handyman]

If you are out in a field away from your house and shut the tractor off and come back and the lights were left on or the battery is weak then pull compression knob to make engine rotate over faster then push in while rotating fast and this will help engine start. Then go straight home charge battery. Hope this helps. handy

 

[handyman]

Better listen to Vic on this one.handy

 

[traildust]

Better listen to Vic on this one.handy

Handy you posted your response at 7:30, Vic had his in a 7:31. You two were a country apart and typing at the same time but you pulled the trigger 1 minute faster with the answer - you did good

 

[allantg]

Thanks for the good info guys. Appreciate it.

Giles

 

[bleecker]

can anyone post a picture of the knob pulled in and out. Mine is missing from my (new) l245dt. Mechanism is intact but just a hole in dashboard.