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POTENTIAL HAZARD
Charging battery produces gasses.
WHAT CAN HAPPEN
Battery gasses can explode.
HOW TO AVOID THE HAZARD
Keep cigarettes, sparks and flames away
from battery.
4.
When the battery is fully charged, disconnect the
charger from the electrical outlet then from the
negative and positive battery posts (Fig. 5).
5.
Slowly pour electrolyte into each cell until the
level is up to the lower part of the tube (Fig. 4)
and install covers.
6.
Install the battery into the holder.
Install the Battery
IMPORTANT: Activate battery with
electrolyte and charge before installing.
1.
Mount battery on battery support with terminal
posts toward gas tank (Fig. 6).
2.
Secure battery with clamp, support rod and wing
nut (Fig. 6).
Note:
DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN.
3.
Slide the red terminal boot onto the red battery
cable (Fig. 6).
4.
Install the positive battery cable to positive (+)
battery terminal and the negative battery cable to
the negative (–) battery terminal and secure with
carriage bolts and lock nuts (Fig. 6).
Figure 6
1. Clamp
2. Support rod
3. Wing nut
Check Engine Oil
The engine is shipped with 4 pints of oil in the
crankcase; however, oil level must be checked before
and after the engine is first started. Check oil level;
refer to Checking Oil Level, page 23.
Check Hydraulic System Fluid
The hydraulic system is shipped with approximately
5 quarts of 10W–30 engine oil; however, oil level
must be checked before the engine is first started.
Check oil level; refer to Check Hydraulic System
Fluid, page 33.
Set-Up
4. Positive battery cable
5. Negative battery cable
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