Craftsman 917.20403 Operator's Manual page 18

TO OPERATE ON HILLS
_,WARNING: Do not drive up or down hills
with slopes greater than 15 ° and do not
drive across any slope. Use the slope guide
provided at the back of this manual.
• Choose the slowest speed before starting
up or down hills.
• Avoid stopping orchanging speed on hills.
• If stopping is absolutely necessary, push
brake pedal quickly to brake position and
engage parking brake.
• To restart movement, slowly release park-
ing brake and brake pedal.
• Slowly depress appropriate drive pedal to
slowest setting.
• Make all turns slowly.
TO TRANSPORT
When pushing or towing your tractor, be
sure to disengage transmission by placing
freewheel control in freewheeling position.
Free wheel control is located at the rear
drawbar of tractor.
1. Raise attachment lift to highest position
with attachment lift control.
2. Pull freewheel control out and into the slot
and release so it is held in the disengaged
position.
• Do not push or tow tractor at more than
two (2) mph (3,2 km/h).
• To reengagetransmission, reverse above
procedure.
Transmission Engaged
Transmission Disengaged
NOTE: To protect hood from damage when
transporting you r tractor on a truck or a trailer,
be sure hood is closed and secured to tractor.
Use an appropriate means of tying hood to
tractor (rope, cord, etc.).
TOWING CARTS AND OTHER ATTACH-
MENTS
Tow only the attachments that are recom-
mended by and comply with specifications
of the manufacturer of your tractor. Use
common sense when towing. Too heavy of
a load, while on a slope, is dangerous. Tires
can lose traction with the ground and cause
you to lose control of your tractor.
HEADLIGHTS
Headlights can be used without your
passcode and with the engine off.
WITH ENGINE OFF:
• Press headlight button (H) once to turn
headlights on for one minute.
• Press and hold headlight button (H) until
headlights blink twice to turn headlights
on for five minutes.
NOTE: If the engine is running and shuts
off for any reason, the headlights will also
shut off.
BATTERY INDICATOR BUTTON
The battery indicator button (I) is located on
the SMARTSWITCH Ignition module and is
used to displaythe status of the battery. The
indicator will only work after the passcode
has been entered and is blinking green.
• Press and hold battery indicator button (I)
for three (3) seconds.
• The SmartSwitch Ignition Button (F) will
light up and indicate the battery status as
follows:
RED
RED AND GREEN
GREEN
Charge necessary
Charge recommended
Charge not necessary
• Press the battery indicator button (I) once
to stop viewing the battery status.
NOTE: When the battery is too low and
after the first unsuccessful start attempt,
the battery indicator button will blink for two
(2) seconds and then stay lit until battery
is charged or until approximately five (5)
minutes since last attempted start.
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