Parking Brake Lever; Throttle/Choke Control Lever; Ignition Switch Module; Seat Adjustment Lever - Craftsman 247.203721 Operator's Manual

ParkingBrakeLever
Tosetthe parkingbrake:Fullydepress t he brakepedal.Movethe
parkingbrakeleverinto the parkingbrakeposition.Release t he
brakepedalto allowthe parkingbrake to engage.
Torelease the parkingbrake: D epress t he brakepedalandmove
the parkingbrakeleverout ofthe ON positionandinto the OFF
position. T heparkingbrakewill thenbereleased. R elease t he
brakepedal.
NOTE: Theparkingbrakemustbesetif the operator leaves the seat
with the enginerunningorthe enginewill automatically shut off.
Throttle/chokeControlLever
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Thethrottle/choke controlleveris located onthe
left sideof the tractor'sdashpanel.Thislever
controls the speed of theengineandwhenpushed
all the wayforward,the chokecontrolalso. W hen
setinagivenposition,thethrottle will maintaina
uniformenginespeed.
IMPORTANT:When operating the tractor with the cutting
deck engaged, the throttle/choke control lever must
always be in the FAST (rabbit) position.
Ignition Switch Module
Tostartthe engine,insertthe keyinto the ignitionswitchandturn
clockwise to the START p osition.Release the keyinto the NORMAL
MOWING M ODE positiononcethe enginehasfired.
Tostopthe engine,turn the ignitionkeycounterclockwise to the
STOP p osition.
IM PORTANT: Priortooperatingthe
tractor,referto boththe "SafetyInterlock
System" a nd"StartingTheEngine" laterinthis
sectionofthis manual f or detailedinstructions
regarding the IgnitionSwitchModule.
Neverleavea running machineunattended.AlwaysdisengagePTO (Blade
EngageLever), m oveshiftleverintoneutralposition, set parking brake,
stop engineand removekeyto prevent unintendedstarting.
Seat AdjustmentLever
Theseatadjustment l everislocatedbelowthe front/left of theseat.Thelever
allowsforadjustment o f the foreandaft positionof the seat.Refer t o the Assembly
sectionof the manualformoredetailedinstructions foradjustingthe seatposition.
Auto-drivepedal
Thedrivepedalislocated onthe right sideof the tractor,alongthe runningboard.
Depress t he drivepedalforwardandthe tractorwill moveinthe directionthatthe
shift leverisengaged in.Tocause thetractorto travelforward,whileata complete
stop,movethe shift leverinto the Forwardposition. G radually s teponthe drive
pedalandthe tractorwill beginto moveforward.TomoveinReverse, follow the
sameprocedure o nlymovethe shift leverinto the reverse position.
Thegroundspeed iscontrolled with thedrivepedal. T hefurther forwardthat the
pedalis pivoted,thefasterthetractorwill travel.Thepedalwill returnto its original
positionwhenit'snot depressed. R efer t o the Operation sectionofthis manual f or
detailedinstructions regarding the drivepedal.
IMPORTAflT: Always set the parking brake when leaving the tractor
unattended.
DeckLift Lever
Found on yourtractor'srightfender, t he decklift leverisusedto
change the heightof the cuttingdeck.Touse,movethe levertothe
left, thenplaceinthe notchbestsuitedfor yourapplication.
PTO (Blade Engage) Lever
Found on the tractor'srightfender,the PTO (bladeengage) l ever
isusedto engage powertothe cuttingdeckorother(separately
available) a ttachments. T ooperate,movethe leverall the way
forward.Moving the leverall the wayrearwardintothe PTO OFF
positiondisengages p owerto thecutting deck/attachment.
flOTE:The PTO (blade engage) lever must be in the
disengaged (PTO OFF) position when starting the engine.
CupHolder
Thetractor'scupholderislocated on the fendertothe left of theseat.
Shift Leve r
Theshift leverislocated on the left side
of the fenderandhasthreepositions,
FORWARD, NEUTRAL andREVERSE. The
brakepedalmustbedepressed a ndthe
tractormustnot beinmotionwhenthe
movingshift lever.
IMPORTANT: Never f orcethe shift lever.
Doing somayresultinserious damage to
the tractor'stransmission.
Brake Pedal
REVERSE
Thebrakepedalislocated onthe left sideofthe lawntractor,alongthe running
board.Depress t he brakepedal t o engage the discbrake andbringthe tractorto a
completestop.
NOTE: Thepedalmustbedepressed tostart the engine.Refer t o SafetyInterlock
Switches laterin thissectionof thismanual.
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