Parking Brake; Throttle/Choke Control Lever; Ignition Switch Module; Seat Adjustment Lever - Craftsman 247.203791 Operator's Manual

Parking Brake
Tosetthe parkingbrake, f ully depress t he parkingbrake pedal.Movethe parking
brakeleverintothe ONposition.Release t he parkingbrakepedalto allowthe
parkingbraketo engage.
Torelease the parkingbrake, d epress t he parkingbrakepedal a ndmovethe
parkingbrakeleverout of the ON positionandintothe OFF position.
NOTE: Theparkingbrakemustbesetif the operator leaves the seatwith the engine
runningor the enginewill automatically shutoff.
Throttle/chokeControlLever
Thethrottle/choke controlleveris located onthe right sideof the
tractor'sdashpanel.Thislevercontrols the speed of the engine and,
whenpushed all the wayforward,the choke controlalso.When
setinagivenposition,thethrottle will maintaina uniformengine
speed.
IM PORTANT: Whenoperatingthe tractorwith the cutting
deckengaged, b ecertainthatthe throttle leverisalwaysinthe
FAST (rabbit)position.
Ignition Switch Module
Tostartthe engine,insertthe keyinto the ignitionswitchandturn
clockwise to the START p osition.Release the keyintothe NORMAL
MOWING MODE p ositiononcethe enginehasfired. See Figure 6.
Tostopthe engine,turn the ignitionkeycounterclockwise to the
STOP p osition.
IM PORTANT: Priortooperatingthe tractor,referto boththe
"SafetyInterlock System" a nd"StartingTheEngine" l aterinthissectionof this
manual f ordetailedinstructions regarding the IgnitionSwitchModule.
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Figure 6
Neverleavea running machineunattended.AlwaysdisengagePTO, m ove
shift leverinto neutralposition, set parkingbrake,stop engine andremove
keyto prevent unintended starting.
Seat AdjustmentLever
Theseatadjustment l everisonthe left sideofthe seat.Use thisleverto adjustthe
seatforwardor rearwardto acomfortable operatingposition.See the "Assembly"
sectionearlierinthismanual f orinstructions.
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'sright fender, t he PTO (bladeengage) l ever
is usedto engage powerto thecuttingdeckorother(separately
available) a ttachments. T ooperate,movethe leverall the way
forward.Moving the leverall the wayrearwardintothe PTO OFF
positiondisengages p owerto thecutting deck/attachment.
NOTE: ThePTO (bladeengage) l evermustbein thedisengaged (PTO
OFF) p ositionwhen startingthe engine.
CupHolder
Thetractor'scupholderislocated on the fenderto the left of theseat.
SpeedControl Lever
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Thespeed controllever, l ocated on the left rearfender, c ontrolsthe groundspeed of
the lawntractoraswellasthedirectionof travel.
Todriveforwardor inreverse, s lowlymovethe speed control l everto the desired "F"
forwardor"R" reverse speed.
Tostop,movethe speed controlleverto the "N" neutralposition.
Whenmowing,place the speed controlleverin
the "CuttingSpeed" position, o r aslowerforward
speed forthe bestresults.
Note: Donot usethe parkingbrakepedalto control
the groundspeed of the lawntractor.Alwaysuse
the speed controlleverto slowthe groundspeed
of the lawntractor.Depressing the parkingbrake
pedalwith the speed controlleverengaged aspart
of regularoperationwill resultinprematurewear
of the drivebelt.
IMPORTANT: Donot attemptto change the
directionoftravelwhenthe tractorisinmotion.
Serious damage to the tractor'stransmission c ould
result.Always bringthe tractorto acomplete
stop before movingthe speed controlleverfrom
forwardto reverse or viceversa.
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