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Craftsman 917.273421 Owner's Manual page 9

18 hp electric start 46" mower automatic lawn tractor

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CHECK
BATTERY
• Lift hood to raised position.
• If this battery is put into service after
month and year indicated on label (label
located between terminals) charge bat-
tery for minimum of one hour at 6-10
amps. (See "BATTERY"
in Maintenance
section of this manual for charging
instructions).
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INSTALL
SEAT
Seat position should be adjusted forward
or backward so that the operator can com-
fortably reach clutch/brake
pedal and
safely operate the tractor.
• Remove tiedown strap on seat pan.
• Release
L,H. seat slide on seat pan by
pulling out on adjustment
handle and
sliding it to the rear position exposing
seat mounting holes from bottom. Slide
R.H. slide to same rear position.
• Mount rear of seat on slides using
mounting bolts and spacers as shown.
Be sure to install spacers between seat
and seat slides with cupped side of
spacer up toward seat.
• Pull out on adjustment handle and slide
seat all the way forward.
Install front
mounting bolts and spacers. Tighten all
mounting bolts securely.
• Lower seat into operating position and
sit on seat. Press clutch/brake
pedal all
the way down. tf operating position is
not comfortable,
adjust seat.
• To adjust seat: Grasp adjustment han-
dle and pull out, slide seat to desired
position and release adjustment handle.
Seat
L.H. Seat Slide
Seat Pan,
Adjustment
,Spacers
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Bolts
ii
R.H. Seat Slide
ASSEMBLE
GAUGE WHEELS
TO
MOWER
DECK
The gauge wheels are designed to keep
the mower deck in proper position when
operating mower. Be sure they are proper-
ly adjusted to ensure optimum mower per-
formance.
• Slide gauge wheel bar down into brack-
et channel, Be sure that gauge wheel
bar aligning holes are on top. Assemble
gauge wheels as shown using shoulder
bolts, 3/8 washers and 3/8-16 center
Iocknuts and tighten securely.
• For ease of mower to tractor assembly,
raise gauge wheels to highest position
and retain with clevis pins and spring
retainers.
• Adjust gauge wheels before operating
mower. See "1"O ADJUST
GAUGE
WHEELS"
in the Operation
section of
this manual.
Retainer
Pin
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