Repair & Adjustment; Starting Your Tractor With A Weak Battery; Throttle Control Cable Adjustment; Carburetor Adjustment - Craftsman 917.254220 Owner's Manual

Lt 10 hp electric start 4 speed - 36" mower lawn tractor
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MIXTURE
SCREW
FIGURE
25
IDLE
SPEED
STOP SCREW
RETAINER
SPRING
FIGURE
26
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7.
Starting
your Tractor
With a Weak
Battery
TRANSAXLE
PULLEY
BELT
GUIDE
BRACKET
THROTTLE
STOP
FACTORY
ADJUSTED
DO NOT ADJUST
FUEL
LINE
CLAMP
FUEL
FILTER
HIGH
SPEED
STOP
-
FACTORY
ADJUSTED
DO NOT
ADJUST
BELT
RETAINER
SPRING
2O
if your battery
is too weak
to start
the engine,
it
should be recharged.
If "jumper
cables"
are used
for emergency
starting,
follow
this procedure:
NOTE: YOUR TRACTOR
IS EQUIPPED WITH A 12 VOLT
NEGATIVE
GROUNDED
SYSTEM.
THE OTHER VEHICLE
MUST
ALSO
BE A 12 VOLT
NEGATIVE
GROUNDED
SYSTEM,
LEAD-ACID
BATTERIES
GENERATE
EX-
j
PLOSIVE GASES.
KEEP SPARKS,
FLAME
J
AND
SMOKING
MATERIALS
AWAY
FROM
BATTERIES.
ALWAYS
WEAR
EYE PROTECTION
WHEN
AROUND
BATTERIES,
a. Connect
each
end
of the
RED cable
to the
POSITIVE
(+)
terminals
of each battery
(taking
care not to short
against
chassis).
b.
Connect
one end
of the
BLACK
cable
to the
NEGATtVE
(-)
terminals
of fully charged battery.
c.
Connect
the other
end of the cable to the L.H.
side panel
bolt
(Fig.
14). NOTE:
KEEP AWAY
FROM
GAS TANK
AND
BATTERY.
d, Disconnect
cables
in reverse
order:
1. L,H. Side Panel
Bolt (Fig 14).
2.
Negative
terminal
of fufly charged
battery
3. Posit[re
terminals
i A oo.o,
os oo. 1
TO START
OTHER VEHICLES.
2.
Throttle
Control
Cable Adjustment
DO NOT MAKE UNNECESSARY
ADJUSTMENTS.
FAC-
TORY SETTINGS
ARE SATISFACTORY
FOR MOST AP-
PLICATIONS
AND
CONDITIONS.
IF ADJUSTMENTS
ARE NEEDED,
PROCEED
AS FOLLOWS:
a o Make
sure air cleaner is clean (see page 18).
b.
With engine not running, place throttle
control
in
"FAST"
detent
(not in "'CHOKE"
position).
c . Check that hole in throttle lever and hole in plate
line up (Fig. 25 - Inset).
If holes are not aligned,
loosen clamp screw and move throttle
cable un-
til holes are aligned.
Tighten
clamp screw.
d.
Turn mixture
screw
needle
clockwise
(F_)
LIGHTLY
to seat,
CAUTION:
FORCING
WILL
CAUSE
DAMAGE.
Turn
mixture
screw
clounterclockwise
(_)
one turn,
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3.
Carburetor
Adjustment
NOTE:
ADJUST
THROTTLE
CONTROL
CABLE
BEFORE
MAKING
ANY ADJUSTMENTS
TO THE
CARBURETOR.
a. Start engine
and allow
to idle for 5 minutes.
b. Turn
mixture
screw
clockwise
(F_
until
the
engine
speed
drops.
NOTE
THE
SCREW
POSITION.
c.
Turn mixture
screw
counterclockwise
(jf-_)
un-
til the engine
begins
to run rough.
Set mixture
screw
between
the two
positions.
_d.
Push
throttle
lever
to
"'FAST"
detent
(not
"'choke").
If engine
"'hunts"
or runs rough, make
small adjustments
on mixture
screw
until engine
runs smoothly.

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