Gauge Wheels - Craftsman 917.250261 Owner's Manual

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OPERATION
TO ADJUST GAUGE WHEELS (See Fig, 9)
• Adjust mower to desired cutting height
• Lower mower with lift control. Remove rear retainer
spring and clevis pin which secure each gauge wheel
• Lower gauge wheels to ground.. Raise gauge wheels
slightly to align holes in bracket and gauge wheel bar
and insert clevis pins. Gauge wheels should be slightly
off the ground
= Replace retainer springs into clevis pins..
RETAINER
SPRING "_.
GAUGE WHEEL B_
GAUGE
WHEEL'
BRACKET
FIG, 9
TO OPERATE MOWER (See Figs. 7 and 8)
Your tractor is equipped with an operator presence sensing
switch. Any attempt by the operator to leave the seat witfl
the engine running and the attachment clutch engaged will
shut off the engine.
• Select desired height of cut°
• Lower mower with attachment lift control
• Start mower blades by engaging attachment dutch
control
• TO STOP MOWER BLADES - disengage attachment
dutch control,.
CAUTION: Do not operate the mower
without either the entire grass catcher,
on mowers so equipped, or the dis-
charge guard in place.
TO OPERATE ON HILLS
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CAUTION: Do not drive up or down
hills with slopes greater than 15 ° and
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do not drive across any slope.
- Choose the slowest speed before starting up or down
hills.
- Avoid stopping or changing speed on hills.
• If slowing is necessary, move throttle control lever to
siower position.
• If stopping is absorutely necessary, push clutch/brake
pedal quickly to brake position and engage parking
brake
• Move gearshift lever to 1st gear and range shift lever to
low (L) position.. Be sure you have altowed room for
tractor to roll slightly as you restart movement.
• To restartmovement, slowly release parking brake and
otutch/brake pedal
Make a!i turns s!owly.
TO TRANSPORT
• Raise attachment lift to highest position with attacl_-
ment lift control
• When pushing or towing your tractor, be sure gearshift
lever is in neutral (N) position,
• Do not push or tow tractor at more than five (5) MPH.
NOTE: To protect hood from damage when transporting
yourtractoron a truck or atrailer, be sure hood is closed and
secured to tractor. Usean appropriate means of tying hood
to tractor (rope, cord, etco)o
BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE
CHECK ENGINE OIL LEVEL (See Fig. 11)
• The engine in your tractor has been shipped, from the
factory, already filled with summer weight oil
• Check engine oil with tractor on Ievel ground_
• Remove oil fill cap/dipstick and wipe clean, reinsert the
dipstick and push it all the way down into the tube, wait
for a few seconds, remove and read. oil level. If
necessary, add oil until "FULL" mark on dipstick is
reached° Do not overfill
• For cold weather operation you should change oil for
easier starting (See "OIL VISCOSITY CHART" in the
Customer Responsibilities section of this manual).
.To change engine oil, see the Customer Responsibili-
• ties section in this manual,
• DISCHARGE
GUARD
FIG. 10 FIG, 11
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