Tractor Operation On Hills; Mower And Drive Belt Installation - Craftsman 917.255813 Owner's Manual

Yt 14 twin 5 speed yard tractor
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POSITIVE
(RED
CABLE)
TERMINAL
FIGURE 10
MOWER
PARALLEL
LINK
FIGURE
1t
CLUTCH
ROD
FIGURE
12
NEGATIVE
(BLACK
CABLE)
TERMINAL
l
RETAINER
PARAI,LEL
SPRING
LINK
CLUTCH
REAR
HINGE
PIN
BATTERY
RETAINER
FRONT
SPRINGS
AXLE
J
FRONT
HINGE
PIN
TRACTOR
OPERATION
ON
HILLS
1 Choose
the
lowest
gear
BEFORE
starting
up
or
down
hills.
DO
NOT
DRIVE
UP OR
DOWN
HILLS
WITH
SLOPES
GREATER
THAN
15 ° ,
AND
DO
NOT
DRIVE
ACROSS
ANY
SLOPE.. REFER
TO PAGE
47.
2. AVOID
STOPPING
OR SHIFTING
ON HILLS
a
if
slowing
is necessary,
move" Throttle
Controt
Lever
to middle
position,
LEAVE
ENOUGH
ROOM
WHEN
STOP.
PING
AND
STARTING
TO
ALLOW
SLIGHT
TRACTOR
ROLL
DOWNHILL
AS
CLUTCH-BRAKE
PEDAL
MOVES
THROUGH
CLUTCH
POSITION..
-8-
b, If stopping
is absolutely
necessary,
push
Cfutch-Brake
Pedal
quickly
to
brake
position
and
engage
Parking
Brake
c. After
starting
your
tractor,
make
sure tractor
is in 1st
gear and
that
you
have
allowed
room
to roll
slightly
downhill.
Disengage
Parking
Brake
and release
Clutch-
8rake
Pedal
SLOWLY
to start
tractor
forward
move-
merit
3. Make all turns
graduaNy
STARTING
YOUR
TRACTOR
WOTH
A LOW
BATTERY
If your'
Battery
is too low to start the engine,
it should
be
recharged.
If
Jumper
Cables
are used for' emergency
starting
follow
this
procedure:
NOTE:
YOUR
TRACTOR
iS EQUIP-
PED WITH
A 12 VOLT
NEGATIVE
GROUNDED
SYSTEM,
THE
OTHER
VEHICLE
MUST
ALSO
BE A 12 VOLT
NEGA-
TIVE
GROUNDED
SYSTEM°
LEAD-ACID
BATTERIES
GENERATE
EX-
PLOSIVE GASES. KEEP SPARKS, FLAME,
AND
SMOKING
MATERIALS
AWAY
FROM BATTERIES,
ALWAYS WEAR EYE
PROTECTION
AROUND
BATTERIES.
2,
3_
4,
Connect
each end of the RED cable to the POSITIVE
(+)
terminals
of each battery
(taking
care not to short
against
chassis) (Fig
10),
Connect
one end
of the BLACK
cable to the NEGATIVE
(-) terminal
of fully
charged
battery,
Connect
the other
end of the cable
to ENGINE
BLOCK
or
good
CHASSIS
GROUND
on tractor
(away
from
Gas
Tank
or Battery)
Disconnect
cables in reverse order:
a
Engine
Block
or chassis of tractor.
b, Negative
terminal
of fully
charged
battery
c_ Positive
termina[so
MOWER
AND
DRIVE
BELT
INSTALLATION
Your
38"
Mower
instalts without
the use of tools,,
Raise Lift
Lever
(Fig_ 15) to its highest
position,
Turn
Depth
Adjustment
Knob
to lowest
position
(Fig
14},

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