Battery Care; Check Battery; Clean Battery And Terminals - Craftsman 917.254274 Owner's Manual

ADJUSTMENT
C
To check blade balance, drive a nail into a beam or
wall. Leave about one inch of the straight nail
exposed. Place center hole of clean blade over the
head of the nail (Fig 12) NOTE: CENTER HOLE
OF BLADE ON NAIL, IF BLADE IS PROPERLY
BALANCED, BLADE SHOULD REMAIN IN POSI-
TION SHOWN IN FIG. 12 IF EITHER END OF THE
BLADE MOVES DOWNWARD, BLADE IS NOT
BALANCED. SHARPEN THE HEAVY END UNTIL
BLADE IS BALANCED
4. BA TTERY CARE
Check Battery
a Battery acid solution levelin each battery cell should
be even with bottoms of vent tubes in cells (Fig 13)
Add ONL Y distilled or iron free water if necessary
NOTE: DO NOT OVERFILL,
b Keep battery and terminals clean,
c Keep battery bolts tight
d Keep vent caps tight and small vent holes in caps
open.
e Recharge at 6 amperes for 1 hour if necessary,
Clean Battery and Terminals
Corrosion and dirt on the battery and terminals cause the
battery to "leak'power and hinders the operation of the
charger,
LEAD-ACID BATTERIES GENERATE
EXPLOSIVE GASES. KEEP SPARKS,
FLAME AND SMOKING MATERIALS
AWAY FROM BATTERIES. ALWAYS
SHIELD YOUR EYES AROUND
BATTERIES.
a, Remove terminal guard,
b Disconnect BLACKbattery cable, then RED battery
cable, and remove battery from tractor,
c, Washbatterywithfourtablespoonsofbakingsodato
one gallon of water, NOTE: BE CAREFUL NOT TO
GET THE SODA SOLUTION INTO THE CELLS,
d Rinse the battery withplain water, dry and reinstallon
tractor,
eo Clean terminals and battery cable ends with wire
brush until bright,
f, Replace battery cables, connecting RED battery
cable to positive terminal first, then BLACK battery
cable to negative terminal Coat terminal connec-
tions with vasoline after installation of cable_.
g Replace terminalguard
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FIGURE 12
£_t'i AW_,Y VI[W BATTERY
CAP
UQUID
LEVEL
15