Replacing Battery - Craftsman EZ3 917.272220 Owner's Manual

17.5 hp electric start 42" mower automatic lawn tractor
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TOSTART ENGINE WITH A WEAK
BATFERY
& CAUTION:
Lead-acid batteries gener-
ate explosive gases. Keep sparks, flame
and smoking materials away from batter-
ies. Always wear eye protection when
around batteries.
If your battery is too weak to start the en-
gine, it should be recharged. (See "BAT-
TERY" in the MAINTENANCE
section of
this manual).
If =jumper cables" are used for emergency
starting, follow this procedure:
IMPORTANT:
Your tractor Is equipad with
a 12 volt negative grounded system. The
other vehical must also be a 12 volt nega-
tive grounded system. Do not use your
tractor battery to start other vehicles.
TO ATTACH JUMPER CABLES -
• Connect each end of the RED cable to
the POSITIVE (+) terminal of each bat-
tery. taking care not to short against
chassis.
• Connect one end of the BLACK cable
to the NEGATIVE (-) terminal of fully
charged battery.
• Connect the other end of the BLACK
cable to good CHASSIS GROUND.
away from fuel tank and battery.
TO REMOVE CABLES. REVERSE OR-
DER -
• BLACK cable first from chassis and
then from the fully charged battery.
• RED cable last from both batteries.
=Positive" (+)
=Negative" (-)
REPLACING BATTERY
& CAUTION: DOnot shortbatteryterm-
nals by allowinga wrenchor any other
objectto contactbothterminalsat the
same time. Beforeconnectingbattery,re-
move metal bracelets, wristwatch
bands,dngs,etc,
Positiveterminal mustbe connectedfirst
to preventsparkingfrom accidental
grounding.
• Lifthood to raisedposition.
• Remove terminal guard.
• DisconnectBLACK batterycable then
RED battery cable and carefullyre-
movebatteryfromtractor.
• Installnew battery with terminalsin
same positionas old battery.
• Reinstallterminal guard.
• FirstconnectRED batterycable to posi-
tive (+) batteryterminalwith hex bolt
and kepsnut as shown.Tightense-
curely.
• Connect BLACKgroundingcable to
negative(-) batteryterminalwith re-
maininghex boltand keps nut.Tighten
securely
• Close terminal access doors.
• Close hood.
Terminal
keps
Access
Door
Hex Bolt
Positive
Red) Cable
Guard
(Black) Cable
TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT
BULB
• Rais_ hood.
• Pull bulb holder out of the hole in the
backside of the gdll.
• Replace bulb in holder and push bulb
holder securely back into the hole in
the backside of the grill.
• Close hood.
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