Setting Up Your Lawn Tractor; Attaching The Battery Cables; Gas And Oil Fill-Up - Yard-Man 771 Operator's Manual

Tractor
Use extreme care
when handling
gaso nel Gasoline
extremely flammable
and the vapors are
explosive: Never fuel
machine indoors
or while the engine
is hot or running,
Extinguish cigarettes,
cigars, pipes, and
other sources of
ignitionl
NOTE: This Operators
Manual Coversa range
of produCtspecifications
for VariousmodelS:
Characteristics and
i
featuresdiscussed
and/or illustrated in
s manualmay not
applicable toall models:
MTD LLC reservesthe
right to change product
specifications, (Jesigns
and equipment without
notice and without incur-
i[ing obligatiOnl
RubberBoot
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NOTE:This OperatorsManualcoversa rangeof product
specifications for variousmodels.Characteristics and fea-
turesdiscussedand/orillustratedin this manualmay not
be applicableto all models.MTDLLCreservesthe right
to changeproductspecifications, d esignsand equipment
withoutnotice and withoutincurringobligation.
Attaching the Battery Cables
NOTE:Somemodelsare shippedwith the batterycables
alreadyconnected.
NOTE:Thepositivebatteryterminalis markedPos. (+).
Thenegativebatteryterminalis markedNeg. (-).
• Thepositivecable(heavy redwire) is securedto the
positivebatteryterminal(+)with a hexbolt and hex
nut at thefactory.Makecertainthat the rubberboot
coversthe terminalto help protectit fromcorrosion.
• Removethehex boltand hexnut fromthe negative
cable.
• Removetheblack plasticcover,if present,from the
negativebatteryterminaland attachthe negative
cable(heavy blackwire)to the negativebattery
terminal(-) withthe bolt and nut.
• Makecertain thehold-downstrap is in positionover
the battery,securingit in place. See Figure1.
NOTE:If the batteryis putinto serviceafter the date
shownon top of battery,chargethe batteryas instructed
on page 24 of this manualprior to operatingthe tractor.
Gas and Oil Fill-up
Thegasolinetank is locatedunderthe hood and hasa
capacityof 1-1/2gallons.Donot overfill.
WARNING: Use extreme care
when handling gasoline. Gaso-
line is extremely flammable and
the vapors are explosive. Never
fuel machine indoors or while the
engine is hot or running. Extin-
guish cigarettes, cigars, pipes,
and other sources of ignition.
Servicethe enginewith gasolineand oil as instructedin
the separateEngineOperator/Owner M anualpackedwith
yourtractor.Readinstructionscarefully.
IMPORTANT: Y ourtractoris shippedwith motoroil in the
engine.However, y ou MUSTcheckthe oil levelbefore
operating.Be careful notto overfill.
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