MTD Garden Tractors User Manual page 234

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8. Reaching through the battery tray opening,
position the 13" support rod between the holes
where the shoulder bolts attached.
9. Fasten the support rod to the tractor frame by
passing each shoulder bolt through a bellville
washer, side frame and into each end of the
support rod using two 15/16" wrenches.
Make certain the cupped edge of the bellville
washer faces the tractor frame.
10. Remove the hairpin clip and clevis pin from the
hole at the bottom of the sleeve hitch assem-
bly.
11. Position the hooked ends of the sleeve hitch
assembly to the outside of the hitch plate and
over the shoulder bolts. See Figure 8-45.
12. Insert a clevis pin through the aligned holes in
both the sleeve hitch and the tractor hitch plate
and secure with a hairpin clip.
Installing the toggle switch and routing the har-
ness
1. Identify what style dash the tractor has.
2. Raise the tractor hood.
3. Remove the four hex bolts securing the fuel
tank to the tractor frame using a 9/16" socket
and extension. See Figure 8-46.
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4. Carefully move the fuel tank away from the
dash panel and set it towards the front of the
engine.
Keep the fuel tank upright to avoid leak-age
from the filler vent.
5. Mark the dash to indicate the placement of the
hole. See Figure 8-47.
You will be drilling a hole through the dash to
install the toggle switch. On the style 4 dash,
the hole will be approximately three inches
below the choke knob (or plastic plug) and to
the left of the parking brake button. On the
style 8 and 9 dash, the hole will be approxi-
mately two inches below the ignition switch, on
the right side of the dash.
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